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Erin Wallace

Erin Wallace

Scottish middle-distance runner

Erin Wallace (born 18 May 2000) is a Scottish triathlete and middle distance runner.[1]

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Early life

Wallace attended school at Eastwood High School, Newton Mearns in East Renfrewshire.[2] Wallace studied neuroscience at the University of Glasgow.[3]

Career

Wallace 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]

References

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    "Erin Wallace". World Arhletics. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
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    "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.
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    Morgan, Liam (20 July 2017). "Wallace produces superb run as Colthrust makes Commonwealth Youth Games history for Trinidad and Tobago". Retrieved 17 February 2024.
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    Treviston, John (17 January 2018). "Erin Wallace added to Team Scotland Commonwealth Games squad". Tri247.com. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
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    "Erin Wallace". Team Scotland. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
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    "Wallace and Waugh win medals at Junior World Championships". British Triathlon. 15 September 2018. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
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    "Erin Wallace seventh in Finland". Barrheadnews. 18 July 2018. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
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    Dunn, Graham (12 July 2021). "Erin Wallace takes European u23 1500m bronze". Giffnock North. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
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    Egelstaff, Susan (17 February 2023). "Erin Wallace targets Euro selection at indoor finals". Herald Scotland. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
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    Henderson, Jason (18 February 2024). "Jemma Reekie sends a message to World Indoor rivals". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
  14. [14]
    "Results UK Athletics Indoor Championships 2024". Watch Athletics. 18 February 2023. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
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