Liz Yelling

Liz Yelling
Liz competing in the 2011 London Marathon
Personal information
Birth nameElizabeth Anne Talbot
Full nameElizabeth Anne Yelling
National teamGreat Britain
Born (1974-12-05) 5 December 1974 (age 49)
Welwyn Garden City, U.K.
SpouseMartin Yelling
Sport
SportAthletics
EventMarathon

Elizabeth Anne Yelling (née Talbot;[1] born 5 December 1974, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire) is a British long-distance runner currently based in Poole, Dorset. She is the sister-in-law of fellow British runner Hayley Yelling through her marriage to steeplechaser Martin Yelling and is the former training partner of Paula Radcliffe.

Yelling has taken part in the marathon at two summer Olympic Games; she finished 25th at Athens 2004 and 26th at Beijing 2008.[2]

Yelling won the bronze medal in the 2006 Commonwealth Games marathon.[3] She also holds the women's course record for: the Bath Half Marathon with a time of 69 minutes 28 seconds set in 2007;[4] and the Reading Half Marathon in 69 minutes 35 seconds, set in 2008.[5]

After retiring, Yelling co-founded and ran a running coaching company, alongside her husband.[6]

Achievements

  • All results regarding marathon, unless stated otherwise
Year Competition Venue Position Notes
Representing  United Kingdom
2004 Olympic Games Athens, Greece 25th 2:40:13
2008 Olympic Games Beijing, PR China 26th 2:33:12
2008 Reading Half Marathon Reading, United Kingdom 1st 1:09:35[7]

Personal bests

[8]

Distance Mark Date Location
800 m 2:09.72 6 September 2000 Watford
1,500 m 4:15:01 14 July 2001 Birmingham
3,000 m 8:57.3 25 July 2001 Watford
5,000 m 15:38.86 30 July 2004 Crystal Palace
10,000 m track 31:58.39 30 July 2002 Manchester
10,000 m road 32:55 20 May 2007 Manchester
Half marathon 1:09.28 25 March 2007 Bath
Marathon 2:28.33 13 April 2008 London

References

  1. ^ "The Wolverton 5 Mile Road Race". MKAC. The Open University. Retrieved 11 July 2008.
  2. ^ "Athletics Women's Marathon Results – The official website of the BEIJING 2008 Olympic Games". The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad. 17 August 2008. Archived from the original on 22 August 2008.
  3. ^ "English duo earn marathon bronzes". BBC. 19 March 2006. Retrieved 3 July 2009.
  4. ^ "Yelling tunes up with Bath record". BBC. 25 March 2007.
  5. ^ "Reading Half Marathon" (PDF). Asics Reading Half Marathon. 2 March 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 January 2009.
  6. ^ "founders and coaches - Yelling Performance".
  7. ^ "Search 2008 Results". Asics Reading Half Marathon. Archived from the original on 11 May 2008. Retrieved 9 July 2008.
  8. ^ "Athlete Profile: Liz Yelling". Power of 10. 2 July 2009.


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