Emily Grace Collinge (born 27 February 1988) is a British runner who has won the European Mountain Running Championships and finished second in the World Mountain Running Championships.
Collinge represented England as a junior in cross country. [1] After a period of reduced participation in the sport whilst at university, she began running more again whilst living in northern Sweden and exploring the wild landscape on foot. [2]
She took part in the Drei Zinnen Alpine Run in 2013, finishing third. [3] She continued to race on various surfaces, her wins in 2014 including the Clowne Half Marathon on the roads [4] and the Red Bull Steeplechase over 21 miles of hilly trails. [5]
In 2015, Collinge won the individual silver medal at the World Mountain Running Championships which were held in Betws-y-Coed in the UK. She also won a team gold along with Emma Clayton and Sarah Tunstall. [6]
The next year, Collinge won the European Mountain Running Championships in Arco in Italy. [7]
Uphill races have provided Collinge with many victories, including the Transvulcania Vertical Kilometer [8] and the Snowdon Super Cup. In the latter, she made the fastest ever ascent of Snowdon by a woman with a time of 46:55. [9]
In 2018, she finished in 7th place at the 2018 World Mountain Running Championships held in Andorra. [10]