Erin Wallace (born 18 May 2000) is a Scottish triathlete and middle distance runner.[1]
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| Born | 18 May 2000 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Great Britain Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics, Triathlon | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | 800 metres, 1500 metres | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Early life
editWallace attended school at Eastwood High School, Newton Mearns in East Renfrewshire.[2] Wallace studied neuroscience at the University of Glasgow.[3]
Career
editWallace won age-group won Scottish cross-country titles in 2014 and 2015. She broke the UK under-17 indoor 800 metres record with 2:06.59 in 2016, also set Scottish indoor records over 1500m and 3000m with 4:25.75 and 9:36.07, which placed her second and third all-time in the UK for the respective distances.[4] Later that year she was a 2016 European Athletics Youth Championships bronze medallist in Tbilisi in 2016, over 1500 metres. She became a British international in January 2017 at the Great Edinburgh International.[5] She represented Scotland in the Bahamas at the 2017 Commonwealth Youth Games, winning gold in the 1500m metres.[6]
She made her senior Commonwealth Games debut at the Gold Coast in 2018, competing in the Triathlon mixed team relay event, finishing in 7th place.[7][8] That year, she won silver in Gold Coast in the World Triathlon Junior Women's Grand Final in 2017.[9]
She finished seventh at the World Athletics U20 Championships over 1500 metres in Tampere in 2018.[10]
She was a European U23 Championships bronze medallist in 2021 in Tallinn over 1500 metres.[11]
She was runner-up at the British Indoor Athletics Championships in the 1500 metres in February 2022. However, a stress fracture in her foot caused her to miss the outdoor season that year. For 2023, she changed her coaching set-up to train with Jenny Meadows in Manchester.[12]
On 17 February 2024, she qualified for the final of the 800m at the 2024 British Indoor Athletics Championships in Birmingham. In the final she finished in third position, running a new personal best of 2:01.35.[13][14]
In May 2024 she ran a personal best 1:59.20 for the 800m at the British Milers Club race in Manchester.[15] She was selected to run the 800 metres for Britain at the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome.[16] She came through her heat to reach the semi finals where she ran 1:59.89, her third quickest time ever, without qualifying for the final.[17] At the London Athletics Meet on 20 July 2024, she acted as pacemaker for the 800 metres in which Keely Hodgkinson set a new British national record time of 1:54.61, and Jemma Reekie moved to second on the all-time British list and Georgia Bell to fourth.[18]
References
edit- ^ "Erin Wallace". World Arhletics. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
- ^ "Team GB's Erin wins at National Cross Country Championships". Scotsman. 1 March 2017. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
- ^ Morrison, Emilija (21 August 2021). "Interview with talented Glasgow Uni athlete Erin Wallace". The Tab. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
- ^ Moss, Emily (7 June 2016). "Erin Wallace's European Youth Champs focus". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
- ^ "Erin Wallace given first-hand view of what's needed to keep pace with Laura Muir". Glasgow Times. 11 January 2017. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
- ^ Morgan, Liam (20 July 2017). "Wallace produces superb run as Colthrust makes Commonwealth Youth Games history for Trinidad and Tobago". Retrieved 17 February 2024.
- ^ Treviston, John (17 January 2018). "Erin Wallace added to Team Scotland Commonwealth Games squad". Tri247.com. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
- ^ "Erin Wallace". Team Scotland. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
- ^ "Wallace and Waugh win medals at Junior World Championships". British Triathlon. 15 September 2018. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
- ^ "Erin Wallace seventh in Finland". Barrheadnews. 18 July 2018. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
- ^ Dunn, Graham (12 July 2021). "Erin Wallace takes European u23 1500m bronze". Giffnock North. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
- ^ Egelstaff, Susan (17 February 2023). "Erin Wallace targets Euro selection at indoor finals". Herald Scotland. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
- ^ Henderson, Jason (18 February 2024). "Jemma Reekie sends a message to World Indoor rivals". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
- ^ "Results UK Athletics Indoor Championships 2024". Watch Athletics. 18 February 2023. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
- ^ Rhodes, James (27 May 2024). "Brilliant BMC & Excellent in Eugene – Weekend Round Up". Retrieved 27 May 2024.
- ^ "KATARINA JOHNSON-THOMPSON NAMED IN STRONG GB & NI TEAM FOR EUROPEANS ROME 2024". British Athletics. 28 May 2024. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
- ^ "HODGKINSON, MEN'S 4X400M AND WOMEN'S 4X100M TEAMS QUALIFY ON PENTULTIMATE MORNING IN ROME". British Athletics. 11 June 2024. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
- ^ Henderson, Jason (20 July 2024). "Keely Hodgkinson and Matt Hudson-Smith in record-breaking form in London". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 20 July 2024.