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| Born | 16 December 2007 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Middle distance running | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 800m: 2:02.01 (Luzern, 2025) 1500m: 4:09.13 (Watford, 2025) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Lyla Belshaw (born 16 December 2007) is a British middle-distance runner. She was the gold medalist in her specialist event, the 1500 metres, at the 2024 European Athletics U18 Championships and the 2025 European Athletics U20 Championships. [1]
From Colchester in Essex, she attended Colchester County High School for Girls. [2] [3]
A member of the Colchester Harriers, she won her age-group Mini London Marathon in April 2023 as a 15 year-old. [4] She was a bronze medalist in the 1500 metres at the 2023 Commonwealth Youth Games in Trinidad and Tobago with a personal best time of 4:16.37. [5] [6]
She won the gold medal in the 1500 metres at the 2024 European Athletics U18 Championships in Slovakia. [7] In October 2024, she was nominated by Athletics Weekly for best British female junior. [8]
On 25 July, she won the England Athletics U20 Championships title over 1500 metres with 4:18.19. [9] She was named in the British team for the 1500 metres at the 2025 European Athletics U20 Championships in Tampere. [10] She subsequently won the 1500 metres gold medal in Tampere, her second age-grade European title in two years, winning ahead of Carmen Cernjul of Sweden and compatriot Isobelle Jones in a time of 4:14.59. [11] [12]
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