In November 2013 we announced our backing of Eilish McColgan, who is now a three-time Olympian, three-time British steeplechase champion and GB international, in an individual sponsorship deal.
Ian Beattie, our Chief Operating Officer – and also Chairman of UK athletics – said: “Lindsays is delighted to offer backing to a dedicated and talented athlete with great potential at a time when she is pushing on to even greater things in an already significant career.”
Eilish writes a monthly blog for us, charting her progress towards each milestone and sharing her experiences.
Some fast facts about Eilish:
- Eilish will be representing Great Britain at the Paris 2024 Olympics, she is competing in the 10,000m and this will be her fourth Olympics.
- In April 2023 Eilish smashed her own British record (a time of 66:26) by running the Berlin Half Marathon in 65:43.
- Eilish had a medal-winning summer in 2022 - a Commonwealth Gold (10,000m) and Silver (5,000m) in Birmingham, followed in the same month with Silver (10,000m) and Bronze (5,000m) at the European Championships in Munich.
- 2021 saw Eilish qualify for her third successive Olympics in Tokyo - she competed in both the 5000m and 10,000m.
- At Sound Running ‘NAZ Elite’ in February 2021, Eilish ran a PB in the 10,000m of 30:58.
- In 2019 Eilish secured PBs in 1500m and 5000m as well as securing 1st place at the Great South Run
- In August 2018 Eilish won Silver in the 5000m at the European Championships
- At the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games in April 2018, she qualified for the final in the 1500m and 5000m, placing 6th in both races
- In 2017 she became the Scottish 5000m record holder and won a Bronze medal at the European Indoor Championships
- Eilish qualified for Rio 2016 Olympics to compete in the 5000m where she reached the final
- Eilish is the national record-holder in the 3000-metre steeplechase and the Under-23 record-holder for Great Britain
- At the London 2012 Olympics, she competed in the 3000-metre steeplechase, her first major international championship
- A member of the Dundee Hawkhill Harriers, she has been coached since the age of 13 by her mother, Liz McColgan
- In 2014, Eilish competed at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow
- Eilish came 10th at the World Championships in Moscow 2013
