Eilish McColgan

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Eilish McColgan athletics

Eilish McColgan (2016)
Eilish McColgan in Rio de Janeiro 2016

nation United KingdomUnited Kingdom United Kingdom of ScotlandScotlandScotland 
birthday 25th November 1990 (age 29)
place of birth Dundee ,  Scotland
size 176 cm
Weight 54 kg
Career
discipline Medium and long distance running
society Dundee's Hawkhill Harriers Club
Trainer Liz McColgan-Nuttal (mother)
status active
Medal table
European championships 0 × gold 1 × silver 0 × bronze
European Indoor Championships 0 × gold 0 × silver 1 × bronze
EAA logo European championships
silver 2018 Berlin 5000 m
EAA logo European Indoor Championships
bronze 2017 Belgrade 3000 m
last change: June 4, 2020

Eilish McColgan (born November 25, 1990 in Dundee ) is a Scottish athlete who competes in medium and long-distance running , but wants to turn to the marathon .

career path

McColgan graduated from the University of Dundee with a degree in mathematics and accounting in 2013 .

Athletic career

Eilish McColgan gained her first international experience at the Commonwealth Youth Games 2008 in Pune , where she finished eighth in the 3000 meter run in 9: 58.42 minutes and was eliminated over 1500 meters in the first round.

In 2011 she reached the final in the obstacle course at the U23 European Championships in Ostrava , where she finished sixth in 9: 52.02 minutes.

Between 2012 and 2014 McColgan became the British obstacle course champion. In 2012 she was able to qualify for the 3000-meter obstacle course for the Summer Olympics in London , but failed there with 9: 54.36 minutes in the preliminary round .

In 2013 McColgan set a new best time at the World Championships in Moscow and reached the final, in which she finished tenth in 9: 37.33 minutes.

In 2014 she took part in the Commonwealth Games in her native Glasgow for the first time and finished sixth in 9: 44.65 minutes. Since then, McColgan has concentrated more and more on the flat medium and long distance distances.

With a new personal best in May 2016 over 3000 meters, McColgan was able to qualify for the European Championships in Amsterdam , where she finished sixth in the 5000 meter run in 15: 28.83 minutes . There was also nothing to prevent a qualification for the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro ; there she reached the final as the only British representative , in which she finished 13th in 15: 12.09 min.

In 2017 McColgan started the year as British indoor champion over 3000 meters. Internationally she won the bronze medal in the 3000 meter run at the European Indoor Championships in Belgrade in 8: 47.43 minutes behind her compatriot Laura Muir and Yasemin Can from Turkey. She qualified over 5000 meters for the World Championships in London and achieved a new record there in the run-up, with which she fought for a place in the final . McColgan finished in tenth place with 15: 00.43 min.

At the beginning of 2018, she became the British 1500 meter indoor champion. Internationally, she was eliminated in the first round of the 1500 meter run at the World Indoor Championships in Birmingham and was tenth over 3000 meters in 9: 01.32 minutes. In early April McColgan again took part in the Commonwealth Games in the Australian Gold Coast and was sixth both over 1500 meters and 5000 meters. In August she won the silver medal behind the Dutchwoman Sifan Hassan at the European Championships in Berlin in 14: 53.05 min .

In 2019 McColgan became British 5000 meter champion.

In May 2020, McColgan announced that she would like to start on the marathon distance in the future, but initially wants to compete over 5,000 or 10,000 meters at the Olympic Games in Tokyo in 2021 and will not compete in the marathon run at the Olympic Games in Paris until 2024 .

family

Eilish McColgan is the daughter of the Scottish long distance runners Liz McColgan-Nuttal and Peter McColgan .

Personal best

(As of June 4, 2020)

Hall
  • 1500 meters: 4: 08.07 min, February 8, 2018 in Madrid
  • 3000 meters: 8: 43.02 min, February 18, 2017 in Birmingham
open air
  • 1500 meters: 4:00, 97 min, June 16, 2019 in Rabat
  • Mile: 4: 24.71 min, August 18, 2019 in Birmingham
  • 3000 meters: 8: 31.00 min, August 20, 2017 in Birmingham
  • 5000 meters: 14: 46.17 min, October 5, 2019 in Doha
  • 10,000 meters: 31: 16.76 min, July 6, 2019 in London
  • 3000 meter obstacle: 9: 35.82 min, August 10, 2013 in Moscow
  • 5 kilometers: 15:57 min, March 5, 2016 in Barrowford
  • 10 kilometers: 31:48 min, December 1, 2019 in Sheffield
  • 10 miles (road): 51:38 min, October 20, 2019 in Portsmouth
Records

Scottish records over 3000 meters obstacle and 5000 meters.

Web links

Commons : Eilish McColgan  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Result list of the U23 European Championships in Ostrava 2011
  2. ↑ Phil Minshull: Report: women's 5000m final - Rio 2016 Olympic Games ( English ) IAAF. August 19, 2016. Retrieved January 26, 2017.
  3. ^ Result list of the European Indoor Championships in Belgrade 2017
  4. ↑ Christopher Kelsall: Eilish McColgan will run the marathon , at: athleticsillustrated.com, May 24, 2020, accessed June 4, 2020
personal data
SURNAME McColgan, Eilish
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British athlete
DATE OF BIRTH November 25, 1990
PLACE OF BIRTH Dundee