Liz McColgan
Scottish middle-distance athlete (born 1964) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Elizabeth Nuttall MBE (née Lynch, formerly McColgan; born 24 May 1964) is a Scottish former middle- and long-distance runner. She won the gold medal in the 10,000 metres at the 1991 World Championships and a silver over the same distance at the 1988 Olympic Games. McColgan earned a silver in the 3000 metres at the 1989 World Indoor Championships. She was a two-time gold medalist in the event at the Commonwealth Games, 1992 World Half Marathon champion and a two-time individual medallist at the World Cross Country Championships. She claimed three victories at the World Marathon Majors: at the 1991 New York City Marathon, 1992 Tokyo Marathon and 1996 London Marathon.
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Birth name | Elizabeth Lynch | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1964-05-24) 24 May 1964 (age 59) Dundee, Scotland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 45 kg (99 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Great Britain Scotland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | 10,000 metres Marathon 3000 metres | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Dundee Hawks | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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McColgan's 10,000 metres best of 30:57.07 set in 1991, moved her to second on the world all-time list at that time and stood as the Scottish record until 2022, when it was broken by her daughter Eilish McColgan. Her marathon best of 2:26:52 set in 1997, stood as the Scottish record until 2019.