Revée Walcott-Nolan (born 6 March 1995) is a British athlete, known for being the 1500m British Champion in 2021, and competing for Britain in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and the 2024 Paris Olympics.
Early and personal life
From Luton, and an attendee at Bedford Girls' School until 2013, she has said she was inspired by her grandmother into athletics.[1] She has run for Woodford Green Essex Ladies as well as the Newham & Essex Beagles and has been at Luton AC since a teenager. She graduated from St Mary’s University, Twickenham with a degree in sports science in 2016.[2]
Career
Walcott-Nolan won the 3000m in the European Athletics Team Championships (Poland) in March 2021.[3] Walcott-Nolan won the 1500 metres race at the 2021 British Championships, and in July 2021 was officially named in the British squad for the delayed 2020 Summer Games in Tokyo.[4][5] In the Heats of the 1500m she came 7th, and missed out on a fastest loser place for the semi-finals by 0.01 of a second.
Revée Walcott-Nolan was selected to represent Great Britain in the 1,500 metres at the 2024 Summer Olympics between August 6 and August 8, 2024.[15]
On August 6, she finished in the 8th place of her Heat in the Heats round with a time of 4:06.44 minutes and went to the Repechage round. A day after, on August 7, the Repechage round was held. Walcott-Nolan ran and competed in the second of two Heats; she finished second with a time of 4:06.73 minutes and qualified to the semi finals.On August 8 in the semifinals she finished ninth in 3:58:08, a personal best.[16]
