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Laura Muir (born 9 May 1993)[1][2] is a Scottish middle- and long-distance runner. She is the 2020 Tokyo Olympic silver medallist in the 1500 metres, having previously finished seventh in the event at the 2016 Rio Olympics.[3] Muir won the bronze medal at the 2022 World Championships, and has three other top five placings in 1500 m finals at the World Athletics Championships, finishing fifth in 2015, fourth in 2017 (where she was also sixth in the 5000 metres) and fifth in 2019. She is the 2018 and 2022 1500 m European champion as well as the 2022 Commonwealth Games 1500 m champion and 800 metres bronze medallist. Indoors, she is a two-time 2018 World Indoor Championship medallist, winning silver at 1500 m and bronze at 3000 metres, and a four-time European Indoor champion, winning the 1500 m/3000 m double in 2017 and 2019.[4]

Laura Muir
Muir after her 3000 m win at the 2017 European Indoor Championships in Belgrade
Personal information
Born (1993-05-09) 9 May 1993 (age 29)
Inverness, Scotland, United Kingdom
EducationUniversity of Glasgow (2018)
Height5 ft 4 in (163 cm)
Weight108 lb (49 kg)
Sport
CountryGreat Britain & N.I.
Scotland
SportAthletics
Event(s)Middle-, Long-distance running
ClubDundee Hawkhill Harriers & Glasgow University
Nike
Coached byAndy Young (2012–)
Alan Mackintosh (–2012)
Achievements and titles
World finals
  • 2013 Moscow
  • 800 m, 9th (sf)
  • 2015 Beijing
  • 1500 m, 5th
  • 2017 London
  • 1500 m, 4th
  • 5000 m, 6th
  • 2019 Doha
  • 1500 m, 5th
  • 2022 Eugene
  • 1500 m,  Bronze
Olympic finals
  • 2016 Rio de Janeiro
  • 1500 m, 7th
  • 2020 Tokyo
  • 1500 m,  Silver
Personal best(s)
  • 800 m: 1:55.87 (Birmingham 2022)
  • 1000 m: 2:30.82 NR (Monaco 2020)
  • 1500 m: 3:54.50 NR (Tokyo 2021)
  • Mile: 4:18.03 (London 2017)
  • 3000 m: 8:30.64 (Monaco 2017)
  • 5000 m: 14:52.07 (London 2017)
  • Indoors
  • 800 m: 1:58.44i (Glasgow 2020)
  • 1000 m: 2:31.93i AR (Birmingham 2017)
  • 1500 m: 3:59.58i NR (Liévin 2021)
  • Mile: 4:18.75i (Birmingham 2019)
  • 3000 m: 8:26.41i AR (Karlsruhe 2017)
  • 5000 m: 14:49.12i NR (Glasgow 2017)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Great Britain
Olympic Games
2020 Tokyo1500 m
World Championships
2022 Eugene1500 m
World Indoor Championships
2018 Birmingham1500 m
2018 Birmingham3000 m
Diamond League
20161500 m
20181500 m
European Championships
2018 Berlin1500 m
2022 Munich1500 m
European Indoor Championships
2017 Belgrade1500 m
2017 Belgrade3000 m
2019 Glasgow1500 m
2019 Glasgow3000 m
European U23 Championships
2013 Tampere1500 m
European Cross Country Championships
2015 HyèresU23 team
Representing  Scotland
Commonwealth Games
2022 Birmingham1500 m
2022 Birmingham800 m

Muir first broke the British record in the 1500 metres in July 2016. She set the current record in 2021 at the Tokyo Olympics, which ranks her in the world all-time top 15. In 2017, she broke the European indoor records at both the 1000 metres and 3000 metres, and also set a British record for the indoor 5000 metres. Muir added a British record at the 1000 m in 2020, and the next year, she also broke the Scottish record in the 800 metres. Her best time for the Mile run, ranks her in the world all-time top 20. Muir is also a two-time 1500 m Diamond League winner.


Early life


Born on 9 May 1993 in Inverness, Scotland, Laura Muir was raised in Milnathort, Perth and Kinross.[5] She attended Kinross High School, the same school as 400 m hurdler Eilidh Doyle[6] along with her brother Rory who is two years younger than her.

