Laura Whittle

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Laura Whittle athletics

Laura Whittle Rio2016.jpg
Laura Whittle in Rio de Janeiro 2016

nation United KingdomUnited Kingdom United Kingdom of Scotland
ScotlandScotland 
birthday 27th June 1985 (age 35)
place of birth Blackpool ,  England
size 175 cm
Weight 59 kg
Career
discipline Medium and long distance running
society Royal Sutton Coldfield Athletics Club
Trainer George Gandy
status active
Medal table
U23 European Championships 1 × gold 0 × silver 0 × bronze
EAA logo U23 European Championships
gold Debrecen 2007 5000 m
last change: January 24, 2017

Laura Whittle (born Kenney , born June 27, 1985 in Blackpool ) is a British athlete who competes in medium and long-distance running .

Athletic career

Motivated by her father, a British marathon runner, Laura Kenney started athletics at the age of eleven. In 2003 she finished fourth at the European Junior Championships over 3000 meters. She started her career in cross-country skiing and won the gold medal in the U23 age group as part of the team in 2006. The following year, she won the European Under23 Athletics Championships in 2007 in the Hungarian city ​​of Debrecen over 5000 meters. In the following years she could not approach the European level and therefore studied at Loughborough University on the side . It was only in 2014 that she started at the Commonwealth Games for the first time in a long time at a major international event, where she represented Scotland and finished sixth over 5000 meters.

With a new personal best in May 2016, Whittle qualified for the European Championships in Amsterdam , where she finished fifth. A qualification for the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro did not stand in the way, but there she failed because of a semi-finals and was eliminated in the preliminary round.

In 2010 she married the 1,500 meter runner Rob Whittle and has since started under the name Whittle.

Top performances

open air

  • 1500 meters: 4: 12.48 min, on September 15, 2009 in Szczecin
  • 3000 meters: 8: 50.37 min, on September 13, 2009 in Thessaloniki
  • 5000 meters: 15: 08.58 min, on May 1st, 2016 in Palo Alto

Hall

  • 3000 meters: 9: 06.85 min, on February 19, 2011 in Birmingham

Web links

Commons : Laura Whittle  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.european-athletics.org/competitions/european-athletics-u23-championships/history/year=2007/results/index.html#5000%20m%20WomenFinal
  2. ↑ Phil Minshull: Report: women's 5000m heats - Rio 2016 Olympic Games ( English ) IAAF. August 16, 2016. Retrieved January 24, 2017.
personal data
SURNAME Whittle, Laura
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kenney, Laura (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British athlete
DATE OF BIRTH June 27, 1985
PLACE OF BIRTH Blackpool