Eilidh Doyle

Eilidh Doyle

Competing at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Personal information
Born	20 February 1987 Perth, Scotland
Height	1.71 m (5 ft 7 ^1⁄2 in)
Weight	59 kg (130 lb)
Sport
Country	Great Britain  Scotland
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	400m Hurdles, 4 × 400m Relay
Medal record Event 1st 2nd 3rd World Championships 0 0 2 World Indoor Championships 0 0 1 World Relay Championships 0 0 1 Continental Cup 0 1 0 European Championships 1 0 1 European Indoor Championships 1 1 0 European Championships (U23) 0 1 0 Commonwealth Games 0 2 0 Total 2 5 5 Women's athletics Representing  Great Britain World Championships 2013 Moscow 4×400 m relay 2015 Beijing 4×400 m relay World Indoor Championships 2014 Sopot 4×400 m relay World Relay Championships 2015 Nassau 4×400 m relay European Championships 2014 Zürich 400 m hurdles 2014 Zürich 4×400 m relay European Indoor Championships 2013 Gothenburg 4×400 m relay 2013 Gothenburg 400 m European U23 Championships 2009 Kaunas 400 m hurdles Representing  Scotland Commonwealth Games 2010 Delhi 400 m hurdles 2014 Glasgow 400 m hurdles Representing  Europe Continental Cup 2014 Marrakesh 400 m hurdles

Eilidh Doyle (pronounced AY-lee; née Child; born 20 February 1987)^[1] is a British and Scottish track and field athlete who specialises in the 400 metres hurdles. She represented Great Britain at the 2012 Olympic Games in London. She is the Scottish record holder for the 400 metres hurdles with 54.22 sec (2013)^[2] and 400 metres at indoor level with 51.45 sec (2013).^[3][4]

Child was the 2014 European Champion and is a twice Commonwealth Games silver medalist (in 2010 and 2014) in the 400 metres hurdles. A mainstay in the 4 x 400 metres relay team, Child won Gold at the 2013 European Indoor Championships (also winning 400 metres silver) and Bronze medals at the 2013 and 2015 World Championships, 2014 World Indoor Championships and 2014 European Championships.

Career

Child was born in Perth, Scotland. As a youngster, she twice won the U13 Scottish Schools butterfly swimming title. One of her sisters is a writer, the other used to compete at triple jump and her brother is a footballer.

In 2009, Child significantly improved her personal best for the 400m hurdles from 56.84 to 55.32, to finish second at the European U23 Championships in Kaunus, Lithuania, behind fellow British athlete Perri Shakes-Drayton. She also qualified for that years World Championships in Berlin, reaching the semi-finals. In 2010, she further improved to 55.16 at the London Diamond League in August. Then in October, she won a silver medal at the Commonwealth Games in Delhi in 55.62.

In 2012, Child ran below 55 seconds for the 400 metres hurdles for the first time, with 54.96 on 2 June in Geneva. Two weeks later, she earned Olympic selection, with 55.53 for second behind Shakes-Drayton at the Olympic trials. At the London Olympics, she reached the semi-finals, running 56.02.

Child won two medals at the 2013 European Indoor Championships in Gothenburg, with silver in the 400 metres behind teammate Perri Shakes-Drayton, breaking the Scottish indoor record in the process, with 51.45. She then added a gold in the 4x400 m relay. The British quartet of Christine Ohurougu, Shana Cox, Child and Shakes-Drayton also improved the UK indoor record to 3:27.56. Outdoors, she broke the Scottish 400 metres hurdles record with 54.22 in Birmingham in June. Then in August, at the World Championships in Moscow, she ran 54.32 in her semi-final to reach the final. In the final she was fifth in 54.86. Alongside Cox, Margaret Adeoye and Ohurougu, she won a bronze medal in the 4 x 400 metres relay.

Child captained the first ever Scotland team at the Glasgow International match in January 2014.^[5][6] As captain of the GB & NI team at the 2014 World Indoor Championships in Sopot,^[7] she won a bronze medal in the 4 x 400 metres relay. 2014 also saw Child secure her first 400 metres hurdles British title,^[8] and take victory at the first ever IAAF Diamond League meeting in Scotland,^[9] the Glasgow Grand Prix.^[10] in a European leading time of 54.39. Child also selected to captain the Scottish athletics team at the 2014 Commonwealth Games,^[11] won a silver medal in the 400 m hurdles behind Kaliese Spencer of Jamaica. Two weeks later, at the European Championships in Zürich, she won a gold medal in the 400 m hurdles, running 54.48. She became the first British woman to win the European 400 m hurdles title for 20 years, the previous British winner being Sally Gunnell in 1994.

