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Shannon Flockhart
British athlete (born 2002) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Shannon Flockhart (born 5 April 2002) is a British middle distance runner.[1]
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Early life
From Cambridge, in 2016 she won school middle distance titles in Cambridgeshire and East Anglia.[2] That year, she also finished in the top 10 of the English schools cross-country championships in her age group.[3] She went on to win the senior girls title at the Cambridgeshire schools cross country championships in January 2020 before placing fourth in the senior girls English cross country championship in March 2020 in Liverpool.[4][5]
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Career
She is a member of Cambridge & Coleridge Athletic Club.[6] She was a bronze medalist in the 1500 metres at the 2023 European Athletics U23 Championships in Espoo.[7][8]
In June 2024, she placed sixth overall in the 1500 metres at the NCAA Division 1 Finals in Eugene, Oregon, competing for Providence College.[9]
In November 2024, she was named by British Athletics on the Olympic Futures Programme for 2025.[10] On 23 November 2024, she was part of the Providence team which finished third in the 2024 NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships.[11]
On 2 August, she qualified for the final of the 1500 metres at the 2025 UK Athletics Championships in Birmingham.[12]
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Personal life
In 2024 she completed an undergraduate degree in Political Science at Providence College in Rhode Island before starting a Masters in Education at the establishment.[13][14]
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