Guy Learmonth

Guy Learmonth

Guy Learmonth (second from right) at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
Personal information
Nationality British
Born (1992-10-30) 30 October 1992
Berwick-upon-Tweed, United Kingdom
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 75 kg (165 lb)
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event(s) 800 metres
College team Loughborough University
Coached by George Gandy (2012-2014)
Henry Gray (2009-present)

Guy Learmonth (born 20 April 1992 in Berwick-upon-Tweed[1]) is a Scottish athlete specialising in the 800 metres. He reached the final at the 2014 Commonwealth Games and the 2015 European Indoor Championships, finishing 6th in both. He was crowned British 800m Indoor Champion in 2015.

Biography

Before turning to athletics at age 17, he practiced rugby for the Border Reivers.[2]

He studied Sports Management at Loughborough.[3]

He is sponsored by New Balance.[4]

He always wears odd socks when he races.[5]

Athletics career

Guy Learmonth's first major athletics competition was the 2011 European Athletics Junior Championships. He competed in the 800 metres event, winning his heat.[6] In his semi-final, he finished fifth, a place which could have earned him a fastest loser spot, but the other semi-final was won in a time two seconds faster than Learmonth's race, meaning that both fastest loser qualifiers came from the second semi-final.[7] He also competed at the BUCS Indoor Championships that year, winning the 800 metres by over a second and setting a new championships best performance.[8] He won his first national senior medal in 2011, taking a bronze at the British Indoor Athletics Championships.[9]

In 2012, he competed at his first Diamond League meeting at the Bislett Games in Oslo, setting a new personal best in the 800 metres National event in finishing second.[10] He regards it as his most memorable performance.[11] He also retained his 800 metres title in 2012 at the BUCS Indoor Championships, winning by over a second, like the previous year.[12] On his debut at the BUCS Outdoor Championships he won gold in the 800 metres, in a competition that took place at the Olympic Stadium.[13] He improved on his result from the 2011 British Indoor Championships by winning a silver medal in 2012 championships in the 800 metres at the EIS Sheffield.[14]

In 2013, he chose not to defend his 800 metres titles at either the indoor or outdoor BUCS Championships, and attempted the 1500 metres at the outdoor championships, the only times he raced over the distance that year. He won both his heat and his semi-final, but finished a tenth of a second outside the medals, in fourth place.[15] He competed in the British Indoor Championships, winning a bronze medal.[16]

In 2014, he moved back down to the 800 metres at the BUCS Indoor Championships, winning his third 800 metres title.[17] He won the Indoor Glasgow International Match winning over a rarely run 600m race in a time of 1:16:48 and in the process broke the Scottish National 600m record which has been held for 40years, at the same time, breaking the British U23 600m Indoor record and going to number 3 on the UK All Time rankings. Learmonth competed in the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow achieving 6th place in the 800 metres final with a personal best time of 1:46.69.[18] He got there by qualifying as a fastest loser from the heats, and securing the third automatic qualifying spot in his semi-final by two hundredths of a second[19]

In 2015, Learmonth was crowned British Indoor Champion in the 800 metres.[20] He also won both his heat and semi-final of the 800 metres before going on to finishing 6th in the final at the European Indoor Championships in Prague, Czech Republic.[21]

In 2016, he won a bronze medal, coming third at the British Indoor Championships in the 800 metres.[22]

Competition record

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  Great Britain and  Scotland
2011 European Junior Championships Tallinn, Estonia 13th (sf) 800 m 1:51.72
2014 Commonwealth Games Glasgow, United Kingdom 6th 800 m 1:46.69
2015 European Indoor Championships Prague, Czech Republic 6th 800 m 1:47.84

Personal bests

Outdoor

Indoor

References

  1. ↑ "Glasgow 2014 - Guy Learmonth Profile". g2014results.thecgf.com. Retrieved 2016-06-02.
  2. ↑ "About | Guy Learmonth GB & Scottish International 800m Athlete". www.guylearmonth.com. Retrieved 2016-06-02.
  3. ↑ Bee, Lucy (2014-02-12). "Introducing Guy Learmonth GB Athlete | Lucy Bee Blog". Lucy Bee Blog. Retrieved 2016-06-02.
  4. ↑ Ralston, Gary (2014-12-20). "Guy Learmonth happy to see the back of roller coaster year". dailyrecord. Retrieved 2016-06-02.
  5. ↑ "Ambassadors Profile | Flames". www.flameslightingtheway.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-06-02.
  6. ↑ "Competitions - European Athletics Under 20 Championships - History - European Athletics". european-athletics. Retrieved 2016-06-02.
  7. ↑ "Competitions - European Athletics Under 20 Championships - History - European Athletics". european-athletics. Retrieved 2016-06-02.
  8. ↑ BUCS Indoor Championships 2011 Results. http://www.bucs.org.uk/core/core_picker/download.asp?id=17146: BUCS. 2011. pp. 14–16.
  9. ↑ "Results". www.thepowerof10.info. Retrieved 2016-06-02.
  10. ↑ "Results Archive - Diamond League - Oslo". oslo.diamondleague.com. Retrieved 2016-06-02.
  11. ↑ "Guy Learmonth - Athletics". Athletics. Retrieved 2016-06-02.
  12. ↑ "11-12 Indoor Championships Results - British Universities & Colleges Sport". www.bucs.org.uk. Retrieved 2016-06-02.
  13. ↑ "Monday Results - British Universities & Colleges Sport". www.bucs.org.uk. Retrieved 2016-06-02.
  14. ↑ "Results". www.thepowerof10.info. Retrieved 2016-06-02.
  15. ↑ 2013 BUCS Outdoor Championships Results. http://www.bucs.org.uk/core/core_picker/download.asp?id=22031: BUCS. 2013. pp. 17–19.
  16. ↑ "Results". www.thepowerof10.info. Retrieved 2016-06-02.
  17. ↑ 2014 BUCS Indoor Championships Results. http://www.bucs.org.uk/core/core_picker/download.asp?id=24935: BUCS. 2014. p. 24.
  18. ↑ "Glasgow 2014 - Men's 800m Final". g2014results.thecgf.com. Retrieved 2016-06-02.
  19. ↑ "Results - Mens 800m - Athletics - Glasgow 2014 - Commonwealth Games". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2016-06-02.
  20. ↑ "British Athletics Results". www.britishathletics.org.uk. Retrieved 2016-06-02.
  21. ↑ "Competitions - European Athletics Indoor Championships - History - European Athletics". european-athletics. Retrieved 2016-06-02.
  22. ↑ "British Athletics Results". www.britishathletics.org.uk. Retrieved 2016-06-02.
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