Eloise Walker
{{Short description|Scottish athlete}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| name = Eloise Walker
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| nationality = British (Scottish)
| sport = Track and field
| event = Middle distance, long distance running
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2001|5|27|df=yes}}
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| pb =1500m: 4:09.09 (Manchester, 2023)
3000m: 8:48.15 (Xiamen, 2023)
5000m: 15:25.21 (Manchester, 2022)
5km: 15:34 (Newcastle, 2023)
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{{Medal|Country|{{GBR2}}}}
{{Medal|Competition|European Cross Country Championships}}
{{Medal|Gold|2023 Brussels|U23 Team}} {{Medal|Gold|2022 Turin|U23 Team}}
{{Medal|Bronze|2021 Dublin|U23 Team}}
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Eloise Walker (born 27 May 2001) is a British track and field athlete who competes as a middle distance, long distance and cross county runner.{{cite web|website=World Athletics|accessdate=28 November 2023|title=Eloise Walker|url=https://worldathletics.org/athletes/great-britain-ni/eloise-walker-14655138}}
Career
Walker set a new Scottish under-20 record in the 3000m in February 2020, running a time of 9:21.30 seconds. Later that month, at the British Indoor Championships, in Glasgow, she set a new indoor personal best in the 1500m of 4:23.32 seconds, finishing in fifth place in the final. That winter, she joined the Andy Young led training-squad that also contained compatriots Laura Muir and Jemma Reekie.{{cite web|url=https://www.thenational.scot/sport/18258427.eloise-walker-relishing-learning-muir-reekie/|website=The National|first=Susan|last=Egelstaff|title= Eloise Walker relishing learning from Muir and Reekie|date=24 February 2020}}
Walker represented Scotland in the 5000m at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.{{cite web|url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/23183405.eloise-walker-still-going-extremes-running-trouble/|website=Herald Scotland|accessdate=28 November 2023|title= Eloise Walker still going to extremes after running into trouble|first=Susan|last=Egelstaff|date=11 December 2022}} She was also selected for the 2022 European Cross Country Championships in Turin for the U23 race.{{cite web|website=Scottish Athletics|url=https://www.scottishathletics.org.uk/trio-for-turin-three-scots-to-represent-gb-and-ni-at-the-euro-cross-in-italy/|title= Trio for Turin: Three Scottish athletes to race at the Euro Cross|date=29 November 2022|accessdate=28 November 2023}}
In September 2023, she ran a new 5000m personal best at the Diamond League event in Xiamen, China.{{cite web|url=https://www.runnerspace.com/gprofile.php?mgroup_id=44531&do=videos&video_id=366374|website=Runnerspace|accessdate=10 December 2023|title= ELOISE WALKER 12TH PLACE WOMEN'S 3000M - XIAMEN WANDA DIAMOND LEAGUE 2023|date=2 September 2023}} She was selected for the 2023 European Cross Country Championships in Brussels in December 2023.{{cite web|url= https://www.britishathletics.org.uk/news-and-features/40-strong-gb-ni-team-brussels-bound-for-the-2023-european-cross-country-championships/|website=British Athletics|accessdate=28 November 2023|date=28 November 2023|title= 40-STRONG GB & NI TEAM BRUSSELS BOUND FOR THE 2023 EUROPEAN CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS}} She won gold as part of the successful British squad which won the U23 team event.{{cite web|date=10 December 2023|accessdate=10 December 2023|website=BBC Sport|title=
European Cross Country Championships: Great Britain's Abbie Donnelly claims bronze|url=
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/67676141}}
Personal life
She is a Glasgow University student.{{cite web|date=6 November 2021|title=Laura Muir and Andy Butchart secure Lindsays Short Course titles on return to cross country roots|website=BBC Sport|url=
https://www.bbc.com/sport/athletics/59193995|accessdate=28 November 2023}} She is a member of the M11 Track Club, coached by Trevor Painter and Jenny Meadows.{{cite web|url= https://athleticsweekly.com/interviews/success-breeds-success-in-trevor-painters-training-group-1039974053/|website=Athletics Weekly|accessdate=18 December 2024|first=Jasmine|last=Collett|title= Success breeds success in Trevor Painter’s training group|date=21 December 2023}}
References
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External links
- {{World Athletics}}
- {{Team Scotland|eloise-walker}}
- {{2022 Commonwealth Games profile|151858}}
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Category:Scottish female middle-distance runners
Category:British female middle-distance runners
Category:Commonwealth Games competitors for Scotland
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2022 Commonwealth Games