Niamh Emerson

Niamh Emerson
Personal information
Nationality	United Kingdom
Born	22 April 1999 (age 25); Shirland, Derbyshire, England
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	67 kg (148 lb)
Sport
Country	Great Britain (GBR); England (ENG)
Sport	Athletics
Event	Heptathlon
Club	Amber Valley
Coached by	David Feeney
Achievements and titles
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
Personal bests	6253 Heptathlon (2018); 4731 Pentathlon (2019);
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing Great Britain
European Indoor Championships
World Junior Championships
European U18 Championships
Representing England
Commonwealth Games

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
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
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
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
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.

External links[edit]

Niamh Emerson at World Athletics
Niamh Emerson at European Athletics
Niamh Emerson at British Athletics
Niamh Emerson at Team England
Niamh Emerson at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games (archived)

[1] "IAAF: Niamh EMERSON - Profile". iaaf.org. Archived from the original on 3 April 2019. Retrieved 13 April 2018.

[2] "Niamh Emerson". Archived from the original on 10 July 2019. Retrieved 13 April 2018.

[3] "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.

[4] "800 Metres Points | IAAF World U20 Championships Tampere 2018 | iaaf.org". Archived from the original on 17 July 2018.

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