(1990-11-25) 25 November 1990 (age 33) Dundee, Scotland
Height
1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Weight
53 kg (117 lb)
Sport
Country
Great Britain Scotland
Sport
Athletics
Event(s)
Middle-, long-distance running Steeplechase
Club
Dundee Hawkhill Harriers
Coached by
Liz McColgan
Achievements and titles
Personal bests
3000 m: 8:31.00 (2017)
5000 m: 14:28.55 NR (2021)
10,000 m: 30:00.86 NR (2023)
3000 m SC: 9:35.82 NRS (2013)
Road
5 km: 14:45 NR (2022)
10 km: 30:19 AR (2022)
15 km: 47:12 NRS (2022)
10 miles: 50:43 AB (2021)
20 km: 1:03:06 NRS (2022)
Half marathon: 1:05:43 NR (2023)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing Great Britain
European Championships
2018 Berlin
5000 m
2022 Munich
10,000 m
2022 Munich
5000 m
European Indoor Championships
2017 Belgrade
3000 m
European 10,000m Cup
2021 Birmingham
10,000 m
2019 London
10,000 m
Representing Scotland
Commonwealth Games
2022 Birmingham
10,000 m
2022 Birmingham
5000 m
Eilish McColgan (born 25 November 1990)[2][3] is a Scottish middle- and long-distance runner. She is the 2022 Commonwealth Games 10,000 metres champion with the Games record, and 5000 metres silver medallist. McColgan is a four-time European Championships medallist, winning silver medals for the 5000 m in 2018 and 10,000 m in 2022, bronze in the 5000 m in 2022, and a bronze for the indoor 3000 metres in 2017. She is the European record holder for the 10 km road race, and the British record holder for the 5000 m, 10,000 m, 5 km and half marathon. She also holds the European best in the 10 miles on the roads.
McColgan represented Great Britain at the 2012 London, 2016 Rio and 2020 Tokyo Olympics. She represented Scotland at Commonwealth Games in 2014 in Glasgow, in 2018 in Gold Coast in addition to the 2022 Games in Birmingham. She 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. She holds the Scottish record in 10,000 metres. McColgan is a seven-time national champion.
^"About Me". 24 May 2018.
^"Eilish McColgan profile". UK Athletics. Retrieved 25 June 2012.
^"Eilish MCCOLGAN – Athlete profile". World Athletics. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
EilishMcColgan (born 25 November 1990) is a Scottish middle- and long-distance runner. She is the 2022 Commonwealth Games 10,000 metres champion with...
the Scottish record until 2022, when it was broken by her daughter EilishMcColgan. Her marathon best of 2:26:52 set in 1997, stood as the Scottish record...
as Eilish or Eylish (/ˈeɪlɪʃ/ AY-lish or /ˈaɪlɪʃ/ EYE-lish), is an Irish given name. Notable people with the given name include: EilishMcColgan, British...
Charlotte Purdue both withdrew in the same month. On 21 April, Briton EilishMcColgan withdrew due to a knee injury; she had been scheduled to make her marathon...
play-by-play announcer Caolan McColgan, Gaelic footballer EilishMcColgan (born 1990), Scottish middle-distance runner John McColgan, Irish director and co-founder...
Retrieved 10 June 2022. "EilishMcColgan Berlin Half Marathon 2023 Result". mikatiming.net. 2 April 2023. Retrieved 5 April 2023. "McColgan breaks the European...
19 February 2022. "EilishMcColgan Berlin Half Marathon 2023 Result". mikatiming.net. 2 April 2023. Retrieved 5 April 2023. "McColgan breaks the European...
record holder is Kenenisa Bekele; the women's course record holder is EilishMcColgan. Mo Farah, Bashir Abdi and Daniel Wanjiru compete in the 2019 Big Half...
2021, was scheduled to race, but withdrew due to an injury. Briton EilishMcColgan, whose mother Liz won the 1996 London Marathon, withdrew for medical...
Berlin in Germany. A Scotland bid was backed by Commonwealth champions EilishMcColgan and Ross Murdoch. Scotland has hosted the Commonwealth Games on three...
Association 10-mile championships that year. In 2021, British runner EilishMcColgan set the current women's record of 50:42. Paula Radcliffe won the women's...
the British and American records were set in the women's 10,000 m by EilishMcColgan and Alicia Monson, respectively. Key: Current meet record "World...
mile. He has five children with his ex-wife Liz, including athlete Eilish. Peter McColgan. IAAF. Retrieved on 2015-07-02. "Northern Ireland Track Stats -...
fastest by a Scots athlete over 10,000m on the road - with only Liz and EilishMcColgan having recorded faster times. In March 2024, she ran a 10,000 metres...
Violah Jepchumba Bahrain Europe 27:13 Julien Wanders Switzerland 30:19 EilishMcColgan Great Britain North, Central America and Caribbean 27:23 Mark Nenow...
accepted invitations to compete. Other competitors included Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie, Ivory Williams, British Olympians Marlon Devonish and Donna Fraser...
Medics and Stobswell in Caledonia Division Three Midlands. Liz McColgan and EilishMcColgan both hail from Dundee and have been members of the Dundee Hawkhill...
Radcliffe Great Britain 23 February 2003 San Juan, Puerto Rico 30:19 Wo EilishMcColgan Great Britain 22 May 2022 Great Manchester Run Manchester, United...
Raducanu 2022 EilishMcColgan Multiple Winners 2022 Sunday Times Sportswoman of the Year Awards Sportswoman of the Year: EilishMcColgan Team of the Year:...
another NI record as EilishMcColgan claims 5,000m silver". Belfast Telegraph. Retrieved 24 February 2024. "Sportswomen of the Month: Eilish and Roisin Flanagan"...
at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England after runner EilishMcColgan won silver in the Women's 5,000m. These games were also the best performing...
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