Eilish McColgan (born 25 November 1990) is a Scottish middle- and

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. She is the

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champion with the Games record, and

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silver medallist. McColgan is a four-time European Championships medallist, winning silver medals for the 5000 m in

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and 10,000 m in

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, bronze in the 5000 m in 2022, and a bronze for the

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. 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

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. She also holds the European best in the 10 miles on the roads. McColgan represented Great Britain at the

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, and

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. She represented Scotland at

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in Glasgow, in

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

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, 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.

Early and personal life

Eilish McColgan was born in

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, 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. She attended the

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and studied mathematics and accountancy at the

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, 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

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. 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 2025, McColgan announced her engagement with her partner

following her London Marathon debut.

Career

2006-2019

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 The 2008 Commonwealth Youth Games (Hindi language, Hindi: 2008 कॉमनवेल्थ यूथ गेम्स), officially known as the III Commonwealth Youth Games, and commonly known as Pune 2008, a regional sporting event that was hel ...

in India but suffered a major knee injury which took her a year-and-a-half to recover from. In 2011, she came fourth in the 1500 metres at the 2011 UK Indoor Championships. She won the gold medal in the 1500 m at the 2011 Scottish University Championships. Her senior debut for Great Britain came at the

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, 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 of 9:55.13 while finishing ninth. She went on to won the silver medal in the 5000 metres at the UK Outdoor Championships. However, McColgan missed the 2011 World Championships, held in

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, South Korea, after breaking her foot at the

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. 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

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, 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

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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

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, Finland. She competed for Great Britain team at 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. At the 2013 World Championships in

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, McColgan made the final in the 3000 m steeplechase, finishing 10th. Having competed in the steeplechase at the

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and finished sixth, the Dundonian switched from the barriers to the flat following a broken ankle, which prevented her from competing in the 2015 season. She placed second over 5000 m at the 2016 British Championships, securing her place at the

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, where she reached the final of the women's 5000 metres. In 2017, McColgan won over 3000 m and placed second over 1500 m at the British Indoor Championships, qualifying her for the

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, where she won bronze over 3000 m. She placed tenth over 5000 m at the London World Championships, having set a personal best of 15:00.38 in the heats. A few weeks later, McColgan improved that personal best and set a new Scottish record in finishing eighth at the Brussels Diamond League. Eilish McColgan at 2019 World Athletics Championships

Eilish McColgan at 2019 World Athletics Championships

McColgan opened her 2018 season by winning at the Doha 10 km in a personal best of 31:53. She qualified for the 3000 metres at the 2018 World Indoor Championships where she finished in a tenth. In the 5000 metres event at the

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in Berlin, she won the

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. In October, she won the

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, clocking 54:43 in her maiden run at the 10 mile distance. Her mother had won the race twice previously, in 1995 and 1997. In 2019, her training regime included a daily run, cross training and a track session twice a week. On 9 June, she set a new Scottish record of 14:47.94 over 5000 m at the

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. The Scotswoman finished tenth in the 5000 m event at the

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held in

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, setting another Scottish record of 14:46.17. On 20 October, she retained her

title, setting a personal best of 51:38.

2021

On 24 April, McColgan won the 5000 m at the

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Grand Prix in a time of 14:52.55. She also won over 10,000 m at the European 10,000 m Cup in a time of 31:19.35. On 1 July in

, McColgan set a British 5000 m record with her time of 14:28.55, beating the 17-year mark of

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. At the delayed

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in Japan, she failed to advance to the 5000 m final on 30 July, finishing in 10th place of her heat in a time of 15:09.68. A few days later, she also competed in the 10,000 m event, finishing ninth in the final with a time of 31:04.46. In September, she finished runner-up to

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in the

at the

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in 67:48, and won the 10 km race at the

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in a new personal best of 30:52. After a long track season, on 17 October, McColgan won her third consecutive

title in a time of 50:43, breaking

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's course record and the European best mark for the 10 miles. She took almost half a minute off Radcliffe's UK record, and two seconds off the previous European best held by Israel's

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. Thus, McColgan improved on double win of her mother.

2022

In February, the Dundonian set a new British record in the 5 km road race, clocking 14:48 in

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to break the mark of 14:51 set by Paula Radcliffe in 2003. McColgan bettered her mother's unofficial 14:57 from 1991, and was only four seconds short of a European record. Later that month, she beat Radcliffe's 21-year-old British half marathon record by 21 seconds, in a time of 1:06.26, improving her mother's best yet again (1:07:11). In March, McColgan launched a non-profit organisation Giving Back to Track with her partner

with the aim to encourage young people to get involved in athletics and to fund the next generation of female athletes. In May, she broke Radcliffe's European 10 km record at the

in a time of 30 minutes 19 seconds, shaving two seconds off the previous marker set by Radcliffe in 2003. McColgan finished second behind only

who set the course record of 30:15. In June at the

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, she set a new Scottish 10,000 m record of 30:19.02, beating the time set by her mother at the same venue in 1991. After experiencing some health problems before the

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in July, McColgan finished 11th in the

and 10th over the

. On 3 August, the 31-year-old claimed the first major title of her career as she won the gold medal in the 10,000 metres final at the

in Birmingham. Her winning time of 30:48:60 was a new Games record, breaking her mother's 32-year mark. Thus, she completed the family hat-trick as her mother won over the same distance at Commonwealth Games Edinburgh 1986 and Auckland 1990. McColgan later added silver in the

, which marked

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's 500th overall medal at the Commonwealth Games. The Dundonian continued her outstanding season at about a week later securing two additional medals at the

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in Munich. First she won a silver in the

(behind

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), and added bronze for the

three days later (behind

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and Can), becoming the first British distance runner to compete in six championship outdoor finals in the same season. In September, McColgan set a course record and the joint-fourth fastest women's half marathon in British history at

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in London with a time of 67:35. She improved the previous best mark by more than two minutes. She had to withdraw from the

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due to 'rebound

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' refuelling problems. McColgan improved her own European 10 kilometres record by a second, when winning at the

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in Glasgow in October. However, the record set in Glasgow was invalidated when it was found that the course was 150 m short. In November, she set a new British record in the

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with her fourth-place finish in a time of 47:40 at the

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in Netherlands, breaking her mother's official record of 47:43.