Personal life

Child has a degree in Physical Education from Edinburgh University and was formerly a full-time PE teacher at Perth Grammar School until she decided to focus further on her training, allowing her to relocate to Bath. In her spare time she likes swimming and is a supporter of Hearts FC where she has a season ticket. Child wears a maroon and white wristband during all her races to symbolise her support for the Jambos.

Achievements

Records[4][12][13]
Cou	Event	Level	Time	Year	Notes
UK	4 x 400 metres relay	Indoor	3:27.56	2013	(with Christine Ohurougu, Shana Cox and Perri Shakes-Drayton)
Scottish	400 metres hurdles	Outdoor	54.22	2013
Scottish	4 x 400 metres relay	Outdoor	3:30.91	2010	(with Gemma Nicol, Kathryn Evans and Lee McConnell)
Scottish	400 metres	Indoor	51.45	2013
Scottish	4 x 400 metres relay	Indoor	3:35.27	2014	(with Diane Ramsay, Zoey Clark and Gemma Nicol)

Domestic Championships – Medal Record[12]
Competition	Event	Position	Years
Outdoor[14][15]
British Championships	400 m hurdles	1st	2014, 2015
		2nd	2011, 2012, 2013
		3rd	2007, 2008
Scottish Championships	400 m hurdles	1st	2004, 2007, 2008
		2nd	2006
	400 m	1st	2011
British Universities' Championships (BUCS)	400 m hurdles	1st	2007, 2008, 2012
	400 m	1st	2012
Scottish Universities' Championships (SUS)	400 m hurdles	1st	2006, 2007, 2008
UK Inter-Counties Championships (CAU)	400 m hurdles	1st	2009
England Athletics U-23 Open Championships	400 m hurdles	1st	2007, 2008
		2nd	2009
Scottish U-23 Championships	400 m hurdles	1st	2007, 2008
AAA U-20 Championships	400 m hurdles	1st	2005
		2nd	2004
Scottish U-20 Championships	400 m hurdles	1st	2005, 2006
AAA U-17 Championships	300 m hurdles	1st	2003
Indoor[16][17]
British Championships	400 m	1st	2013
Scottish Championships	200 m	2nd	2008
		3rd	2007
	60 m hurdles	3rd	2007
Scottish Universities' Championships (SUS)	200 m	1st	2007
		2nd	2006
	400 m	1st	2005
	60 m hurdles	1st	2005, 2006, 2007
Scottish U-20 Championships	200 m	3rd	2006
	60 m hurdles	2nd	2006

Major Championships and International Record[12][18]
Representing  Great Britain
Year	Competition	Venue	P	Event	Notes
2007	European U23 Championships	Debrecen, Hungary	5th	400 m hurdles	57.11
2009	European Team Championships	Leiria, Portugal	4th	400 m hurdles	55.48[19]
			3rd	4 x 400 m relay	3:29.29
	European U23 Championships	Kaunas, Lithuania	2nd	400 m hurdles	55.32 PB
	World Championships	Berlin, Germany	SF	400 m hurdles	56.21
2010	European Team Championships	Bergen, Norway	2nd	400 m hurdles	56.48
	European Championships	Barcelona, Spain	8th	400 m hurdles	55.51
2011	World Championships	Daegu, South Korea	SF	400 m hurdles	55.89
2012	European Championships	Helsinki, Finland	4th	4 x 400 m relay	3.26.20
	Olympic Games	London, England	SF	400 m hurdles	56.03
			5th^1	4 x 400 m relay	3:24.76 SB
2013	European Indoor Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	2nd	400 m	51.45 NR
			1st	4 x 400 m relay	3:27.56 NR CR WL
	Penn Relays	Philadelphia, USA	2nd	4 x 400 m relay	3.22.68 SB[20]
	European Team Championships	Gateshead, Great Britain	1st	400 m hurdles	54.42 PB EL
			1st	4 x 400 m relay	3.28.60
	World Championships	Moscow, Russia	5th	400 m hurdles	54.86
			3rd	4 x 400 m relay	3:22:61 SB
2014	World Indoor Championships	Sopot, Poland	3rd	4 x 400 m relay	3:27.90
	World Relay Championships	Nassau, Bahamas	7th	4 x 400 m relay	3.28.03
	European Team Championships	Braunschweig, Germany	2nd	400 m hurdles	55.36
	European Championships	Zürich, Switzerland	1st	400 m hurdles	54.48
			3rd	4 x 400 m relay	3:24.34 SB
	Diamond League (overall season)	Various venues	2nd	400 m hurdles	54.76^2[21]
2015	World Relay Championships	Nassau, Bahamas	3rd	400 m hurdles	3:26.38 SB
	European Team Championships	Cheboksary, Russia	1st	400 m hurdles	54.47 EL
			6th	4 x 400 m relay	3.30.31[22]
	World Championships	Beijing, China	6th	400 m hurdles	54.78
			3rd	4 x 400 m relay	3:23.62 SB
Representing  Scotland
2010	Commonwealth Games	Delhi, India	2nd	400 m hurdles	55.62
			5th	4 x 400 m relay	3:30.91 NR
2014	Commonwealth Games	Glasgow, Scotland	2nd	400 m hurdles	55.02
Representing  Europe
2014	Continental Cup	Marrakech, Morocco	2nd	400 m hurdles	54.42

