Eloise Wellings

Eloise Wellings
Eloise Wellings in London 2012
nation	Australia
birthday	9th November 1982 (age 37)
place of birth	White Plains , United States
size	173 cm
Weight	53 kg
Career
discipline	Long distance running
society	Sutherland Athletics Club
Trainer	Nic Bideau
status	active
Medal table
Summer Universiade 1 × 0 × 0 ×
Universiade gold Daegu 2003 5000 m
last change: January 18, 2019

Eloise Wellings (* 9. November 1982 in White Plains as Eloise Poppett ) is an Australian long-distance runner of US origin.

Athletic career

Eloise Welling gained her first international experience at the Junior World Championships in Annecy in 1998 , where she finished eleventh in the 3000 meter run in 9: 36.64 minutes . The following year she took part in the Youth World Championships in Bydgoszcz and was fourth over this distance in 9: 05.05 min. In 2003 she finished 70th on the short distance at the Cross Country World Championships in Avenches and won the 5000-meter run at the Summer Universiade in Daegu, South Korea in 15: 47.19 minutes . At the 2005 World Cross Country Championships in Saint-Galmier , she came in 67th place in the long distance. In 2006 she was fourth over 5000 meters at the Commonwealth Games in Melbourne in 15: 00.69 min. At the Cross Country World Championships in Fukuoka she finished 39th on the short distance and 22nd on the long distance, and at the Athletics World Cup in Athens she was fourth over 3000 meters.

In 2010 she came in 48th place at the World Cross Country Championships in Bydgoszcz. At the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi , she was fifth in the 5000 m in 16: 11.97 min and sixth in the 10,000-meter run in 33: 36.76 min . The following year followed a 41st place at the 2011 World Cross Country Championships in Punta Umbría . In 2012 she qualified for the Olympic Games in London , where she finished 20th over 10,000 meters in 32: 25.43 minutes . In addition, she was eliminated in the 5000 meter competition with 15: 35.53 minutes in the first round . Two years later she was fifth over 5000 meters at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow in 15: 14.99 min. She then reached fourth place in the Athletics Continental Cup in Marrakech in 16: 00.14 minutes.

In 2015 she won the Kagawa Marugame Half Marathon and the Gold Coast Marathon half marathon . She also qualified for the first time for the World Championships in Beijing , where she finished tenth in the final with 15: 09.62 minutes . She also finished second in the Melbourne Marathon half marathon . In 2016 she again took part in the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro , where she finished ninth in the final with 15: 01.59 min . In addition, she reached tenth place in the 10,000 meter competition in 31: 14.94 minutes. 2017 she left in the World Cup in London about 5000 meters with 15: 25,92 min in flow , while it over 10,000 meters by 32: 26.31 min pulled in ranked 22nd The following year she was eighth over 5000 meters at the Commonwealth Games in her home country Gold Coast in 15: 39.02 min and finished the 10,000 meter race in 32: 51.47 min in 16. In May she won in 1:15 : 18 in the Sydney Half Marathon.

In 2006 and 2010 Wellings was Australian champion in the 5000 meter run and in 2007 over 3000 meters. She studied exercise physiology at the University of Wollongong .

Personal bests

• 3000 meters: 8: 41.78 min, September 16, 2006 in Athens
• 5000 meters: 14: 54.11 min, August 18, 2006 in Zurich
• 10,000 meters: 31: 14.94 min, August 12, 2016 in Rio de Janeiro
• Half marathon: 1:09:29 h, February 7, 2016 in Marugame

Web links

Commons : Eloise Wellings  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Eloise Wellings in the database of World Athletics (English)
• Eloise Wellings in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Athletics portrait at Athletics Australia