2023

On 4 March, after five weeks of altitude training in

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, McColgan broke Radcliffe's 21-year British 10,000 m record by 0.23 s with a time of 30:00.86 at the Sound Running The TEN in

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. In Europe only

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had run faster. On 2 April, the Scotswoman chopped 43 seconds from her British half marathon record set 14 months earlier, clocking the second-fastest female non-African mark in history of 1:05:43 for a win at the

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. She became the first British woman to win the competition. Later that month, she again missed her debut over the classic marathon distance in

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due to a knee injury.

2024

McColgan made her comeback from injury on 26 May, as she won the Österreichischer Frauenlauf 5km in

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with a time of 15:19. However, she was unable to finish the 10,000 m at the

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. At the

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, McColgan finished fifteenth in the 10,000 m. She won on her return to the half marathon, taking victory at

in 1:09.14. On 8 September, McColgan competed over the same distance at the

, finishing fifth in 1:07.45.

2025

On April 27, McColgan made her long-awaited marathon debut at the

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, placing 8th in 2:24:25 as the top british finisher.

Achievements

Personal bests

Information from

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profile unless otherwise noted. *

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– 4:00.97 (

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– 4:24.71

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(2019) *

– 8:31.00 (

2017) *

– 14:28.55 (

2021) *

– 30:00.86 (

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2023) *

– 9:35.82 (

2013) ( Scottish) ;Road *

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– 14:45 (

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2022) *

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2022) European record * 10 miles – 50:43 (

2021) European best *

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– 1:05:43 (

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2023) *

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- 2:24:25 (

2025) ( Scottish)

National titles

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** 5000 metres: 2019 ** 10,000 metres: 2021 ** 3000 m steeplechase: 2012, 2013, 2014 *

British Indoor Athletics Championships The British Indoor Athletics Championships is the annual national championship in indoor track and field for the United Kingdom, organised by UK Athletics. Eight track and five field events for both men and women are contested, with athletes being i ...

** 1500 metres: 2018 ** 3000 metres: 2017 *

Scottish Athletics Championships The Scottish Athletics Championships is an annual outdoor track and field competition organised by Scottish Athletics that serves as the Scottish national championship for the sport. The competition is usually held over two days in June, with the ...

** 3000 m steeplechase: 2011

Competition record

Awards and honours

;2022 *

British Athletics Writers' Association The British Athletics Writers' Association (BAWA) is an organisation of British journalists who cover athletics. BAWA was founded in 1963 to represent the press covering the sport. It organises the BAWA Awards and is recognised by the Internatio ...

: Cliff Temple Award for British Female Athlete of the Year (jointly with

Laura Muir Laura Muir (; born 9 May 1993) is a Scottish Middle-distance running, middle- and Long-distance running, long-distance runner. She is the Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics, 2020 Tokyo Olympic silver medallist in the 1500 metres, having prev ...

) * BT Sport Action Woman of the Year * Sunday Times Sportswoman of the Year *

Sports Journalists' Association The Sports Journalists' Association (SJA) is an association for British sports journalists. It represents the British sports media on the British Olympic Association's press advisory committee and acts as a consultant to organizers of major eve ...

: SJA Committee Award * British Athletics Supporters Club's Athlete of the Year * Women's Sport Alliance Athlete of the Year * Scottish Women in Sport Sportswoman of the Year *

Scottish Athletics Scottish Athletics, stylised as scottishathletics, is the governing body for the sport of athletics in Scotland. As such it is responsible for organising annual championships, maintaining rules for competition and ratifying records. It also selec ...

Commonwealth Games Achievement Trophy * Scottish Sports Awards: Moment of the Year * ''

Athletics Weekly ''AW'' (formerly ''Athletics Weekly'') is a monthly track and field magazine published in the United Kingdom by Athletics Weekly Limited. The magazine covers news, results, fixtures, coaching and product advice for all aspects of track and field ...

'': British Female Athlete of the Year *

Honorary Doctor of Laws degree

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* * * * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:McColgan, Eilish 1990 births Living people Sportspeople from Dundee British female steeplechase runners Scottish female steeplechase runners Scottish female long-distance runners British female long-distance runners Scottish female middle-distance runners British female middle-distance runners Olympic female steeplechase runners Olympic female long-distance runners Olympic athletes for Great Britain Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2022 Commonwealth Games World Athletics Championships athletes for Great Britain British Athletics Championships winners People educated at the High School of Dundee Alumni of the University of Dundee Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Scotland European Athletics Championships medalists 21st-century Scottish sportswomen Scottish people of Irish descent Medallists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Scotland Commonwealth Games gold medallists in athletics Commonwealth Games silver medallists in athletics