1. Eilish McColgan is the 2022 Commonwealth Games 10,000 metres champion with the Games record, and 5000 metres silver medallist.
27 Facts About Eilish McColgan
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Eilish McColgan holds the European best in the 10 miles on the roads.
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Eilish McColgan represented Great Britain at the 2012 London, 2016 Rio, 2020 Tokyo, and 2024 Paris Olympics.
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Eilish McColgan represented Scotland at Commonwealth Games in 2014 in Glasgow, in 2018 in Gold Coast in addition to the 2022 Games in Birmingham.
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Eilish McColgan is the Scottish record holder in the event she originally specialised in, the 3000 metres steeplechase, from 2013 before injury forced her to move away from steeplechase.
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Eilish McColgan was born in Dundee, Scotland to Liz and Peter McColgan, both athletes.
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Eilish McColgan is a member of Dundee's Hawkhill Harriers Club and is coached by her mother, former 10,000 metres World Champion and Olympic silver medallist Elizabeth Nuttall known more commonly during her racing career as Liz McColgan.
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Eilish McColgan attended the High School of Dundee and studied mathematics and accountancy at the University of Dundee, graduating in 2013.
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Eilish McColgan's partner is former international middle-distance runner for Great Britain and England Michael Rimmer.
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Eilish McColgan reported the house was "completely ransacked", with numerous priceless materials stolen in the burglary, with Eilish McColgan criticizing the police response to her report.
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Eilish McColgan was selected for the 2008 Commonwealth Youth Games in India but suffered a major knee injury which took her a year-and-a-half to recover from.
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Eilish McColgan went on to won the silver medal in the 5000 metres at the UK Outdoor Championships.
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However, Eilish McColgan missed the 2011 World Championships, held in Daegu, South Korea, after breaking her foot at the London Diamond League.
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Eilish McColgan won two gold medals at the 2012 Scottish Universities Indoor Championships, placing first in both the 1500 and 3000 metres events.
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Eilish McColgan confirmed her qualification for the steeplechase at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London by winning the British trials in a time of 9:56.90.
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Eilish McColgan was the only athlete to finish in under 10 minutes and the only British athlete to have achieved the 'A' qualifying standard.
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Eilish McColgan's mother had won the race twice previously, in 1995 and 1997.
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Eilish McColgan took almost half a minute off Radcliffe's UK record, and two seconds off the previous European best held by Israel's Lonah Chemtai Salpeter.
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Eilish McColgan bettered her mother's unofficial 14:57 from 1991, and was only four seconds short of a European record.
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Eilish McColgan finished second behind only Hellen Obiri who set the course record of 30:15.
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Eilish McColgan's winning time of 30:48:60 was a new Games record, breaking her mother's 32-year mark.
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Eilish McColgan later added silver in the 5000 metres, which marked Scotland's 500th overall medal at the Commonwealth Games.
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Eilish McColgan improved the previous best mark by more than two minutes.
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Eilish McColgan had to withdraw from the 2022 London Marathon due to 'rebound hypoglycemia' refuelling problems.
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Eilish McColgan became the first British woman to win the competition.
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Eilish McColgan won on her return to the half marathon, taking victory at The Big Half in 1:09.14.
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On 15 January, it was announced that Eilish McColgan will make her long-awaited marathon debut at the 2025 London Marathon.