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Pagen Spooner
Personal information
NationalityGreat Britain
Born (2001-02-28) 28 February 2001 (age 23)
Sport
SportAthletics
EventRace Walking

Pagen Spooner is a British track and field athlete who competes as a race walker. She is a former UK national champion and British U23 record holder.[1]

Career

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In January 2020, Spooner won the English title in the 3000m race walk, triumphing at the England Athletics Indoor Race Walking Championships, in Sheffield.[2] In February 2020, she finished as runner-up to Abigail Jennings in the women’s indoor 5000m race walk at the British Indoor Championship in Glasgow.[3][4]

Spooner set a new British U23 record making he debut at the 20,000m distance when she competed at the British Grand Prix of Race Walking over 20,000 metres at Leeds Beckett Athletics Centre on June 10 2023. She completed the course in a time of 1:55:23:18. The time moved her to fourth on the UK all-time list.[5][6]

She finished fourth at the UK indoor Championships in February 2024.[7]

References

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  1. ^ "Pagen Spooner". World Athletics. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
  2. ^ "Holly Mills and Andrew Murphy win in Sheffield – weekly round-up". Athletics Weekly. January 6, 2020. Retrieved July 10, 2023.
  3. ^ "BOSWORTH LOWERS NATIONAL RECORD AS 17 BRITISH CHAMPIONS ARE CROWNED ON DAY TWO IN GLASGOW". British Athletics. 23 February 2020. Retrieved July 10, 2023.
  4. ^ "British Indoor Athletics Championships: Tom Bosworth smashes British 5,000m walk record". BBC Sport. 23 February 2020. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
  5. ^ "WARNER AND SNOOK TAKE SENIOR TITLES AT THE BRITISH GRAND PRIX OF RACE WALKING". British Athletics. June 12, 2023. Retrieved June 10, 2023.
  6. ^ "Jennings and Snook claim national race walking titles". England Athletics. 12 June 2023. Retrieved July 10, 2023.
  7. ^ https://worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results/results/7206823?eventId=10229682