Laura Muir
 Laura Muir in 2016 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nationality |  United Kingdom | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 9 May 1993 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | 800 metres, 1500 metres, 3000 metres | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Dundee Hawkhill Harriers & Glasgow University | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal bests | 800 m: 2:00.67 (Birmingham 2014)) 1500 m: 3:55.22 NR (Paris 2016) 3000 m: 8:49.73i (Karlsruhe 2015) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Laura Muir (born 9 May 1993 in Milnathort)[1] is a Scottish middle distance runner who specialises in 800m, 1500m, and 3000m races.[2] At the 2013 World Championships in Athletics Muir represented Great Britain in the 800 metres, she reached the semi-finals with a personal best time of 2:00.83.[3] At the 2014 Diamond League event in Paris, she ran 4:00.07 in the 1500 metres, to break Yvonne Murray's 27-year-old Scottish record.[citation needed] At the 2016 Diamond League event at the Olympic Park in London 22 July she ran 3:57.49 for 1500 metres to break Dame Kelly Holmes' British record. On August 27 2016, at the Paris Diamond League she lowered her Personal Best and the National 1500m record to 3:55.22 [4] Her time also made her the fastest woman in the world over 1500m for the year. In 2016 she became the third British woman to win a Diamond League title as she won the 1500m title in Zurich. [5]
Muir is also a student of veterinary medicine at the University of Glasgow[6] where one of her lecturers has been veterinary pathologist, distance runner and team-mate at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Hayley Haining.[7]
International competitions
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing  Scotland Great Britain
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| 2013 | European U23 Championships | Tampere, Finland | 3rd | 1500 m | 4:08.19 |
| World Championships | Moscow, Russia | semifinal | 800 m | 2:00.83 | |
| 2014 | World Indoor Championships | Sopot, Poland | heats | 800 m | 2:02.55 |
| Commonwealth Games | Glasgow, UK | 11th | 1500 m | 4:14.21 | |
| European Championships | Zurich, Switzerland | heats | 1500 m | 4:14.69 | |
| 2015 | European Indoor Championships | Prague, Czech Republic | 4th | 3000 m | 8:52.14 |
| World Championships | Beijing, China | 5th | 1500 m | 4:11.48 | |
| 2016 | Olympic Games | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 7th | 1500 m | 4:12.88 |
References
- ^ Laura Muir. ScotStats. Retrieved on 2015-01-19.
- ^ "Athlete Profile - Laura Muir". Power of 10.
- ^ "World Athletics 2013@ Laura Muir through to semi-finals of 800m". 15 August 2013. Retrieved 17 August 2013.
- ^ http://livecache.sportresult.com/node/binaryData/AT_PROD/PARIS2016/PDF_RE1130040.PDF?h=J4BVi4he6x8kIYRSXealndXXxIs=
- ^ http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/37250166
- ^ McLean, Euan (23 January 2014). "Trainee vet Laura Muir aims to show she has pedigree to win 800m at Glasgow International event". dailyrecord.co.uk. Retrieved 7 March 2014.
- ^ Fisher, Stewart (11 May 2014). "Marathon: Haining in it for the long run". HeraldScotland. Retrieved 4 August 2014.
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- 1993 births
- Living people
- Scottish female middle-distance runners
- British female middle-distance runners
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
- People from Perth and Kinross
- Commonwealth Games competitors for Scotland
- World Championships in Athletics athletes for Great Britain
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes of Great Britain
- Scottish athletics biography stubs