Liz Yelling

Liz Yelling ( born Elizabeth Talbot, born December 5, 1974 in Welwyn Garden City ) is a British long-distance runner.

She was three times British Champion in cross-country running and at the Commonwealth Games 2002 Fourth in the 10,000 - meter race in her best time of 31:58.39.

In 2003 she was at the Berlin Marathon Eighth at her debut over this distance in 2:30:58. In a marathon, the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, she finished in 25th place as the best British. In a marathon, the 2006 Commonwealth Games she won bronze in 2:32:19. In 2008, she posed as Ninth of the London Marathon with a personal best 2:28:33 to. In the heat race of the Chicago Marathon in 2007, she finished fourth in 2:37:14.

Liz Yelling is 1,74 m tall and weighs 56 kg. Since her youth, she is friends with Paula Radcliffe. Like Radcliffe Yelling belongs to the athletics club Bedford & County AC and is coached by Alex and Rosemary Stanton. In 1999 she married the Duathletes Martin Yelling, who was in his sport twice British champion. Your sister in law Hayley Yelling also one of the UK's best distance runners.

Since 2002 she has been a professional athlete, she previously worked as a teacher for sport and utility. She writes a column for the British magazine Running fitness and in 2006 published the book The Real Woman's Guide to Running. She is also an ambassador for the athlete development organization Right to Play.