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| Nationality | Great Britain | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 24 March 2003 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | 5000m | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 5000m: 13:29.23 (Brussels, 2023) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Will Barnicoat (born 24 March 2003) is a British track and field athlete and cross country runner. He was European U20 cross country champion in 2022, and became European U23 cross country champion in 2023. [1]
Barnicoat runs for Aldershot, Farnham and District Athletics Club. [2] He attended Cranleigh School, [3] and the University of Birmingham, where he was a contemporary of Axel Vang Christensen. As a student, Barnicoat supplemented his income working as a pot washer at a branch of Gourmet Burger Kitchen. [4]
In February 2022, he became the English National junior cross-country champion for the second time, having also been U17 champion before that. [5] [6] Later that year, he won the 2022 European Cross Country Championships U20 race in Turin. [7] [8]
He was a bronze medallist in the 2023 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's 5000 metres in Espoo. [9] In December 2023, he won the 2023 European Cross Country Championships U23 race in Brussels. [10] He also claimed gold as part of the British squad which won the U23 team event. [11]
In March 2024, he was named in the senior British team for the 2024 World Athletics Cross Country Championships in Serbia, [12] where he finished 27th. [13] In May 2024, he was runner-up at the British Universities and Colleges Sport (BUCS) in the 5000 metres. [14] That month he lowered his 5000m personal best to 13:29.23 in Brussels. [15] He also trains with Tomer Tarragano.
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