Phil Norman

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Phil Norman
Norman in 2022
Personal information
Born (1989-10-20) 20 October 1989 (age 35)
Barnstaple, Devon, United Kingdom
Sport
Country Great Britain
SportAthletics
Event3000 metres steeplechase
ClubWoodford Green with Essex Ladies[1]
Coached byTomaz Plibersek

Phil Norman (born 20 October 1989) is an English athlete specialising in the 3000 metres steeplechase.[2][3]

He became British champion when winning the 3000 metres steeplechase event at the 2020 British Athletics Championships in a time of 8 min 32.51 secs.[4][5] He represented Great Britain at Tokyo Olympic games in 2021 where he went out in the semi-finals.[4]

Norman set a personal best of 8:18.65 in winning the steeplechase title at the 2024 British Athletics Championships, but was not selected for the Paris Olympics, despite being given an invitation to compete by World Athletics, as his time was 0.15 seconds off the standard set by UK Athletics.[6][7]

References

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  1. ^ "Profile". Power of 10.
  2. ^ "Athlete profile". World Athletics.
  3. ^ "Athletes". European Athletics.
  4. ^ a b "Phil NORMAN". Team GB. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
  5. ^ "MÜLLER BRITISH ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS 2020". British Athletics. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
  6. ^ "Norman criticises UK Athletics after Olympic snub". BBC Sport. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
  7. ^ "Devon's Phil Norman says he may never race again after being refused a place at the Olympics". ITV. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
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