Iona Lake

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Iona Lake
Personal information
Born (1993-01-15) 15 January 1993 (age 32)
Norwich, Norfolk, England
Height1.55 m (5 ft 1 in)
Weight48 kg (106 lb)
Sport
CountryFlag of England.svg  England
ClubCity of Norwich Athletics Club
Coached byPauline Ash [1]

Iona Lake is a British middle-distance runner, specialising in the 3000 metres steeplechase. She competed at the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast for England. She also runs in the 800 metres, 1500 metres, 3000 metres and 5000 metres distances, but has never competed professionally in these disciplines. [2]

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Lake's 3000 m steeplechase personal best of 9:39.03, achieved in Zagreb, Croatia in 2017, places her as the seventh quickest British female steeplechaser of all time in the 3000 m discipline. [3] This performance also allowed her to compete at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, coming six seconds inside the qualifying time. [4]

Race results

All information from the Power of 10 website (rankings and results).

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
2015England Athletics U20 / U23 Championships Bedford, England1st3000 m s'chase10:08.80
European Athletics U23 Championships Tallinn, Estonia8th 3000 m s'chase 9:59.83
2017 Hanžeković Memorial Zagreb, Croatia8th3000 m s'chase9:39.03
British Athletics Championships Birmingham, England1st3000 m s'chase9:57.53
2018 2018 Commonwealth Games Gold Coast, Australia8th 3000 m s'chase 9:58.92
2019Armagh International Road Race Armagh, Northern Ireland12th3 kilometre9:28
Run Norwich Norwich, England1st10K36.23

Personal bests

EventTimeDatePlace
800 m2:10.0712 July 2014 Norwich
1500 m4:21.304 April 2015 Berkeley
3000 m9:22.6130 July 2014 Watford
5000 m16:15.9323 April 2015 Philadelphia
3000 m steeplechase9:39.0329 August 2017Zagreb

References

  1. "Iona Lake". Team England. Retrieved 18 May 2019.
  2. "Iona Lake". Power of 10. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
  3. "Ranking List". Power of 10. Retrieved 18 May 2019.
  4. "University of Birmingham students and alumni selected for Gold Coast Commonwealth Games". University of Birmingham. 6 April 2018. Retrieved 18 May 2019.