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Nationality | British | ||||||||||||||
Born | 9 March 1994 | ||||||||||||||
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Country | Great Britain & N.I. England | ||||||||||||||
Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
Event | 1500 metres | ||||||||||||||
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Personal best | 1500 m: 3:56.72 (2023) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Katie Snowden (born 9 March 1994) is an English middle-distance runner representing England and Great Britain, specialising in the 1500 metres. She finished fourth in the event at the 2022 European Athletics Championships.
Snowden represented Great Britain at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.
Katie Snowden won the girls' 800 metres event at the 2011 Commonwealth Youth Games held in Douglas, Isle of Man. [1]
In 2015, she placed sixth in the women's 800 metres at the European Under-23 Championships held in Tallinn, Estonia.
Snowden competed in the women's 1500 metres at the 2018 Commonwealth Games held in Gold Coast, Australia. [1]
She finished in sixth place in the women's 1500 metres at the 2021 European Indoor Championships held in Toruń, Poland. [2] Whilst representing Great Britain at the postponed 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Snowden ran a personal best time of 4:02.77 in the third heat to qualify for the semi-finals of the women's 1500 metres. [3] [4]
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Time |
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2011 | World Youth Championships | Villeneuve-d'Ascq, France | 7th | 800 m | 2:05.64 |
Commonwealth Youth Games | Douglas, Isle of Man | 1st | 800 m | 2:11.20 | |
2015 | European U23 Championships | Tallinn, Estonia | 6th | 800 m | 2:03.45 |
2017 | European Team Championships Super League | Villeneuve-d'Ascq, France | 9th | 800 m | 2:05.19 |
2018 | Commonwealth Games | Gold Coast, Australia | 11th | 1500 m | 4:06.55 |
2021 | European Indoor Championships | Toruń, Poland | 6th | 1500 m | 4:21.81 |
Olympic Games | Tokyo, Japan | 16th (sf) | 1500 m | 4:02.93 | |
2022 | World Championships | Eugene, OR, United States | 20th (sf) | 1500 m | 4:08.29 |
Commonwealth Games | Birmingham, United Kingdom | 7th | 1500 m | 4:07.15 | |
European Championships | Munich, Germany | 4th | 1500 m | 4:04.97 | |
2023 | European Indoor Championships | Istanbul, Turkey | 5th | 1500 m | 4:07.68 |
World Championships | Budapest, Hungary | 8th | 1500 m | 3:59.65 |
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