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Born | Shirland, Derbyshire, England | 22 April 1999|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 67 kg (148 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Heptathlon | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Amber Valley | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | David Feeney | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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World finals | 2018 IAAF World Junior Heptathlon Champion | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Regional finals | 2019 European Athletics Indoor Championships Pentathlon Silver medalist | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Commonwealth finals | 2018 Gold Coast Bronze medalist | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Niamh Emerson (born 22 April 1999) is an English heptathlete from Shirland, Derbyshire.[1][2]
In April 2018, Emerson competed in the heptathlon in the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia, where she came third, winning the bronze medal for England, with a personal best of 6043 points.[3]
In July 2018, Emerson won heptathlon gold for Great Britain at the 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships in Tampere, Finland, scoring a personal best of 6253 points.[4]
Competition record
[edit]Heptathlon
[edit]2018 Commonwealth Games, Gold Coast, Australia
[edit]Event | Result |
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100 metre hurdles | 14.08 secs |
High Jump | 1.84 m |
Shot put | 12.13 m |
200 metres | 24.83 |
Long jump | 6.06 m |
Javelin | 40.34 m |
800 metres | 2:12.18 |
Heptathlon | 6,043 |
3rd overall. 2018 Commonwealth Games Bronze Medalist
2018 IAAF World U20 Championships, Tampere, Finland
[edit]Event | Result |
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100 metre hurdles | 13.76 secs |
High Jump | 1.89 m |
Shot put | 12.27 m |
200 metres | 24.80 |
Long jump | 6.31 m |
Javelin | 39.02 m |
800 metres | 2:09.74 |
Heptathlon | 6,253 |
1st overall. 2018 World U20 Gold medalist. 2018 U20 world lead.
Indoor Pentathlon
[edit]2019 European Athletics Indoor Championships, Glasgow, Scotland, Great Britain
[edit]Event | Result |
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60 metre hurdles | 8.54 secs |
High Jump | 1.87 m |
Shot put | 13.93 m |
Long jump | 6.29 m |
800 metres | 2:12.56 |
Pentathlon | 4,731 |
2nd overall. 2019 European silver medalist. U20 world record.
Personal bests
[edit]Event | Result |
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100 metre hurdles | 13.76 secs |
High Jump | 1.89 m |
Shot put | 13.93 m |
200 metres | 24.40 |
Long jump | 6.41 m |
Javelin | 43.95 m |
800 metres | 2:09.74 |
Heptathlon | 6,253 |
References
[edit]- ^ "IAAF: Niamh EMERSON - Profile". iaaf.org. Archived from the original on 3 April 2019. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
- ^ "Niamh Emerson". Archived from the original on 10 July 2019. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
- ^ "Athletics - Combined Events Women's Heptathlon - Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games". results.gc2018.com. Archived from the original on 14 July 2018. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
- ^ "800 Metres Points | IAAF World U20 Championships Tampere 2018 | iaaf.org". Archived from the original on 17 July 2018.