^{1 Child ran in the heats but not the final.
2 54.76 was Child's fastest 400 m hurdles time (not including non-scoring diamond league events) of her Diamond League season.}

Awards and Nominations
Awards	Years	Ref
Awards
Scottish Athletics Athlete of the Year	2009, 2010, 2013, 2014	[23][24]
Scottish Athletics U23 Athlete of the Year	2007, 2008, 2009	[23]
Scottish Athletics U17 Athlete of the Year	2003	[23]
SWiS Sportswoman of the Year	2014	[25]
Daily Record Young Female Athlete of the Year	2003	[26]
Dunfermline and West Fife Sports Personality of the Year	2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012	[27]
Perth and Kinross Sports Personality of the Year	2012	[28]
(UOE) Cameron Blue of the Year	2007-08	[29]
Special Awards
University of Edinburgh Sports Hall of Fame	2014 inductee	[30]
Other nominations
(EAA) European Female Athlete of the Year	2014	[31]
(EAA) European Female Athlete of the Month	July 2014	[32]
British Athletics Olympic Female Athlete of the Year	2014	[33]
Scottish Athletics Commonwealth Games Athlete of the Year	2014	[34]
Sunday Mail and SportScotland Sports Personality of the Year	2013, 2014	[35][36]
BAWA Female Athlete of the Year	2014 (3rd)	[37]
Athletics Weekly British Female Athlete of the Year	2013, 2014 (2nd)	[38][39][40]
Bath Chronicle Professional Sports Personality of the Year	2013	[41]
Perth and Kinross Sports Personality of the Year	2010, 2014	[42][43]

