Eilish McColgan

Eilish McColgan (born 25 November 1990) 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.

Her mother had won the race twice previously, in 1995 and 1997.

In 2006, she won a silver medal at the Scottish Schools Championships in the 1500 metres and a bronze medal at the International Under-17s Schools Championships.

In 2007, she came fifth in the Scottish Senior Championships 1500 metres.

At the 2008 Scottish Indoor Championships she won a bronze medal in the 1500 m.

McColgan was selected for the 2008 Commonwealth Youth Games in India but suffered a major knee injury which it took her a year-and-a-half to recover from.

She also missed the 2011 World Championships, held in Daegu, South Korea, after breaking her foot at a Diamond League event in London.

Her senior debut for Great Britain came at the 2011 European Team Championships in Stockholm, Sweden.

Initially selected as a travelling reserve to cover a range of events, she was called upon to compete in the 3000 metres steeplechase, an event which she had only competed in twice before, and ran a personal best while finishing ninth.

She came fourth in the 1500 metres at the 2011 UK Indoor Championships and won the silver medal in the 5000 metres at the UK Outdoor Championships.

She won the gold medal in the 1500 m at the 2011 Scottish University Championships.

McColgan represented Great Britain at the 2012 London, 2016 Rio and 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

McColgan won two gold medals at the 2012 Scottish Universities Indoor Championships, placing first in both the 1500 and 3000 metres events.

In June 2012 at a meeting in Oslo, Norway she ran a time of 9:38.45 to beat the Olympic 'A' qualification standard in the 3000 metres steeplechase.

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.

She was the only athlete to finish in under 10 minutes and the only British athlete to have achieved the 'A' qualifying standard.

After achieving Olympic qualification, McColgan chose not to compete at the 2012 European Athletics Championships in Helsinki, Finland.

She competed for Great Britain team for the 2012 Summer Olympics in the women's 3000 m steeplechase alongside compatriot Barbara Parker.

Her time of 9:54.36 was not sufficient for her to reach the final.

She attended the High School of Dundee and studied mathematics and accountancy at the University of Dundee, graduating in 2013.

Following her mother's second marriage, McColgan is step-daughter of long-distance runner John Nuttall and step-sister of his son, para-athlete Luke Nuttall.

Her partner is former international middle-distance runner for Great Britain and England Michael Rimmer.

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.

Eilish McColgan was born in Dundee, Scotland to Liz and Peter McColgan, both athletes.

She 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.

Having competed in the steeplechase at the Commonwealth Games Glasgow 2014, the Dundonian switched from the barriers to the flat following a serious foot injury.

At the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, she reached the final of the women's 5000 metres.

McColgan qualified for the 3000 metres at the 2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships where she finished in a top ten position.

In the 5000 metres event at the 2018 European Athletics Championships in Berlin, she won the silver medal.

In October, she won the Great South Run in Portsmouth, clocking 54:43 in her maiden run at the 10 mile distance.

In 2019, her home in East Didsbury was the target of a burglary while she was away on training.

McColgan reported the house was "completely ransacked", with numerous priceless materials stolen in the burglary, with McColgan also criticizing the police response to her report.

In 2019, her training regime included a daily run, cross training and a track session twice a week.