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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | British |
| Born | 9 December 1998 |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
| Event | Middle distance |
Ellie Leather (born 9 December 1998) is a British track and field athlete who competes as a middle distance runner.[1]
Career
[edit]Leather is a member of Westbury Harriers and Yate & District Athletics Club. She competed in the American college system for Rice University and Cincinnati University.[2][3]
In March 2021, she ran a personal best time of 4:41.78 for the mile run at the NCAA Indoor Championships in Houston, Texas.[4]
Competing at the UK National Championship in 2022, she was a finalist in the 1500m after she won her qualifying heat before finishing eighth overall. In 2022, she lowered her personal best to 4:11.33 for the 1500m and 4:34.89 over a mile.[5]
In January 2024, Leather won the 3000m race at the BMC Meeting in Sheffield with a half-minute personal al best time of 8:54.67.[6] In February 2024, she improved her personal best to 4:25.23 at the BU Invitational Mile in Boston, Massachusetts to move to fifth place on the UK indoor all-time mile list.[7]
On 17 February 2024, she qualified for the final at the British National Indoors Championships in Birmingham, in the 1500 metres.[8]
Leather ran a new 1500 metres personal best time of 4:06.12 in Los Angeles on 17 May 2024. In June 2024, she qualified for the final of the 1500 metres at the 2024 British Athletics Championships in which she placed sixth.[9]
Personal life
[edit]She is the great-niece of Diane Leather, the first woman to run a sub-5-minute mile.[10]
References
[edit]- ^ "Ellie Leather". World Athletics. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
- ^ "Why Ellie is the west's Queen of the Boards". Easy Runner. 17 February 2022. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
- ^ "Leather continuing her good form on the country in America". Easy Runner. 17 November 2021. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
- ^ Smythe, Steve (13 March 2021). "Tara Davis long jumps world-leading 6.93m". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
- ^ "Why Ellie Leather is one of the west's success stories this summer". Easy Runner. 30 June 2022. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
- ^ Smythe, Steve (9 January 2024). "James Gormley wins quick BMC 3000m". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
- ^ "MICHAELA ROSE, FLOMENA ASEKOL AND DORIS LEMNGOLE ACHIEVE TOP THREE COLLEGIATE ALL-TIME INDOOR MARKS AT BOSTON UNIVERSITY". dyestat. 10 February 2024. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
- ^ "Live results and start lists for the 2024 British Athletics Indoor Championships". Watch Athletics. 17 February 2023. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
- ^ https://worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results/results/7213161?eventId=10229513
- ^ Katz, Brigit (14 September 2018). "Record-Breaking Distance Runner Diane Leather Never Let Lack of Opportunity Slow Her Down". Smithsonianmag.