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Full name | Elliot Levi Giles [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Birmingham, United Kingdom | 26 May 1994||||||||||||||||||||
Education | St Mary's University | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | 800 metres | ||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Birchfield | ||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Matt Yates (2016) James Brewer (2015-2016) Eddie Cockayne (-2015) [2] | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Elliot Levi Giles (born 26 May 1994) is an English middle-distance runner from Birmingham, specialising in the 800 metres. [3] He is best known for winning the bronze at the 2016 European Championships.
In August 2014, he had a serious motorcycle accident which prevented him from competing for two years. [4]
His breakthrough year was 2016 when he became British champion over the distance, and was selected for the senior GB team for the first time at the European Athletics Championships where he won a surprise bronze medal. His new personal best of 1:45.54, set in the final, qualified him for the 2016 Summer Olympics. In Rio de Janeiro, however, he only managed seventh place in his heat which was not good enough for a place in the semifinals. In February 2021, he set a new British record for the 800 metres indoors, at the World Indoor Tour event in Torun, Poland. [5] This record had stood since March 1983, when it was set by Seb Coe.
Elliot founded Vandervolt in 2020, an electric bicycle company www.vandervolt.co.uk The company began by selling electric bike conversion kits, allowing the customer to convert their conventional bicycle into electric bikes. In 2022 Vandervolt launched its first electric bicycle, known as the scrambler.
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing Great Britain and England | |||||
2016 | European Championships | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 3rd | 800 m | 1:45.54 |
Olympic Games | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 29th (h) | 800 m | 1:47.88 | |
2017 | World Championships | London, United Kingdom | 20th (sf) | 800 m | 1:46.95 |
2018 | World Indoor Championships | Birmingham, United Kingdom | 4th | 800 m | 1:48.22 |
Commonwealth Games | Gold Coast, Australia | 15th (h) | 800 m | 1:48.54 | |
World Cup | London, United Kingdom | 3rd | 800 m | 1:47.40 | |
European Championships | Berlin, Germany | 15th (sf) | 800 m | 1:47.40 | |
2019 | World Championships | Doha, Qatar | 7th (sf) | 800 m | 1:45.15 |
2021 | Olympic Games | Tokyo, Japan | 11th (sf) | 800 m | 1:44.74 |
2023 | World Championships | Budapest, Hungary | 26th (sf) | 1500 m | 3:39.05 |
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