Laura Weightman

Laura Weightman

Personal information
Nationality	British
Born	(1991-07-01) 1 July 1991 Alnwick, Northumberland, England
Height	1.71 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in)
Weight	56 kg (123 lb) (2014)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	Middle distance
Club	Morpeth Harriers
Coached by	Steve Cram
Medal record Women's athletics Representing  Great Britain European Championships 2014 Zürich 1500 m 2018 Berlin 1500 m Representing  England Commonwealth Games 2014 Glasgow 1500 m 2018 Gold Coast 5000 m

Laura Weightman (born 1 July 1991) is an English middle-distance runner who competes in the 1500 metres and 5000 metres. She reached the 1500 metres final at the 2012 London Olympics and the 2016 Rio Olympics,^[1][2] and won a silver medal at the 2014 Commonwealth Games and bronze medals at the 2014 and 2018 European Championships. She also won a bronze medal in the 5000 metres at the 2018 Commonwealth Games. Her Mile run best of 4:20.49 in 2018, ranks her in the world all-time top 25.

Early life and education

Weightman was born on 1 July 1991 in Alnwick, Northumberland, England.^[3] She was educated at The Duchess's Community High School, a state comprehensive school in the market town of Alnwick. She is currently living in Leeds training full-time after graduating with a Sport and Exercise Science degree from Leeds Metropolitan University in May 2013.

Career

Weightman finished sixth in the 1500 metres final at the 2010 IAAF World Junior Championships in Athletics and ended the season with a 1500m best of 4:09.60. She improved this to 4:07.94 in 2011.

At the 2012 Olympic Games in London, Weightman ran a personal best of 4:02.99 in the 1500 metres semi-finals, and went on to finish ninth in the final. In 2013, she ran a 3000 metres best of 8:43.46 in Stretford. She further improve her 1500 metres best to 4:00.17 on 5 July 2014 at the Paris Diamond League, before going on to win a silver medal at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow and a bronze medal at the 2014 European Championships in Zurich.

Weightman reached her second Olympic final in 2016, finishing 11th at the Olympic Games in Rio, went on to finish sixth in the 1500m final at the 2017 World Championships in London, and to win a bronze medal in the 5000 metres at the 2018 Commonwealth Games. Having ran a mile best of 4:20.88 in 2017, she improved to 4:20.49 in 2018, a time that moved her into the world all-time top 25. Three weeks later, she won bronze medal in the 1500m at the 2018 European Championships in Berlin.

Weightman is coached by former world record holder in the 1500m and the mile, Steve Cram, having previously been coached by Mike Bateman from Morpeth Harriers.

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