Beverley Jane Hartigan (née Nicholson, born 10 June 1967) is a female English former

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and

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. She won a bronze medal in the

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at the

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, twice won the

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1500 m title (1987/89) and twice won the

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1500 m title (1988/92). She went on to finish sixth in the marathon at the

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Biography

Competing as Bev Nicholson, she first came to prominence when she defeated

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to win the 1500 m title at the

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. In June 1988, she won the 1500 m title at the UK Championships. Two months later she finished fourth in the 1500m final at the

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/Olympic Trial, behind

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, Bailey and

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, narrowly missing Olympic selection. The following year she defeated Alison Wyeth and Olympic finalist Bailey, to win the 1500m title at the 1989 AAA Championships, to earn Commonwealth Games selection for

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, and went on to win a bronze medal in the 1500 m final at the

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in January 1990. She was once again a contender for Olympic selection in 1992, and won the 1992 UK Championships, ahead of Kirsty Wade (2nd) and

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(5th), but a few weeks later could only finish 10th at the

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/Olympic Trial, missing out on selection. Now competing as Bev Hartigan, she finished 31st in December 1994 at the

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and 24th at the

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. 1995 also saw her run a 10 km road best of 33:02 in Belfast in April. Hartigan ran 2:37:45 at the 2001

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, before improving to 2:36:02 at the 2001

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. She went on to finish sixth in the marathon at the

, running 2:41:27.

International competitions

National titles

1500 m (1987, 1989) * UK Championships 1500 m (1988, 1992)

Personal bests

*800m — 2:00.39 (1988) *1500m — 4:05.66 (1990) *Mile — 4:26.52 (1992) *5 km (road) — 15:49 (1995) *10 km (road) — 33:02 (1995) *Half-marathon — 74:06 (2001) *Marathon — 2:36:02 (2001)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hartigan, Bev 1967 births English female middle-distance runners British female middle-distance runners English female cross country runners British female cross country runners English female marathon runners British female marathon runners Living people Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England Athletes (track and field) at the 1990 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 1990 Commonwealth Games 20th-century English sportswomen Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in athletics