Personal information | |
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Born | 27 June 1985 Blackpool, England | (age 38)
Education | Loughborough University |
Height | 175 cm (5 ft 9 in) [1] |
Weight | 59 kg (130 lb) |
Sport | |
Sport | Athletics |
Event | 1500–5000 m |
Club | Royal Sutton Coldfield Athletics Club |
Coached by | George Gandy [2] |
Achievements and titles | |
Personal best(s) | 1500 m – 4:12.48 (2009) 3000 m – 8:50.37 (2009) 5000 m – 15:08.58 (2016) [3] |
Laura Whittle (née Kenney; born 27 June 1985) a Scottish long-distance runner. [4]
Whittle was born to an English father and Scottish mother. [4] Her father competed for Scotland in the marathon and cross-country running and motivated Laura to run in a club when she was 11 years old. [2]
At the 2006 European Cross Country Championships she won a team gold medal in the under-23 women's race. [5] She won the 5000 metre title at the 2007 European Athletics U23 Championships. [6] Whittle finished 38th at the 2008 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race. [7] She also finished 8th at the 2009 IAAF World Athletics Final. [8] Whittle also competed at the 2014 Commonwealth Games. [9]
She married 1500m runner Rob Whittle in 2010 and changed her name from Laura Kenney to Laura Whittle. [10]