Personal information | |
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Nationality | British |
Born | 6 March 1995 |
Sport | |
Sport | Track and Field |
Event | 1500m |
Achievements and titles | |
Personal best(s) | 800m: 2:01.02 (Bilbao, 2023) 1500m: 4:00.43 (Bydgoszcz, 2024) |
Revée Walcott-Nolan (born 6 March 1995) is a British athlete, known for being the 1500m British Champion in 2021, and competing for Britain in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
From Luton, and an attendee at Bedford Girls' School until 2013, she has said she was inspired by her grandmother into athletics. [1] She has run for Woodford Green Essex Ladies as well as the Newham & Essex Beagles and has been at Luton AC since a teenager. She graduated from St Mary’s University, Twickenham with a degree in sports science in 2016. [2]
Walcott-Nolan won the 3000m in the European Athletics Team Championships (Poland) in March 2021. [3] Walcott-Nolan won the 1500 metres race at the 2021 British Championships, and in July 2021 was officially named in the British squad for the delayed 2020 Summer Games in Tokyo. [4] [5] In the Heats of the 1500m she came 7th, and missed out on a fastest loser place for the semi-finals by 0.01 of a second.
In January 2024, she set a new indoor personal best over 1500 metres, running 4:03.93 in Dortmund. [6] On 18 February 2024, she was runner-up at the 2024 British Indoor Athletics Championships in Birmingham, over 1500 metres. [7] She was selected for the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Glasgow where she qualified for the final of the women's 1500 metres race. She finished sixth in the final in a time of 4:04.60. [8] [9]
In May 2024, she finished seventh in the 1500 metres at the 2024 Doha Diamond League in 4:03.99. [10] Later that month she ran 4:02.42 in Ostrava. [11] On 2 June, she ran 4:00.77 at the 2024 BAUHAUS-galan Diamond League event in Stockholm. [12] She lowered her personal best to 4:00.43 in Bydgoszcz on 20 June 2024. [13] That month, she finished third in the 1500 metres at the 2024 British Athletics Championships in Manchester. [14]