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| Nationality | British | |||||||||||
| Born | 19 January 1996 | |||||||||||
| Sport | ||||||||||||
| Sport | Track and Field | |||||||||||
| Event | 3000m steeplechase | |||||||||||
| Club | Erme Valley Harriers | |||||||||||
Medal record
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Will Battershill (born 25 February 1998) is a British steeplechaser and long distance runner. In 2023, he became the British champion in the 3000 metres steeplechase. [1] [2]
In 2021, Battershill made his England senior debut and achieved the Commonwealth Games steeplechase qualifying standard. [3]
Battershill came to significant prominence after winning the 3,000 metres steeplechase event at the 2023 British Athletics Championships, held in Manchester. [4] [5]
Ezekiel Kemboi Cheboi is a Kenyan professional athlete, winner of the 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2004 Summer Olympics, the 2009 World Championships, the 2011 World Championships, the 2012 Summer Olympics, the 2013 World Championships and the 2015 World Championships. His 3000 m steeplechase best of 7:55.76 set at Monaco in 2011 places him as the sixth fastest of all time. This time is also the fastest non-winning time in history. He is one of only four men to have won both Olympic and World golds in the event, along with Reuben Kosgei, Brimin Kipruto and Conseslus Kipruto. He is the only multiple gold medalist in both. He is the only athlete to have won four world championships in the steeplechase, and only the second athlete to win two Olympic titles in the event.
Mark Robert Rowland is a retired male distance-runner from the United Kingdom, who specialised in the 3000m steeplechase.
Graeme Vincent Fell is a male former 3000 metres steeplechase runner.
Colin Robert Reitz is a male English former track athlete who competed mainly in the 3000 metres steeplechase.
Adam Bowden is a British international triathlete and former international runner who specialized in the 3000 metres steeplechase.
Helen Teresa Clitheroe is a former British middle and long-distance runner.
Trevor Anthony Vincent, is a former Australian long-distance runner, specialising in the 3000 metres steeplechase. In 1962 he competed for his native country at the Commonwealth Games in Perth, Western Australia, winning the gold medal in the 3000m steeplechase event, setting an inaugural Commonwealth Games record and breaking his own Australian record. He also competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan in the 3000 metres steeplechase event.
Eilish McColgan is a Scottish middle- and long-distance runner. She is the 2022 Commonwealth Games 10,000 metres champion with the Games record, and 5000 metres silver medallist. McColgan is a four-time European Championships medallist, winning silver medals for the 5000 m in 2018 and 10,000 m in 2022, bronze in the 5000 m in 2022, and a bronze for the indoor 3000 metres in 2017. She is the European record holder for the 10 km road race, and the British record holder for the 5000 m, 10,000 m, 5 km and half marathon. She also holds the European best in the 10 miles on the roads.
Tom Hanlon is a Scottish former athlete who competed mainly in the 3000 metres steeplechase. He represented Great Britain at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics. He also represented Great Britain at two World Championships, and Scotland at two Commonwealth Games. His best time for the 3000m steeplechase of 8:12.58 on 3 August 1991 in Monaco, is the Scottish record and ranks him third on the British all-time list behind Mark Rowland and Colin Reitz.
Jonathan Muia Ndiku is a Kenyan long-distance runner who specialises in the 3000 metres steeplechase. He has a personal best of 8:07.75 minutes. He was the gold medallist in the event at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, where he broke the Commonwealth Games record.
Luke Gunn is a British male track and field athlete who competed in the 3000 metres steeplechase. He married fellow athlete Hannah England in 2013.
Colin Frederick Walker is an English former athlete who specialised in the 3000 metres steeplechase.
Beatrice Chepkoech Sitonik is a Kenyan long-distance runner who specialises in the 3000 metres steeplechase. She won gold medals at the 2019 World Championships and 2018 African Championships and silver medal at the 2023 World Championships. In the 1500 metres, Chepkoech took silver at the 2018 Commonwealth Games and bronze at the 2015 African Games. She is the world record holder for the 3000 m steeplechase with a time of 8:44.32 set in 2018 in Monaco. With that mark she became the first woman to break the 8:50 and 8:45 barriers in the event.
Edison Everton Wedderburn is a male English former distance runner who competed mainly in the 3000 metres steeplechase. He represented Great Britain at the 1988 Olympic Games and won a silver medal at the 1985 Universiade.
Ala Zoghlami is a Tunisian-born Italian male middle-distance runner and steeplechaser. He competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in 3000 m steeplechase.
Stewart "Stewie" McSweyn is an Australian long-distance runner. He was a finalist in the men's 1500 metres in the Tokyo Olympics, and has also been a World Championships and Commonwealth Games finalist in the 3000 metres steeplechase, 5000 metres and 10,000 metres.
Avinash Mukund Sable is an Indian track and field athlete who specializes in 3000 metres steeplechase. He holds the national record of 8:11.20, set at the 2022 Commonwealth Games where he won the silver medal. It was the ninth time he had set the national record.
Elizabeth "Lizzie" Bird is a British athlete who specializes in the 3000 metres steeplechase. She won the silver medal at the 2022 Commonwealth Games and bronze medals at the 2022 and 2024 European Athletics Championships.
Eilish Flanagan is an Irish long distance runner. She competed in the 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2020 Olympics.
Jamaine Coleman is a British steeplechaser and middle distance runner. In 2022, he became the British champion in the 3000 metres steeplechase.
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