She studied veterinary medicine at the University of Glasgow, graduating in 2018.[7][8] One of her lecturers was veterinary pathologist, distance runner and teammate at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, Hayley Haining.[9]


Career


Muir made her international debut at the 2011 European Cross Country Championships,[10] when she was part of the Great Britain junior women's team that won gold.[11] At the end of the year, she was a nominee in the Daily Record Young Athlete of the Year awards.[12]

At the 2013 World Championships in Athletics in Moscow Muir represented Great Britain in the 800 metres; she reached the semi-finals with a personal best time of 2:00.83.[13]

In July 2014, at the Diamond League event in Paris, she ran 4:00.07 in the 1500 metres to break Yvonne Murray's 27-year-old Scottish record.[14] The same month, she competed in this event at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games, but was clipped from behind with 100 m to go and placed 11th with a time of 4:14.21.[15] Muir failed to qualify from the 1500 m heats at the European Championships in Zürich in August with a time 4:14.69. She called her run "a messy race".[16]

She finished fifth over the 1500 m at the 2015 World Championships held in Beijing in a time of 4:11.48.[17]


2016


On 22 July, Muir broke Kelly Holmes' British record for the 1500 metres with a time of 3:57.49 to win the Diamond League event in London's Olympic Park.

The 2016 Rio Olympic Games were unsuccessful for her, as initially slow tactical 1500 m final race turned nearly into a speed test, and placed third with 150 m to go she faded to seventh at the finish line in 4:12.88. The winner, Faith Kipyegon of Kenya in 4:08.92, ran last two laps in the fast 800 m races pace of 1:57.2.[18]

Less then two weeks later, on 27 August, Muir showed her potential, however, beating her UK record by more than two seconds with a world-leading time of 3m 55.22s to win the event at the Diamond League meet in Paris.[19] A few days later, she became only the third British woman to win a Diamond Trophy as she won the 1500 m title with a second-place finish in Zürich, with the third fastest ever mark by a Briton. She overtook Kipyegon in seventh and won with her in the overall standings.[20][21] Her mark from Paris made her the fastest woman in the world over 1500m for the year.


2017


On 4 January, racing the 5000 metres for the second time ever, Muir broke 25-year-old British indoor record held by her fellow Scot Liz McColgan, clocking 14m 49.12s in Glasgow. She was the only competitor as it was a mixed 3K race.[22] Exactly a month later, she set a European indoor 3000 metres record in Karlsruhe in a time of 8m 26.41s, beating Russian Liliya Shobukhova's mark by 1.45 seconds and reigning Olympic 5000 m silver medallist Hellen Obiri.[23][24] On 18 February, Muir broke the European indoor 1000 metres record at the Birmingham Indoor Grand Prix. With her time of 2m 31.93s (within a second of the world record), she beat Russian Yuliya Chizhenko's European record and Kelly Holmes’s British best.[25]

Muir continued her record-breaking form in March, dominating at the European Indoor Championships in Belgrade. She took gold in the 1500 m event, breaking Doina Melinte's 32-year old championship record along the way,[26] and followed it up by taking a second title in the 3000 m event with another championship record the next day.[27]

Muir (right) in the 1500m final of the 2017 World Championships
Muir (right) in the 1500m final of the 2017 World Championships

She doubled up outdoors at the World Championships in London, finishing fourth in the 1500 m and sixth in the 5000 m. Over the shorter distance Muir clocked 4:02.97 losing by only 0.38 s to the winner, Faith Kipyegon, and by just 0.07 s to South Africa's Caster Semenya in third; Jenny Simpson of USA finished second. Following the championships, she announced that she would miss the 2018 Commonwealth Games in April in order to focus on her veterinary medicine exams.[28]


2018


In March, Muir competed at the World Indoor Championships in Birmingham, where she won the bronze medal in the 3000 m, followed by a silver medal in the 1500 m two days later. Both events were won by Ethiopia's multiple world record-holder Genzebe Dibaba. In first Muir lost to Sifan Hassan representing the Netherlands in a blanket finish by 0.1 s, but she won with Hassan by more than a second over 1500 m.[29][30]

In August, she won the 1500 metres title at the European Championships Berlin 2018, her first-ever major outdoor medal as the first British woman ever to win the European 1500 m gold.[31]

