19 Facts About Andrew Butchart

Andrew Butchart was born on 14 October 1991 and is a British runner who competed in the 5000 metres event at the 2016 and 2020 Summer Olympics.

Andrew Butchart is the current Scottish record holder in the 3000,5000 and 10,000 metre events.

At the age of 16, Andrew Butchart came third in the Scottish schools cross-country championships.

Andrew Butchart won the 2014 Age UK Leeds Abbey Dash.

Andrew Butchart won his first professional race in the 5000 metres event at the 2015 Scottish Seniors Championships; he finished second in the 1,500 metres race.

In June 2015, Andrew Butchart was selected for the European 10,000m Cup despite having never previously run a 10,000m race on a track, and finished third in the 3000 metres event at the European Team Championships in Moscow.

Andrew Butchart became a full-time athlete at the beginning of 2016, leaving a fitness coaching job based at Gleneagles Hotel.

In February 2016, Andrew Butchart won the Scottish Cross Country Championships, and in May, Andrew Butchart broke Nat Muir's Scottish record in the 5000 metres event at the Fanny Blankers-Koen Games.

Andrew Butchart's time was 13:13.30, four seconds quicker than Muir's record, which had stood for 36 years, and Butchart ran the last lap of the race with only one shoe.

In June 2016, Andrew Butchart broke the Scottish 3000 metre record at the IAAF Diamond League meeting in Birmingham; Andrew Butchart recorded a time of 7:45:00, less than a second quicker than John Robson's record from 1984.

Andrew Butchart was the third athlete from the small town of Dunblane to qualify for the 2016 Summer Olympics, after brothers Andy and Jamie Murray.

Andrew Butchart won a bronze medal at the 2017 European Cross Country Championships.

Andrew Butchart was scheduled to compete at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia, but later had to withdraw due to a broken foot.

Andrew Butchart led the British team at the 2019 European Cross Country Championships.

In February 2021, Andrew Butchart was warned by British Athletics for criticising his coach on social media in September 2019.

On 29 June 2021, UK Athletics said that they were investigating claims that Andrew Butchart faked a COVID-19 test to get entry to the United Kingdom for the Championships.

In March 2022, Andrew Butchart set a Scottish national record time of 27:36.77 in the 10,000 metres event, during his first competition at the distance.

In May 2023, Andrew Butchart became British champion in the 10,000 metres event, after being the highest finishing Briton at the Night of the 10k PBs event.

Andrew Butchart lived in Dunblane, Scotland, the same town as Andy and Jamie Murray.