Emily Diamond

Emily Diamond
Full name	Emily Jane Diamond
nation	United Kingdom of England
birthday	11th June 1991 (age 29)
place of birth	Bristol , England
size	173 cm
Weight	58 kg
Career
discipline	400 meter run
Best performance	51.23 s
society	Bristol and West Athletic Club
Trainer	Benke Blomkvist
National squad	since 2009
status	active
Medal table
World championships 0 × 1 × 0 × Olympic games 0 × 0 × 1 × European championships 1 × 0 × 2 × Summer Universiade 0 × 1 × 0 × U23 European Championships 0 × 0 × 1 ×
Olympic games bronze Rio de Janeiro 2016 4 × 400 m  World championships silver London 2017 4 × 400 m  European championships bronze Zurich 2014 4 × 400 m gold Amsterdam 2016 4 × 400 m bronze Berlin 2018 4 × 400 m  Universiade silver Shenzhen 2011 4 × 400 m  U23 European Championships bronze Ostrava 2011 4 × 100 m
last change: March 26, 2019

Emily Jane Diamond (born June 11, 1991 in Bristol ) is a British sprinter .

Athletic career

Emily Diamond gained her first international experience at the 2009 Junior European Championships in Novi Sad , where she finished eighth in the 200-meter run in 24.43 seconds . The following year she was at the Junior World Championships in Moncton in 23.65 s sixth and did not finish with the British 4 x 100 meters relay. In 2011 she reached the semi-finals at the U23 European Championships in Ostrava , where she was eliminated with 23.98 s. In addition, she won the bronze medal in 44.34 s with the relay behind the teams from Russia and France. She then reached eighth place at the Summer Universiade in Shenzhen in 23.58 seconds and won the silver medal behind Russia and Turkey in 3: 33.09 minutes in the 4 x 400 meter relay, while she was fourth -time-100-meter-relay in 44.01 s as fourth missed a medal.

At the IAAF World Relays 2014 in the Bahamas , it was used in the 4 x 400 meter relay in the run-up. Then she also contributed in the 4-by-400-meter relay with preliminary bets to win the bronze medal by the English team at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow and to win the silver medal by the British team at the European Championships in Zurich . Two years later she won the relay in 3: 25.05 min at the European Championships in Amsterdam . She then took part in the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro for the first time, in which she won the bronze medal behind the teams from the United States in the final in 3: 25.88 min with the relay team consisting of Eilidh Doyle , Anyika Onuora , Diamond and Christine Ohuruogu States and Jamaica won. In the individual competition over 400 meters she was eliminated in the semifinals with 51.49 s . The IAAF World Relays in 2017 was the 4 x 400-meter relay in 3: 28.72 min fourth and qualified for the world championships in London , where the British are in 3: 25.00 minutes, the silver medal behind the American women won. In the 400-meter run , however, she was eliminated with 52.20 s in the first lap .

In 2018 she took part again in the Commonwealth Games in the Australian Gold Coast , reached the semifinals over 400 meters and was eliminated there with 52.02 seconds. In addition, she was fourth with the English team in 3: 27.21 minutes. in August she won the bronze medal at the European Championships in Berlin in 3: 29.12 minutes with the relay behind Poland and France.

In 2016 Diamond became British champion in the 400-meter run. She graduated from Loughborough University .

Personal bests

• 200 meters: 23.30 s (−0.1 m / s) on May 19, 2013 in Loughborough
  • 200 meters (indoor): 23.92 s, February 6, 2011 in Birmingham
• 400 meters: 51.23 s, June 4, 2016 in Regensburg
  • 400 meters (indoor): 53.46 s, February 15, 2014 in Birmingham

Web links

• Emily Diamond in the database of World Athletics (English)
• Emily Diamond in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
• Athlete portrait at The Power of Ten
• Emily Diamond in the database of TOPS in athletics (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Result list of the U20 European Championships in Novi Sad 2009
2. ^ Result list of the U23 European Championships in Ostrava 2011