Hayley Yelling

Hayley Yelling ( born January 3, 1974 in Dorchester ) is a British long-distance runner.

In 2001 she retired from the World Athletics Championships in Edmonton about 5000 m in the flow and was eighth at the European Cross Country Championships in Thun. The following year she was starting for England, over 10,000 m Fifth at the Commonwealth Games in Manchester and came over 5000 meters at the European Athletics Championships in 2002 to 18th place.

In 2003 she took at the World Cross Country Championships in Avenches rank 19 as a replacement for the injured Mara Yamauchi she jumped at the World Half Marathon Championships in Vilamoura and finish in her debut over this distance at No. 37 The European Cross Country Championships in Edinburgh was Fifth, bringing with it the British team gold.

In 2004, she failed at 0.14 seconds over the prescribed 10,000 -meter standard of 31:45 min very short of it, to qualify for the Olympic Games in Athens. End of the season they celebrated their biggest success so far with the title at the European Cross Country Championships in Heringsdorf.

In 2005, she finished fourth at the Great South Run and sixth at the European Cross Country Championships in Tilburg, 2006, she was sixth in the 10,000 m at the Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, but could not at the European Championships in Gothenburg on 15th place out. Again, she finished fourth at the Great South Run, and on the best list is not suitable because of its gap half marathon course of the Great North Runs, she was eighth with a time of 1:12:11 h In the European Cross Country Championships in San Giorgio su Legnano followed a Another sixth place.

2007 in Mombasa, it achieved a 16th place their best position at the World Cross Country Championships. In the Great South Run she finished second, at the Great North Run Fifth in 1:12:14 hours and at the European Cross Country Championships in Toro ninth.

2008 was followed by another failed attempt to qualify for the Olympic Games in Beijing. After she had helped at the European Cross Country Championships in Brussels with a 19th place to the silver medal win of the British team, they announced the end of their sporting careers.

As a result, she was a math teacher at the Sir William Borlase School in Marlow ( Buckinghamshire ). The end of 2009, she returned to competitive sport and qualified for the European Cross Country Championships in Dublin, in which she made with a comfortable victory for a sensation. In 2010 she took at the World Cross Country Championships in Bydgoszcz, ranked number 63 in the European Cross Country Championships in Albufeira Place 28

She was three times British champion in the 5000 m ( 2002, 2003, 2005) and 10,000 m (2002, 2003, 2006 ), twice in cross country (2003, 2005) and once in the 10 - km road race (2006).

Hayley Yelling is coached by Conrad Milton and starts for the Windsor Slough Eton & Hounslow Athletic Club. Since 1 August 2009, she is married to Jamie Higham. Your sister in law Liz Yelling is also successful in the long-distance running.

Bests

  • 3000 m: 9:02,88 min, 5 July 2000 Cardiff
  • 5000 m: 15:16,44 min, July 23, 2005 Heusden -Zolder
  • 10,000 m: 31:45,14 min, June 12, 2004 Watford
  • 10 - km road race: 32:31 min, February 5, 2006, Chichester
  • Half Marathon: 1:14:52 min, 4 October 2003 Vilamoura
Dorchester (Dorset) 2001 World Championships in Athletics 5000 metres 2001 European Cross Country Championships 2002 Commonwealth Games 2002 European Athletics Championships 2003 IAAF World Cross Country Championships 2003 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships 2003 European Cross Country Championships 2004 European Cross Country Championships 2005 European Cross Country Championships 2006 Commonwealth Games 2006 European Athletics Championships 2006 European Cross Country Championships 2007 IAAF World Cross Country Championships 2007 European Cross Country Championships Marlow (Buckinghamshire) 2009 European Cross Country Championships 2010 European Cross Country Championships Cross country running 3000 metres Heusden-Zolder
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