Sarah Calvert
 Sarah Calvert at the 2025 UK Athletics Championships | |||||||||||||||
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| Nationality | British (Scottish) | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 29 June 2001 | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
| Event | Middle-distance running, | ||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 800m: 2:00.32 (2025) 1500m: 4:08.14 (2025) | ||||||||||||||
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Sarah Calvert (born 29 June 2001) is a British middle-distance runner from Scotland. She won the 1500 metres title at the 2025 UK Athletics Championships.[1]
Early and personal life
[edit]She attended Linlithgow Academy in West Lothian. She won the Scottish Schools Championships at under-20 level over both 800 metres and 1500 metres in both 2018 and 2019. Her younger sister Isla is also a middle-distance runner.[2][3] She later studied medicine at Edinburgh University.[4][5]
Career
[edit]A member of Livingston AC, she was coached in her early career by Sandra Hardacre.[6] She finished seventh over 800 metres in a personal best time of 2:05.68 at the 2019 European Athletics U20 Championships in Borås, Sweden.[7]
She won the Scottish Athletics 3000 metres championships in June 2023. [8] That month, she won the British U23 title over 1500 metres ahead of Alexandra Millard.[9] She competed at the 2023 European Athletics U23 Championships in July 2023 in Espoo, Finland.[10] She won Scottish titles over 800 metres and 1500 metres in August 2023, that month she set a new Scottish Native Record - the fastest time by a Scot in Scotland - for the women’s mile run at the Monument Mile Classic event in Stirling, breaking the record set by Yvonne Murray in 1985.[11]
She became Scottish Indoor 3000 metres champion in January 2025 with a personal best time of 9:15.67.[12] In May 2025, she won the British Universities and Colleges Sport (BUCS) outdoor title over 1500 metres.[13] In June 2025, she lowered her personal best for the 800 metres whilst competing in Austria, running a time of 2:00.32.[14]
She was named in the British team for the 2025 Summer World University Games in Germany, where she won the silver medal in the women's 1500 metres.[15][16][17] On 3 August, she won the 1500 metres at the 2025 UK Athletics Championships in Birmingham in 4:16.27 finishing ahead of Laura Muir.[18][19][20]
References
[edit]- ^ "Sarah Calvert". World Athletics. Retrieved 27 June 2025.
- ^ Turnbull, Craig (12 June 2019). "Linlithgow sisters Isla and Sarah Calvert clinch double gold each". Falkirk Herald. Retrieved 28 July 2025.
- ^ "West Lothian's Sarah Calvert seals double national title for second straight year". Daily Record. 14 August 2019. Retrieved 28 July 2025.
- ^ "Five picked for World Unis; Jenny retires after 28 years". Scottish Athletics. 4 July 2025. Retrieved 28 July 2025.
- ^ "Winter Sporting Success". upesport.ed.ac.uk. 7 Jan 2025. Retrieved 28 July 2025.
- ^ "'Sandra Hardacre is so deserving of MBE Honour' – Sarah Calvert". Scottish Athletics. 6 Jan 2025. Retrieved 28 July 2025.
- ^ "Sprinter Amy Hunt comfortably wins 200m as 800m runner Isabelle Boffey and hurdler Josh Zeller also take titles on Saturday at European U20 Champs". Athletics Weekly. 20 July 2019. Retrieved 28 July 2025.
- ^ "scottishathletics 3000m Championships". World Athletics. 2 June 2023. Retrieved 28 July 2025.
- ^ Smythe, Steve (20 June 2023). "KEELY HODGKINSON TURNS ON THE SPEED AT ENGLAND AGE-GROUP CHAMPS". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 28 July 2025.
- ^ "Superb effort by athletes and coaches delivers 20 medals at Chelmsford". Scottish Athletics. 19 June 2023. Retrieved 28 July 2025.
- ^ "Bring the Flames! Sarah sets Native Record at the Monument Mile". Scottish Athletics. 27 August 2023. Retrieved 28 July 2025.
- ^ "Jake wins Scottish 3000m title with Championship Best run". Scottish Athletics. 4 January 2025. Retrieved 28 July 2025.
- ^ "Ben lands T20 European Record as Scots win BUCS medals". Scottish Athletics. 6 May 2025. Retrieved 28 July 2025.
- ^ "British Women's 10,000m gold again for Megan – amid Glasgow 2026 marks". Scottish Athletics. 15 June 2025. Retrieved 28 July 2025.
- ^ Henderson, Jason (3 July 2025). "BIG GB TEAMS FOR THE EURO U23 CHAMPS AND WORLD UNIVERSITY GAMES". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 3 July 2025.
- ^ "FISU World University Games". World Athletics. 27 July 2025. Retrieved 27 July 2025.
- ^ "Silver Stride: Sarah Calvert Shines in 1500m Showdown". Bucs.org.uk. 28 July 2025. Retrieved 28 July 2025.
- ^ "Amy Hunt takes dramatic 100m gold at UK Champs". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 2 August 2025.
- ^ "UK Championship". World Athletics. 2 August 2025. Retrieved 2 August 2025.
- ^ Poole, Harry (3 August 2025). "Asher-Smith and Hughes break records at UK Champs". BBC Sport. Retrieved 3 August 2025.