References

1. http://www.iaaf.org/athletes/great-britain-ni/eilidh-doyle-198360
2. "Women 400 m hurdles Scotland all-time". Power of 10. Retrieved 14 April 2014.
3. "GREAT SHAKES STRIKES TWICE, LAVILLENIE DEFENDS IN DRAMATIC POLE VAULT AT EUROPEAN INDOORS". iaaf.org. Retrieved 4 March 2013.
4. "SCOTTISH NATIONAL INDOOR RECORDS". SATS. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
5. EILIDH CHILD TO CAPTAIN SCOTLAND TEAM IN GLASGOW British Athletics. 5 December 2013. Retrieved 18 July 2014.
6. SCOTLAND BRAVE WORLD CLASS ATHLETES AT SAINSBURY'S GLASGOW INTERNATIONAL MATCH British Athletics. 25 January 2014. Retrieved 18 July 2014.
7. EILIDH CHILD NAMED GB & NI CAPTAIN FOR WORLD INDOORS British Athletics. 3 March 2014. Retrieved 18 July 2014.
8. DWAIN 'THE TRAIN' MAKES IT EIGHT AT THE SAINSBURY'S BRITISH CHAMPS British Athletics. 29 June 2014. Retrieved 18 July 2014.
9. EILIDH CHILD RELISHING HOME SUPPORT AT HAMPDEN British Athletics. 17 March 2014. Retrieved 18 July 2014.
10. CHILD'S PLAY AT HAMPDEN PARK British Athletics. 11 July 2014. Retrieved 18 July 2014.
11. EILIDH CHILD: NO TIME FOR COMPLACENCY SSE. Retrieved 18 July 2014.
12. "Eilidh Child". The Power of 10. Retrieved 16 August 2014.
13. "SCOTTISH NATIONAL OUTDOOR RECORDS". SATS. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
14. "Scottish Medallists at UK Championships". SATS. Retrieved 14 July 2015.
15. "SCOTTISH OUTDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - SENIOR WOMEN 1969 TO 2014 (TRACK)". SATS. Retrieved 14 July 2015.
16. "Scottish Medallists at UK Indoor Championships". SATS. Retrieved 14 July 2015.
17. "SCOTTISH INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - SENIOR WOMEN". SATS. Retrieved 14 July 2015.
18. "Major Championships". SATS. Retrieved 14 July 2015.
19. European Team Championships 2009 – Women 400 m hurdles European Athletics. 7 June 2009. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
20. Strong GB & NI Performances at Penn Relays British Athletics. 27-04-2018. Retrieved 31-08-2014.
21. Child Secures Second in Diamond Race British Athletics. 05-09-2014. Retrieved 05-09-2014.
22. GB & NI FINISH FIFTH IN CHEBOKSARY British Athletics. 21-06-2015. Retrieved 05-07-2015.
23. "Awards". SATS. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
24. "Child is KUKRI Athlete of the Year". Scottish Athletics. 25 November 2014. Retrieved 26 February 2015.
25. "SSE COMMONWEALTH GAMES AMBASSADOR EILIDH CHILD NAMED SPORTSWOMEN OF THE YEAR". SSE. 19 November 2014. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
26. "Child and Robertson Scoop Awards". Scottish Athletics. 31 January 2013. Retrieved 30 June 2014.
27. "Stars and stripes and top award for Mark". Dunfermline Press. 27 February 2014. Retrieved 28 August 2014.
28. "PERTH & KINROSS SPORTS AWARDS 2012". Perth & Kinross Sports Council. 4 April 2013. Retrieved 1 September 2014.
29. "UOE Annual Sports Awards". UOE Sports Alumni. Retrieved 24 February 2015.
30. "Eilidh Child makes Edinburgh Uni’s hall of fame". The Scotsman. 10 June 2014. Retrieved 16 August 2014.
31. "Nine Brits nominated for European Awards". British Athletics. 19 September 2014. Retrieved 28 September 2014.
32. "Vote for European Athlete of the Month for July". European Athletics. 5 April 2014. Retrieved 28 April 2014.
33. "VOTE FOR YOUR BRITISH ATHLETICS ATHLETE OF THE YEAR NOW!". British Athletics. 5 December 2014. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
34. "Athlete of the Year 2014 short-lists". Scottish Athletics. 3 November 2014. Retrieved 7 November 2014.
35. "Help salute the stars of 2013 as we launch the seventh annual Sunday Mail and sportscotland Sports Awards". Daily Record. 18 August 2013. Retrieved 31 August 2014.
36. "Congratulations... Eilidh Child". Media Events Scotland twitter. Retrieved 12 November 2014.
37. "Jo Pavey and Greg Rutherford are BAWA athletes of the year". Athletics Weekly. 21 November 2014. Retrieved 26 February 2014.
38. "Barshim and Adams among winners in AW". Athletics Weekly. 6 December 2014. Retrieved 26 February 2014.
39. "Athletics Weekly Awards 2014". Athletics Weekly. 1 October 2014. Retrieved 21 October 2014.
40. "Athletics Weekly Awards 2013". Athletics Weekly. 12 November 2013. Retrieved 21 October 2014.
41. "Stephanie Millward wins personality prize at Bath Sports Awards 2013". Bath Chronicle. 13 November 2013. Retrieved 31 August 2014.
42. "Perthshire’s sports awards nominees named". West Lothian Courrier. 23 March 2012. Retrieved 1 September 2014.
43. "Perth & Kinross Sports Awards 2014". Perth & Kinross Council. Retrieved 7 July 2015.

External links

• Eilidh Doyle profile at IAAF