Piers Copeland
{{short description|Welsh runner}}
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| name = Piers Copeland
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1998|11|26|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Wimborne, Dorset
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| sport = Athletics
| event = 1500 metres
| club = Pontypridd Roadents AC [https://www.thepowerof10.info/athletes/profile.aspx?athleteid=80805 Power of 10 profile]
| education = Cardiff Met University
| coach = Ian Kennedy (–2015)
Bob Smith (2015–)
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Piers Copeland (born 26 November 1998) is a Welsh middle-distance runner, from pontypridd), specialising in the 1500 metres.{{iaaf name|14701261}} He represented Great Britain at the 2021 European Indoor Championships finishing fifth in the final. Earlier, he won a silver medal at the 2019 European U23 Championships.
International competitions
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2019
|bgcolor=silver|2nd |1500 m |
2021
|European Indoor Championships |5th |1500 m |
Personal bests
Outdoor
- 800 metres – 1:45.77 (Stockholm 2021)
- 1500 metres – 3:34.32 (Marseille 2021)
- One mile – 3:54.91 (London 2022)
Indoor
- 800 metres – 1:47.21 (Glasgow 2020)
- 1500 metres – 3:36.12(Birmingham 2022)
- 3000 metres – 7:58.60 (Cardiff 2018)
References
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External links
- {{World Athletics}}
- {{British Athletics|piers-copeland}}
- [https://www.welshathletics.org/en/page/piers-copeland Piers Copeland] at Welsh Athletics
- {{Team Wales|piers-copeland}}
- {{2022 Commonwealth Games profile|60044}}
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Category:Welsh male middle-distance runners
Category:British male middle-distance runners
Category:Commonwealth Games competitors for Wales
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
Category:21st-century Welsh sportsmen
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