Sally Ellis

Sally Ellis née McDiarmid (born 17 May 1958) is a female English long-distance road and cross-country runner.

Sally Ellis
née McDiarmid
Personal information
Born (1958-05-17) 17 May 1958
Lyndhurst, Hampshire
Height1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight50 kg (110 lb) (1992)
Sport
Event(s)Marathon, Half marathon
ClubBirchfield Harriers

Athletics career

Ellis competed in the Marathon for Britain at the 1992 Summer Olympics[1] and the 1991 World Championships in Athletics. She represented England in marathon event, at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland, New Zealand.[2][3] Four years later she represented England again, at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.[4][5][6]

She was a member of Birchfield Harriers [7] and founded a running and fitness group in Sutton Coldfield.[8]

Competition Record
YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing  United Kingdom
1983 Stroud Half Marathon Stroud, United Kingdom 1st Half Marathon Unknown
1987 IAAF World Cross Country Championships Warszawa, Poland 30th Cross Country 5.05 km 17:38
1987 City of Norwich Half Marathon Norwich, United Kingdom 1st Half Marathon 1:16:48
1988 Bath Half Marathon Bath, United Kingdom 1st Half Marathon 1:11.38 PB
1989 IAAF World Cross Country Championships Stavanger, Norway 62nd Cross Country 6 km 24:16
1989 London Marathon London, United Kingdom 12th Marathon 2:33:24 PB
1991 IAAF World Cross Country Championships Antwerpen, Belgium 72nd Cross Country 6.425 km 22:03
1991 World Championships in Athletics Tokyo, Japan 10th Marathon 2:35:09
1992 Olympic Games Barcelona, Spain 27th Marathon 2:54:41
1994 London Marathon London, United Kingdom 4th Marathon 2:37:06

References
  1. "Olympic Profile". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
  2. "1990 Athletes". Team England.
  3. "England team in 1990". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  4. "1994 Athletes". Team England.
  5. "England team in 1994". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  6. "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  7. "Barcelona 1992". Birchfield Harriers. Retrieved 12 September 2015.
  8. "About Us". SE Fitness. Retrieved 12 September 2015.
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