Laura Muir

Laura Muir
Personal information
Nationality	Great Britain
Born	9 May 1993 (age 31)
Residence	Scotland
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	800 metres, 1500 metres, 3000 metres
Club	Dundee Hawkhill Harriers & Glasgow University
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	800 m: 2:00.67 (Birmingham 2014)); 1500 m: 3:58.66 (Monaco 2015); 3000 m: 8:49.73 i (Karlsruhe 2015)
Women's athletics
	Representing Great Britain
European U23 Championships

Laura Muir (born 9 May 1993 in Milnathort)^[1] is a British Scottish middle distance runner who specialises in 800m, 1500m, and 3000m races.^[2] At the 2013 World Championships in Athletics Muir represented Great Britain in the 800 metres, she reached the semi-finals with a personal best time of 2:00:80.^[3] At the 2014 Diamond League event in Paris, she ran 4:00.07 in the 1500 metres, to break Yvonne Murray's 27-year-old Scottish record.^{[citation needed]}

Muir is also a student of veterinary medicine at the University of Glasgow^[4] where one of her lecturers has been veterinary pathologist, distance runner and team-mate at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Hayley Haining.^[5]

International competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing Great Britain / Scotland
2013	European U23 Championships	Tampere, Finland	3rd	1500 m	4:08.19
2013	World Championships	Moscow, Russia	semifinal	800 m	2:00.83
2014	World Indoor Championships	Sopot, Poland	heats	800 m	2:02.55
	Commonwealth Games	Glasgow, Scotland	11th	1500 m	4:14.21
	European Championships	Zurich, Switzerland	heats	1500 m	4:14.69
2015	European Indoor Championships	Prague, Czech Republic	4th	3000 m	8:52.14
2015	World Championships	Beijing, China	5th	1500 m	4:11.48

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