Elizabeth Bird

Elizabeth "Lizzie" Bird (born 4 October 1994) is a British athlete.[1] She competed in the women's 3000 metres steeplechase event at the 2019 World Athletics Championships.[2]

For the British academic, see Liz Bird.
Elizabeth Bird
Personal information
Nickname(s)Lizzie
NationalityBritish
Born (1994-10-04) 4 October 1994
Manila, Philippines
Sport
CountryGreat Britain
SportAthletics
Event(s)Steeplechase

Early life

She began running in St Albans, and her first club was Hertfordshire Phoenix Athletic Club.[3] Bird studied at Princeton University graduating in 2017. Bird was an NCAA Honorable Mention All-America honoree in the steeplechase in 2015 and was a four-time NCAA Regional qualifier. She was a two-time Ivy League champion in the steeplechase and part of the 4x800 team that won a conference title in 2017 as well as being the Ivy League Cross Country Champion in 2015.[4]

Career

Having qualified for the Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's 3000 metres steeplechase Bird reached the final after finishing fifth in her heat.[5] In the final Bird set a new national record time of 9:19.68, finishing ninth.

Personal life

Bird studied for a master's degree in international studies at the University of San Francisco between 2017 and 2018 but deferred a place at law school in Boulder, Colorado in order to focus on the 2020 Summer Games. Bird has been involved in advocacy and support for human rights organisation Detention Action.[3]

References
  1. "Elizabeth Bird". IAAF. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
  2. "3000 Metres Steeplechase Women - Round 1" (PDF). IAAF (Doha 2019). Retrieved 30 September 2019.
  3. "Athletics - BIRD Elizabeth - Tokyo 2020 Olympics". Tokyo2020.org. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games.
  4. "Tokyo Olympics: Lizzie Bird '17 Advances to Steeplechase Final". Princeton University Athletics.
  5. "Lizzie Bird qualifies for Olympic Steeplechase final - runbritain". www.runbritain.com.
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