She followed this breakthrough by securing her second Diamond League title over 1500 metres in Brussels, her first since the move of the series to a championship format. Muir produced one of the most impressive wins of her career, beating three of the four fastest women in the world that year (Shelby Houlihan, Hassan and Gudaf Tsegay).[32]


2019


In February, Muir broke the 31-year-old British indoor mile record held by Kirsty Wade by more than five seconds, stopping the clock at the world third-fastest time of 4:18.75 at the Birmingham Indoor Grand Prix. She was 1.61 s short of a European record.[33]

In March, she became the first athlete in history to achieve the 'double-double' at a European Indoor Championships as she defended both her 1500m and 3000m titles at the Glasgow 2019, improving her own championship record at the longer distance.[34][15]

Muir finished fifth over the 1500 m at the Doha World Championships in a time of 3:55.76.[17]


2020–21


During first pandemic season in 2020, Muir broke Kelly Holmes' British record for the 1000 metres in a time of 2m 30.82s.[35] She won all her three 1500 m races (Stockholm, Chorzów, Berlin), with all times under 3:58.50. She also won two of her six 800 m competitions (Marseille, Ostrava).[17]

On 9 February 2021, she came up with a good start to her season in Liévin, becoming the first British woman to break the four-minute barrier for the indoor 1500 metres, and taking the record back from fellow Scot Jemma Reekie with a time of 3m 59.58s (2nd behind Gudaf Tsegay).[36] Over 1500 m Muir then won the USATF Grand Prix in Eugene, Gateshead Diamond League, and came third in Rome Diamond League (behind only Hassan and Kipyegon). At the end of June, she lost to both Keely Hodgkinson and Reekie in the 800 m at the British Championships in 2:00.24 to set a personal best of 1:56.73 in July, when winning the Monaco Diamond League.[17]

At the delayed 2020 Tokyo Olympics in August 2021, Muir won the silver medal in the 1500 metres in a time of three minutes 54.50 seconds, improving her own British record. She beat reigning world champion in the event, Sifan Hassan (3:55.86), finishing behind only Kipyegon who ran 3:53.11.[37] It was Scotland’s first individual Olympic medal in any track event since the 1988 Seoul Games, when Liz McColgan won 10,000 m silver.[38]


2022


During the indoor season, Muir was unable to run for two months due to a stress fracture of her right femur, which occurred in February. Despite this, at the World Championships Eugene 22 in July, she emerged after a tough race as a bronze medal winner. She ran her second-fastest time ever for a 1500 m race with 3:55.28, finishing behind Tsegay in 3:54.52 and Kipyegon who claimed gold in 3:52.96.[39]

About two weeks later, Muir completed in just a 24-hour span the 800 m/1500 m double at the XXII Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, earning bronze in a photo-finish in the 800 m (0.01 s ahead of Natoya Goule and behind Mary Moraa and Hodgkinson) and, in the absence of Kipyegon, winning decisively gold for the 1500 m.[40][41]

The 29-year-old continued her fine season successfully defending her 1500 m European title just 12 days after her Commonwealth gold. Muir dominated the event at the European Championships Munich 2022.[42]

She capped her packed medal-winning season on the road in September, with another strong showing and a course record of 4:14.8 at the New York's Fifth Avenue Mile. Her time, the fastest in the event's 41-year history, would place her fourth on the world all-time list if it was achieved on the track. There was a Scottish sweep as Jake Wightman won the men's race for the third time.[43]


Achievements


Muir races in the 4x1 km mixed relay at the Great Edinburgh International Cross Country in 2018
Muir races in the 4x1 km mixed relay at the Great Edinburgh International Cross Country in 2018
Muir (left) en route her 1500m silver at the 2018 World Indoor Championships in Birmingham, with Sifan Hassan and Genzebe Dibaba
Muir (left) en route her 1500m silver at the 2018 World Indoor Championships in Birmingham, with Sifan Hassan and Genzebe Dibaba

All information taken from World Athletics profile.


