Georgia Ellenwood

Georgia Ellenwood
Ellenwood after winning the heptathlon at the 2018 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships
Personal information
Full nameGeorgia Lorraine Ellenwood
Born (1995-08-05) August 5, 1995 (age 29)
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Home townLangley, British Columbia[1]
EducationUniversity of Wisconsin
Height170 cm (5 ft 7 in)[2]
Sport
SportTrack and field
Event(s)Heptathlon, pentathlon
College teamWisconsin Badgers[3]
ClubUnder Armour
Turned pro2018
Achievements and titles
Personal bestHeptathlon: 6314 (Ratingen 2021)

Georgia Lorraine Ellenwood (born 5 August 1995) is a Canadian athlete who competes in combined events.[4]

Career

[edit]

She represented Canada at the 2016 World Indoor Championships, finishing tenth, and also represented Canada at the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo. Georgia Ellenwood is an 8-time NCAA Division I All-American, 2018 Big Ten Conference Field athlete of the year after setting a new personal best and a Wisconsin Badgers school record. CKWX NEWS 1130 in British Columbia, Canada profiled Ellenwood's journey. Ellenwood is a Langley Secondary School 2013 graduate.[5] Ellenwood competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[6][7][8]

Competition record

[edit]
Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  Canada
2011 World Youth Championships Lille, France 12th Heptathlon (youth) 4952 pts
2012 World Junior Championships Barcelona, Spain 18th Heptathlon 5262 pts
2013 Pan American Junior Championships Medellín, Colombia 3rd Heptathlon 5493 pts
2014 World Junior Championships Eugene, United States 7th Heptathlon 5594 pts
2015 Universiade Gwangju, South Korea 5th Heptathlon 5665 pts
2016 World Indoor Championships Portland, United States 9th Pentathlon 4324 pts
2016 Pan American Combined Events Cup Ottawa, Canada 4th Heptathlon 5814 pts[9]
NACAC U23 Championships San Salvador, El Salvador 3rd High jump 1.78 m
5th Long jump 5.79 m
2018 2018 Pan American Combined Events Cup
Canadian Track and Field Championships 		Ottawa, Canada 1st Heptathlon 6026 pts[10]
2021 Olympics Tokyo, Japan 20th Heptathlon 6077 points
2023 Pan American Games Santiago, Chile – Heptathlon DNF
Representing University of Wisconsin
2016 2016 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships Eugene, United States 5th Heptathlon 5935 pts
2017 2017 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships College Station, Texas 7th Pentathlon 4162 pts
2018 2018 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships College Station, Texas 3rd Pentathlon 4381 pts
2018 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships Eugene, United States 1st Heptathlon 6146 pts

Personal bests

[edit]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "Georgia Ellenwood profile". Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved October 27, 2023.
  2. ^ 2015 Universiade bio
  3. ^ College team bio
  4. ^ Georgia Ellenwood at World Athletics Edit this at Wikidata
  5. ^ Georgia Ellenwood: Four-time B.C. high school heptathlon champ caps NCAA Div. 1 career with a golden weekend Varsity Letters
  6. ^ Nichols, Paula (3 July 2021). "Team Canada to have 57 competitors in athletics at Tokyo 2020". www.olympic.ca/. Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
  7. ^ "57 athletes nominated to Canada's Olympic track & field team". www.cbc.ca/. CBC Sports. 3 July 2021. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
  8. ^ "Athletics ELLENWOOD Georgia". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 2021-08-28. Retrieved 2021-08-28.
  9. ^ HEPTATHLON WOMEN PAN AMERICAN COMBINED EVENTS CANADA OTTAWA (TERRY FOX AF), CAN, CANADA 17 JUN 2016 - 18 JUN 2016 IAAF
  10. ^ HEPTATHLON WOMEN PAN AMERICAN COMBINED EVENTS CANADA OTTAWA (TERRY FOX AF), CAN, CANADA 03 JUL 2018 - 04 JUL 2018 IAAF
[edit]


Flag of CanadaBiography icon

This biographical article relating to Canadian athletics and track and field is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Georgia_Ellenwood&oldid=1251258807"