Emma Coburn

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Emma Coburn athletics

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Coburn after winning the bronze medal in Rio 2016

nation United StatesUnited States United States
birthday 19th October 1990 (age 29)
place of birth Boulder , Colorado ,  United States
size 173 cm
Weight 55 kg
Career
discipline Obstacle course
Best performance 9: 02.35 min
Trainer Joe Bosshard
Medal table
Olympic Games 0 × gold 0 × silver 1 × bronze
World championships 1 × gold 1 × silver 0 × bronze
Olympic rings Olympic games
bronze 2016 Rio de Janeiro 3000 m obstacle
IAAF logo World championships
gold London 2017 3000 m obstacle
silver Doha 2019 3000 m obstacle
last change: October 11, 2019

Emma Coburn (born October 19, 1990 in Boulder , Colorado ) is an American athlete who specializes in obstacle course .

Athletic career

Coburn grew up in Crested Butte and attended high school there until 2008. During her business studies at the University of Colorado Boulder , she became an NCAA obstacle course champion in 2011 and 2013. She also won the Big 12 Champs and the Mt.SAC Relays 2010, the Payton Jordan Cardinal Invite 2011 and the Pac12 2013.

In 2011 Coburn became the American obstacle course champion. At the World Championships in Daegu , she finished 13th. Due to the subsequent disqualification of the Portuguese Sara Moreira for doping, she moved up to 12th place in the ranking. She was ninth at the 2012 Olympic Games in London .

After finishing her college career, Coburn signed a sponsorship deal with sporting goods manufacturer New Balance in June 2013 . A back injury prevented her from participating in the World Championships in Moscow .

In May 2014, Coburn surprisingly won the obstacle race at the Shanghai Golden Grand Prix in a personal best of 9: 19.80 minutes . Almost two weeks later she was third at the Prefontaine Classic and increased her best to 9: 17.84 minutes. In her second place at the Areva meeting in Paris, she improved to 9: 14.12 min. On July 12, 2014 she beat the North American record of her compatriot Jenny Simpson in Glasgow with 9: 11.42 minutes . However, the US Athletics Federation refused to recognize the record because the organizer in Glasgow had waived a subsequent doping control.

At the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro , Coburn won the bronze medal with a time of 9: 07.63 minutes and at the same time set an official North American record.

At the 2017 World Championships in London , she was world champion in 9: 02.58 min.

Top performances

  • 1500 m: 4: 04.40 min, August 10, 2019, Memphis
  • 1 mile : 4:31.08 min, September 5, 2018, Bay Shore
  • 3000 m: 8: 48.60 min, August 20, 2017, Birmingham
    • Hall: 8: 41.16 min, February 3, 2018, New York City
  • 3000 m obstacle: 9:02:35 min, September 30, 2019, Doha

Trivia

In mid-October 2017, Emma Coburn married her long-term partner Joe Bosshard, who himself was a long-distance runner and has been her trainer since the end of 2016.

Web links

Commons : Emma Coburn  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Two runners suspended after failed doping tests at world championships ( English ) The Guardian. April 11, 2011. Retrieved June 1, 2014.
  2. ↑ Emma Coburn signs with New Balance to begin pro running career ( English ) The Denver Post. June 9, 2013. Accessed June 1, 2014.
  3. ↑ Emma Coburn out for USA's ( English ) Flotrack. June 15, 2013. Archived from the original on June 2, 2014. Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved June 1, 2014. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.flotrack.org
  4. ↑ Peter Gambaccini: Emma Coburn's Apparent US Steeplechase Record Won't be Ratified by USATF ( English ) Runner's World. February 5, 2015. Retrieved February 7, 2015.
  5. ↑ Silke Bernhart: Flash News of the Day - Emma Coburn marries Joe Bosshard ( Memento of the original from October 23, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Notes, from: Leichtathletik.de, October 21, 2017, accessed October 22, 2017 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.leichtathletik.de
personal data
SURNAME Coburn, Emma
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American obstacle runner
DATE OF BIRTH October 19, 1990
PLACE OF BIRTH Boulder (Colorado)