Louise Small

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Louise Small (born 27 March 1992) is a British long-distance runner.

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She is a life member [1] of Aldershot, Farnham And District Athletic Club, and has been coached by Mick Woods since she first joined in 2006 [2]

In 2007, age 15, she competed for Great Britain [3] at the IAAF World Youth Championships.

In 2008, Small was selected to join On Camp with Kelly, [4] a mentoring and education program set up by Dame Kelly Holmes for aspiring young athletes.

Small is an alumna of St Mary's University where she attained a BSc in Sports Coaching Science followed by a PGCE in Primary Education and finally a Masters in Pedagogical Leadership in Physical Education and Sport [5]

Small is currently sponsored by sports company Hoka [6] and was previously sponsored by Nike

GB & NI Representations

DateCompetitionEventVenuePosition
U17/Juniors
11/07/2007 2007 IAAF World Youth Championships 1500m Ostrava, Czech Republic6th H1 [7]
01/02/2009Cross Country Junior InternationalXC Lisbon, PortugalGOLD [8]
28/03/2009 2009 IAAF World Cross Country Championships XC Amman, Jordan34th [9]
11/07/2009 2009 IAAF World Youth Championships 1500m Bressanone-Brixen, Italy5th [10]
25/07/2009 2009 European Junior Championships 3000m Novi-Sad, SerbiaBRONZE [11]
20/03/2011 2011 IAAF World Cross Country Championships XC Punta Umbria, Spain29th [12]
22/05/2011 Loughborough International3000m Loughborough, UK16th [13]
Seniors
14/04/2012 World University Cross Country Championships XC Lodz, Poland56th [14]
06/06/2016 European 10000m cup 10000m Mersin, Turkey12th [15]
26/03/2017 2017 IAAF World Cross Country Championships XC Kampala, Uganda38th [16]
10/06/2017 European 10000m cup [17] 10000m Minsk, Belarus16th [18]
27/08/2017 2017 Summer Universiade 5000m/10000m Taipei, Taiwan.4th [19] / 10th [20]
19/05/2018 European 10000m cup 10000m London, UK7th [21]

Domestic competition highlights

DateCompetitionVenuePosition
U17/Juniors
26/08/2007UK School Games1500m Coventry BRONZE [22]
08/03/2008Sainsbury ESAA English Schools' Championships - cross countryXC Liverpool SILVER [23]
28/03/2008SIAB International Schools' Cross Country ChampionshipsXC Perth SILVER [24]
13/04/2008London Mini MarathonRoad London GOLD [25]
23/12/2008National Cross Country ChampionshipsXC Alton Towers BRONZE [26]
26/04/2009London Mini MarathonRoad London SILVER [27]
21/02/2009National Cross Country ChampionshipsXC Parliament Hill GOLD [28]
19/02/2011National Cross Country ChampionshipsXC Alton Towers BRONZE [29]
01/05/2011BUCS Championships10000m Bedford GOLD [30]
02/05/2011BUCS Championships5000m Bedford GOLD [31]
04/02/2012BUCS Cross Country ChampionshipsXC Cardif SILVER [32]
Seniors
21/02/2015National Cross Country ChampionshipsXC Parliament Hill SILVER [33]
25/02/2017National Cross Country ChampionshipsXC Nottingham SILVER [34]
24/02/2018National Cross Country ChampionshipsXC Parliament Hill SILVER [35]
19/05/2018Night of the 10,000m PB's (inc British Champs & European Cup )10000m Parliament Hill BRONZE [36]
17/03/2019 Reading Half Marathon Road Reading SILVER [37]

Small has six Senior Women's titles competing at the Hampshire Cross Country Championships, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022. [38]

Personal bests [5]

EventTimeVenueDate
800m2:09 Stevenage 7 June 2009
1500m4:20 Watford 27 July 2016
3000m9:07 Watford 6 September 2017
5000m15:40 Catford 14 September 2017
10000m32:34 London 19 May 2018
5K Road16:10Barrowford17 June 2023
10k Road33:20 Warsaw Pol22 April 2018
Half Marathon72:46 Reading 17 March 2019
Marathon2:30.54 Berlin Marathon 24 September 2023

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