Georgia Ellenwood

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Georgia Ellenwood
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Ellenwood after winning the heptathlon at the 2018 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships
Personal information
Full nameGeorgia Lorraine Ellenwood
Born (1995-08-05) August 5, 1995 (age 28)
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Home town Langley, British Columbia [1]
Education University of Wisconsin
Height170 cm (5 ft 7 in) [2]
Sport
Sport Track and field
Event(s) Heptathlon, pentathlon
College team Wisconsin Badgers [3]
Club Under Armour
Turned pro2018
Achievements and titles
Personal bestHeptathlon: 6314 (Ratingen 2021)

Georgia Lorraine Ellenwood (born 5 August 1995) is a Canadian athlete competing in combined events. [4]

Contents

Career

She represented Canada at the 2016 World Indoor Championships, finishing tenth, and also represented Canada at the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo. Georgia Ellenwood is an 8-time NCAA Division I All-American, 2018 Big Ten Conference Field athlete of the year after setting a new personal best and a Wisconsin Badgers school record. CKWX NEWS 1130 in British Columbia, Canada profiled Ellenwood's journey. Ellenwood is a Langley Secondary School 2013 graduate. [5] Ellenwood competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics. [6] [7] [8]

Competition record

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
2011 World Youth Championships Lille, France 12thHeptathlon (youth)4952 pts
2012 World Junior Championships Barcelona, Spain 18thHeptathlon 5262 pts
2013 Pan American Junior Championships Medellín, Colombia 3rdHeptathlon5493 pts
2014 World Junior Championships Eugene, United States 7thHeptathlon 5594 pts
2015 Universiade Gwangju, South Korea 5thHeptathlon 5665 pts
2016 World Indoor Championships Portland, United States 9thPentathlon 4324 pts
2016 Pan American Combined Events Cup Ottawa, Canada 4thHeptathlon5814 pts [9]
NACAC U23 Championships San Salvador, El Salvador 3rdHigh jump 1.78 m
5thLong jump 5.79 m
2018 2018 Pan American Combined Events Cup
Canadian Track and Field Championships
Ottawa, Canada 1stHeptathlon6026 pts [10]
2021 Olympics Tokyo, Japan 20thHeptathlon 6077 points
2023 Pan American Games Santiago, Chile Heptathlon DNF
Representing University of Wisconsin
2016 2016 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships Eugene, United States 5thHeptathlon 5935 pts
2017 2017 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships College Station, Texas 7thPentathlon 4162 pts
2018 2018 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships College Station, Texas 3rdPentathlon 4381 pts
2018 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships Eugene, United States 1stHeptathlon 6146 pts

Personal bests

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References

  1. "Georgia Ellenwood profile". Canadian Olympic Committee . Retrieved October 27, 2023.
  2. 2015 Universiade bio
  3. College team bio
  4. Georgia Ellenwood at World Athletics OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  5. Georgia Ellenwood: Four-time B.C. high school heptathlon champ caps NCAA Div. 1 career with a golden weekend Varsity Letters
  6. Nichols, Paula (3 July 2021). "Team Canada to have 57 competitors in athletics at Tokyo 2020". www.olympic.ca/. Canadian Olympic Committee . Retrieved 3 July 2021.
  7. "57 athletes nominated to Canada's Olympic track & field team". www.cbc.ca/. CBC Sports. 3 July 2021. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
  8. "Athletics ELLENWOOD Georgia". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 2021-08-28. Retrieved 2021-08-28.
  9. HEPTATHLON WOMEN PAN AMERICAN COMBINED EVENTS CANADA OTTAWA (TERRY FOX AF), CAN, CANADA 17 JUN 2016 - 18 JUN 2016 IAAF
  10. HEPTATHLON WOMEN PAN AMERICAN COMBINED EVENTS CANADA OTTAWA (TERRY FOX AF), CAN, CANADA 03 JUL 2018 - 04 JUL 2018 IAAF