Alice Leake

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Alice Leake
Personal information
NationalityBritish
Born1991 (age 3334)
Pontefract, Yorkshire [1]
Sport
SportOrienteering
Medal record
Women's orienteering
Representing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
World Orienteering Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2022 Triangle Region Sprint

Alice Leake (born 1991) is a British orienteering competitor. [2] She received a bronze medal in the Sprint discipline at the 2022 World Orienteering Championships, behind Megan Carter Davies and Simona Aebersold. [3]

Leake's medal came after a series of improving performances at World Championships events, coming 8th in sprint at the 2018 World Orienteering Championships and 4th at the next sprint World Championships in 2021, before receiving a bronze medal at the championships in 2022. She first competed for British Orienteering at the 2015 World Orienteering Championships. [4]

Leake competes for the Airienteers and Southern Navigators orienteering clubs. [2] She has also been a member of Edinburgh University Orienteering Club, and has won both the British Orienteering Championships and the Jan Kjellström Orienteering Festival. [4]

Leake retired from international orienteering in 2023. [5] [6]

References

  1. "World of O Athletes - Alice Leake". runners.worldofo.com. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
  2. 1 2 "IOF Eventor - Alice Leake". eventor.orienteering.org. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
  3. "Sprint success for Great Britain and Norway | International Orienteering Federation". orienteering.sport. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
  4. 1 2 "Alice Leake- on the Red Line". ontheredline.org.uk. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
  5. "On The Red Line: Alice Leake". ontheredline.org.uk. On The Red Line. Retrieved 26 October 2023.
  6. "Alice announces retirement". britishorienteering.org.uk. British Orienteering. Retrieved 26 October 2023.