Eilish McColgan
Biography
Eilish McColgan is a Scottish distance runner across track and road events. She won Commonwealth 10,000m gold in 2022 and made her marathon debut at London in 2025, finishing eighth in 2:24:25. She retained the UK marathon title in 2026 with seventh place in 2:24:51. Her official biography records Dundee as her birthplace and Dundee Hawkhill Harriers as her club.
Eilish McColgan's published record includes performances from 2019 to 2026 in Mile, 10K, 15K, Half marathon. Selected recorded events include World Athletics all-time toplist (2019; unverified record); Vitality London 10,000 (2026; unverified record); NN Zevenheuvelenloop (2025; source checked).
Source-checked results include 3rd in the gender classification over half marathon at Great North Run (2025-09-07).
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5 finishes
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5 different countries
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2 different sports
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3 calendar years with a finish
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Career highlights
Eilish McColgan's published record includes performances from 2019 to 2026 in Mile, 10K, 15K, Half marathon.
Selected events from this athlete’s recorded career. Verification is shown for each record.
World Athletics all-time toplist
2019 · Mile
Unverified record2026 · 10K
Unverified record2025 · 15K
Source checked2025 · Half marathon
Source checked78th Kagawa Marugame International Half Marathon
2026 · Half marathon
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Earlier results
Showing 6–10 of 11 recorded performances.
| Race date | Race name | Sport | Distance / discipline | Location | Performance | Place | Category |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun, 7 Sept 2025 | Completed event · Finisher · Great North Run | Running | Half marathonRoad | South Shields | 1:09:42VerifiedTiming unknown | —Completed event · Bronze · 3rd · Women’s race · Gender · 3rd | — |
| Sun, 27 Apr 2025 | Completed event · Finisher · World Athletics all-time toplist | Running | MarathonSurface not recorded | London (GBR)— | 2:24:25VerifiedTiming unknown | 8 | — |
| Sun, 2 Apr 2023 | Completed event · Gold · 1st · Overall · World Athletics all-time toplist | Running | Half marathonSurface not recorded | Berlin (GER)— | 1:05:43VerifiedTiming unknown | 1 | — |
| Sun, 24 Apr 2022 | Completed event · Gold · 1st · Overall · World Athletics all-time toplist | Running | 5KSurface not recorded | Málaga (ESP)— | 14:45VerifiedTiming unknown | 1 | — |
| Sun, 17 Oct 2021 | Completed event · Gold · 1st · Overall · World Athletics all-time toplist | Running | 10miRoad | Portsmouth (GBR)— | 50:43VerifiedTiming unknown | 1 | — |
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