Hayley Yelling Higham (born 3 January 1974) is a British former runner. She is the sister-in-law of fellow British runner Liz Yelling.

Biography

Yelling, a member of the Windsor, Slough, Eton and Hounslow Athletic Club, finished third behind

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in the 5,000 metres event and third behind Birhan Dagne in the 10,000 metres event at the 2000 AAA Championships and then the following year she finished second behind Jo Pavey at the 2001 AAA Championships. Yelling became the British 5,000 metres champion after winning the British

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at the 2002 AAA Championships and shortly afterwards she represented

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at the

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in Manchester in the women's 10,000 metres event. Yelling regained her AAA 5,000 metres title at the 2003 AAA Championships and 2005 AAA Championships and in between in December 2004, she won the European Cross Country Championship in

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. Yelling was also officially the British champion over 10,000 metres in 2002, 2003 and 2006 by virtue of being the highest placed British athlete and represented

at the

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in Melbourne in the

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. In December 2009 she won the European Cross Country Championship in Dublin after coming out of retirement from competitive running. She followed this up a month later by coming fourth in the 2010 International Edinburgh Cross Country, fourteen seconds after winner

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over the freezing 5.8 kilometre course. She works as a Maths teacher at

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in Marlow.

Career highlights

;British National Championships :2002 – 1st, 5,000 m :2003 – 1st, 10,000 m :2003 – 1st, 5,000 m :2006 – 1st, 5,000 m ;Other competitions :2004 – 1st, European Cross Country Championships :2007 – 1st, Cross Internacional de San Sebastián :2008 – 1st, Belfast International Cross Country :2009 – 1st, European Cross Country Championships

Personal bests

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Yelling, Hayley Living people 1974 births English female long-distance runners British female long-distance runners English female middle-distance runners British female middle-distance runners World Athletics Championships athletes for Great Britain Sportspeople from Dorchester, Dorset European Cross Country Championships winners AAA Championships winners