1. Laura Muir is a Scottish middle- and long-distance runner.
21 Facts About Laura Muir
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Laura Muir is the 2020 Tokyo Olympic silver medallist in the 1500 metres, having previously finished seventh in the event at the 2016 Rio Olympics.
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Laura Muir is twice the Diamond League champion over 1500 metres, in 2016 and 2018.
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Laura Muir first broke the British record in the 1500 metres in July 2016.
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Laura Muir set her last record in 2024 in a Diamond League meeting in Paris, which ranks her in the world all-time top 15, before the record was broken in the Olympic final by Georgia Bell.
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Laura Muir studied veterinary medicine at the University of Glasgow, graduating in 2018.
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Laura Muir made her international debut at the 2011 European Cross Country Championships, when she was part of the Great Britain junior women's team that won gold.
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Laura Muir went on to compete at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics in Moscow, representing Great Britain in the 800 metres; she reached the semi-finals with a personal best time of 2:00.83.
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Laura Muir overtook Kipyegon in seventh and won with her in the overall standings.
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Laura Muir was the only competitor as it was a mixed 3K race.
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Laura Muir became only the second woman to achieve this double at the European Indoor Championships after Poland's Lidia Chojecka, and only the second UK athlete after Colin Jackson to win two European Indoor titles at the same event.
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Laura Muir followed this breakthrough by securing her second Diamond League title over 1500 metres in Brussels, her first since the move of the series to a championship format.
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Laura Muir produced one of the most impressive wins of her career, beating three of the four fastest women in the world that year.
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Laura Muir finished second behind Gudaf Tsegay with a time of 3:59.58 to move to fifth on the world indoor all-time list.
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At the delayed 2020 Tokyo Olympics in August 2021, Laura Muir won the silver medal in the 1500 metres in a time of three minutes 54.50 seconds, improving her own British record.
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Laura Muir beat reigning world champion in the event, Sifan Hassan, finishing behind only Kipyegon who ran 3:53.11.
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Laura Muir dominated the event at the European Championships Munich 2022.
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In January 2024, Laura Muir was awarded a retrospective European Indoor bronze medal after Russian athlete Yelena Korobkina was found guilty of doping offences.
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Laura Muir had finished 4th in the 3000m at the 2015 event in Prague.
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Laura Muir won the 3000m at the UK Indoor Athletics Championship in February, in a time of 8 mins 58.8 seconds, gaining qualification for the 2024 world indoor championships.
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On 7 July 2024, Laura Muir set a new British 1,500 metres record as she came third in the Diamond League meeting in Paris with a time of three minutes 53.79 seconds.