Personal bests


TypeEventTime (m:s)DatePlaceNotes
Outdoor track 800 metres1:56.739 July 2021Monaco
1000 metres2:30.8214 August 2020MonacoNR
1500 metres3:54.506 August 2021Tokyo, JapanNR
One mile4:18.039 July 2017London, United Kingdom
3000 metres8:30.5326 August 2022Lausanne
5000 metres14:52.0713 August 2017London, United Kingdom
Indoor 800 metres1:58.441 February 2020Glasgow, United Kingdom
1000 metres2:31.9318 February 2017Birmingham, United KingdomEuropean record
1500 metres3:59.589 February 2021Liévin, FranceNR
One mile4:18.7516 February 2019Birmingham, United Kingdom
3000 metres8:26.414 February 2017Karlsruhe, GermanyEuropean record
5000 metres14:49.124 January 2017Glasgow, United KingdomNR

International competitions


YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventResult
 Representing  Great Britain /  Scotland
2011 European Cross Country Championships Velenje, Slovenia 30th Junior race 14:06
2012 World Junior Championships Barcelona, Spain 16th 3000 m 9:40.81
2013 European Indoor Championships Gothenburg, Sweden 6th 1500 m 4:18.39 [n 1]
European U23 Championships Tampere, Finland 3rd 1500 m 4:08.19
World Championships Moscow, Russia semifinal 800 m 2:00.83
2014 World Indoor Championships Sopot, Poland heats 800 m 2:02.55
Commonwealth Games Glasgow, Scotland 11th 1500 m 4:14.21
European Championships Zurich, Switzerland heats 1500 m 4:14.69
2015 European Indoor Championships Prague, Czech Republic 4th 3000 m 8:52.44
World Championships Beijing, China 5th 1500 m 4:11.48
European Cross Country Championships Hyères, France 4th U23 race 19:53
1st U23 team 41 pts
2016 Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 7th 1500 m 4:12.88
2017 European Indoor Championships Belgrade, Serbia 1st 1500 m 4:02.39
1st 3000 m 8:35.67
World Championships London, United Kingdom 4th 1500 m 4:02.97
6th 5000 m 14:52.07
2018 World Indoor Championships Birmingham, United Kingdom 2nd 1500 m 4:06:23
3rd 3000 m 8:45:78
European Championships Berlin, Germany 1st 1500 m 4:02:32
2019 European Indoor Championships Glasgow, United Kingdom 1st 1500 m 4:05.92
1st 3000 m 8:30.61
World Championships Doha, Qatar 5th 1500 m 3:55.76
2021 Olympic Games Tokyo, Japan 2nd 1500 m 3:54.50
2022 World Championships Eugene, OR, United States 3rd 1500 m 3:55.28 SB
Commonwealth Games Birmingham, England 3rd 800 m 1:57.87 SB
1st 1500 m 4:02.75
European Championships Munich, Germany 1st 1500 m 4:01.08

Circuit wins and titles



National championships



Scottish Championships



Awards



Notes


  1. In the heats Muir clocked 4:12.36

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На других языках

[de] Laura Muir

Laura Muir (* 9. Mai 1993 in Milnathort) ist eine britische Mittel- und Langstreckenläuferin und aktuelle britische Rekordhalterin über die 1500-Meter-Distanz sowie Europarekordhalterin über 3000 Meter in der Halle.
- [en] Laura Muir

[es] Laura Muir

Laura Muir (Inverness, 9 de mayo de 1993) es una deportista británica que compite en atletismo, especialista en las carreras de mediofondo.[1]

[fr] Laura Muir

Laura Muir (née le 9 mai 1993) est une athlète britannique, spécialiste des courses de demi-fond et de cross-country.

[it] Laura Muir

Laura Muir (Milnathort, 9 maggio 1993) è una mezzofondista britannica.

[ru] Мьюр, Лора

Лора Мэри Мьюр (англ. Laura Mary Muir; род. 9 мая 1993[1], Милнатхорт[d], Тейсайд[d]) — британская шотландская легкоатлетка, специализирующаяся в беге на средние и длинные дистанции. Призёр Олимпийских игр 2020 года, призёр чемпионатов мира, многократная чемпионка Европы и Великобритании, Рекордсменка Европы в беге на 1000 и 3000 метров в помещении. Победительница общего зачёта Бриллиантовой лиги 2016 года на дистанции 1500 метров. Участница Олимпийских игр 2016 и 2020 годов.


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