Luke Nuttall (born 17 September 2001) is a British Paralympic athlete who competes in the 1500m in the T46 classification. He is the son of the late Olympian John Nuttall, who was a long distance runner himself.

Athletics career

Nuttall is based in Charnwood, and began his career competing in county and national-level events. He is coached by his mother, Alison Wyeth. By 2018, he had been selected for GB Paralympics, where aged 17 he won silver in the

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, finishing second to

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's Hristiyan Stoyanov. In 2020, he claimed bronze in the 2021 European Para Athletics Championships in Bydgoszcz with a seven-second personal best. Later that summer, he was selected to represent Great Britain at the

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in the T46 1500m. At the

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, Luke competed in the T46 1500m, placing 6th with a seasons best of 3:57.62.

Personal life

Nuttall was born in

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. He is the son of former British Olympic long-distance runners John Nuttall, and Alison Wyeth, and has an older sister,

Hannah Nuttall Hannah Nuttall (born 7 July 1997) is a British athlete. She competes in middle-distance and cross-country running events. In 2024, she became British champion in the 5000 metres, and in 2025 British indoor champion over 3000 metres. Early lif ...

, who also became a runner. His stepmother and stepsister are

Liz McColgan Elizabeth Nuttall (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 ...

and

Eilish McColgan Eilish McColgan (born 25 November 1990) is a Scottish Middle-distance running, middle- and Long-distance running, long-distance runner. She is the Athletics at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, 2022 Commonwealth Games 10,000 metres champion with the ...

, both of whom have also competed at the Olympics in long distance running.Hannah Nuttall Feature
English Cross Country Association. Retrieved 22 April 2016.

References

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