Will Barnicoat
Personal information
NationalityGreat Britain
Born (2003-03-24) 24 March 2003
Sport
SportAthletics
Event5000m
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)5000m: 13:45.24 (Espoo, 2023)
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Great Britain
European U23 Championships
Bronze medal – third place2023 Espoo5000m
European Cross Country Championships
Gold medal – first place2022 TurinU20 race
Gold medal – first place2023 BrusselsU23 race
Gold medal – first place2023 BrusselsU23 team

Will Barnicoat (born 24 March 2003) is a British track and field athlete and cross country runner. He was European U20 cross country champion in 2022, and became European U23 cross country champion in 2023.[1]

Early and personal life

Barnicoat runs for Aldershot, Farnham and District Athletics Club.[2] He attended Cranleigh School,[3] and the University of Birmingham, where he was a contemporary of Axel Vang Christensen. As a student, Barnicoat supplemented his income working as a pot washer at a branch of Gourmet Burger Kitchen.[4]

Career

2022

In February 2022, he became the English National junior cross-country champion for the second time, having also been U17 champion before that.[5][6] Later that year, he won the 2022 European Cross Country Championships U20 race in Turin.[7][8]

2023

He was a bronze medallist in the 2023 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's 5000 metres in Espoo.[9] In December 2023, he won the 2023 European Cross Country Championships U23 race in Brussels.[10] He also claimed gold as part of the British squad which won the U23 team event.[11]

References

  1. ↑ "Will Barnicoat". World Athletics. 10 December 2023.
  2. ↑ Smythe, Steve (November 14, 2023). "Will Barnicoat in form as thousands of British runners in cross-country league action". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
  3. ↑ "FAST TRACK TO ATHLETICS SUCCESS!". Cranleigh.org. 16 May 2017. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
  4. ↑ Henderson, Jason (December 11, 2022). "Barnicoat pips Griggs in Euro Cross U20 thriller". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
  5. ↑ "Trophies find new homes at the 135th National Cross Country Championships". 27 February 2023. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
  6. ↑ Smythe, Steve (February 26, 2023). "Dominant English National wins for Will Barnicoat and Innes FitzGerald". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
  7. ↑ "GB's Cairess claims European cross country silver". BBC Sport. 2022-12-11. Retrieved 2022-12-11.
  8. ↑ Turnbull, Simon (2022-12-11). "Report | Battocletti and Hicks reign again in the U23 races in La Mandria Park". European Athletics. Retrieved 2022-12-11.
  9. ↑ "HICKS TAKES 5000M EURO U23 GOLD AS BARNICOAT COLLECTS THE BRONZE". British Athletics. 14 July 2023. Retrieved 15 July 2023.
  10. ↑ "European Cross Country Championships: Great Britain's Abbie Donnelly claims bronze". BBC Sport. 10 December 2023. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
  11. ↑ "European Cross Country Championships: Great Britain's Abbie Donnelly claims bronze". BBC Sport. 10 December 2023. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.