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| Nationality | British | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 7 July 1997 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | 3000m | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Hannah Nuttall (born 7 July 1997) is a British athlete. She competes in middle-distance and cross-country running events. In 2024, she became British champion in the 5000 metres.
Nuttall ran as a youngster for Charnwood Athletics club. [1] Nuttall attended Loughborough College and had her first experience of representing Britain at the 2015 junior World Cross Country Championships held in Guiyang, China. [2] A qualified nutritionist, [3] she attended the University of New Mexico, [4] and completed a master's degree at Loughborough University. [5]
In 2021 she won the mixed relay at the 2021 European Cross Country Championships held in Dublin. [6] Shortly afterwards she began to be coached by Helen Clitheroe when she joined Team New Balance Manchester. [7]
In February 2023, Nuttall finished runner-up at the British national indoors championships over 3000m. [8] She was subsequently selected for the Great Britain squad for the 2023 European Indoor Championships held in Istanbul for the 3000m. [9] She qualified for the final in the 3000m. [10] Nuttall ran a personal best time of 8:46.30 as she achieved a fifth-placed finish in the final. [11]
She was selected for the British team for the 2023 European Athletics Team Championships held in Chorzów, Silesia, Poland between 20 and 25 June 2023. [12] It was the second time she had ever ran a 5000m race on the track, and she finished in second position overall in the First Division race, with a time of 15:29:49. [13]
In February 2024 in Boston, Massachusetts, she ran a new personal best over 3000 metres, running 8:45.61. [14] The following week she lowered her 5000m personal best to 15:03.39 in Boston. [15] She finished second at the 2024 British Indoor Athletics Championships in Birmingham over 3000 metres. [16] [17] She was subsequently selected for the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Glasgow where she competed in the women's 3000 metres in which she finished twelfth in the final. [18] [19]
She set a new outdoors personal best over 5000m running 14:57.91 at the Los Angeles Grand Prix on 17 May 2024. [20] The following weekend she lowered that again in Leiden, in the Netherlands, to 14:52.65. [21] She was selected to run the 5000 metres for Britain at the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome. [22] In 2024, she became British national champion in the 5000 metres at the 2024 British Athletics Championships in Manchester. [23]
All results taken from World Athletics profile
Championship results
| Year | Meet | Venue | Event | Place | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | World Indoor Championships | Birmingham Arena | 3000m | 12th | 8:48.24 |
| British Indoor Championships | 2nd | 9:01.94 | |||
| 2023 | European Athletics Indoor Championships | Ataköy Arena | 5th | 8:46.30 | |
| British Indoor Championships | Birmingham Arena | 2nd | 8:50.85 | ||
| European Athletics Team Championships | Stadion Śląski | 5000m | 3rd | 15:29.49 | |
| 2022 | British Athletics Championships | Manchester Regional Arena | 1500m | 4th | 4:20.25 |
| 2021 | European Cross Country Championships | National Sports Campus | XC Mixed Relay | 1st | 18:01 |
| 2020 | British Athletics Championships | Manchester Regional Arena | Steeplechase | 3rd | 10:25.43 |
| 2019 | European Cross Country Championships | Lisbon, Portugal | XC U23 | 31st | 22:28 |
| 2017 | British Athletics Championships | Alexander Stadium | 1500m | H1 6th | 4:19.39 |
| 2015 | British Indoor Championships | EIS, Sheffield | 3000m | 8th | 9:28.82 |
| World XC Championships | Guiyang, China | XC U20 | 45th | 22:23 |
Personal bests
| Surface | Event | Time | Date | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indoor track | 3000m | 8:45.61 | February 4, 2024 | The Track at New Balance |
| 5000m | 15:03.39 | February 9, 2024 | Boston University | |
| Outdoor track | 1500m | 4:05.66 | June 4, 2023 | Hengelo, NED |
| One mile | 4:33.42 | July 2, 2022 | Morton Stadium | |
| 5000m | 14:52.65 | May 25, 2024 | Leiden, NED | |
| Steeplechase | 10:25.43 | September 9, 2017 | Manchester, GBR |
Nuttall is the daughter of former athletes Alison Wyeth and John Nuttall. Her brother Luke Nuttall is also an athlete. [24] [25]
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