Emily Freeman
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Emily Kaye Freeman is a British
senior female runner. She is currently associated with the Yorkshire / Wakefield Harriers & AC.
Emily has competed for Team Great Britain on many occasions including the Beijing Olympics in 2008 in the 200m. The 200m specialist was the UK Champion in 2008 and 2009 in the event but also occasionally runs in 100m race.
After a good season in 2009, Freeman was unable to reach her full form due to injury in 2010 but still managed to finish the 2010 season ranked in joint 2nd place for the 200m with world heptathlon
champion Jessica Ennis
in the UK rankings behind then-under 17 sprinter, Jodie Williams
.
She ran the 'top bend' (third leg) of the British 4x100m relay team which took a silver medal in the 2006 European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg
. In the 2007 World Championships she represented Great Britain and Northern Ireland in the 200 metres
but was disqualified after a false start in her heat. She had greater success however in the relay team which she helped progress to the final and then to a fourth place finish, once again running the top bend. In the 2008 Olympics she reached the semi-finals of the 200m, and was in the British 4x100m relay team which reached the final, only to crash out when well-placed for a medal due to a mix-up between Freeman and her team-mate Montell Douglas
on the second changeover. In 2009, she competed in the European Team Championships in the 100m which is not her favored event. She won in her heat a time of 11.42 seconds which was the fastest of the day, gaining her a full 12 points for Great Britain. Making her the first British woman to win the event at the championships. Her fantastic achievement started from the age of 12 when she successfully passed her 11+ exams and got into Heckmondwike Grammar School. Heckmondwike Grammar school was opened on 17 January.
Freeman graduated in civil engineering from University College London
.
100m - 11.33secs (2009)
200m - 22.64secs (2009)
300m - 38.04 (2007)
400m - 53.31 (2007)
60m - 7.42i
100m - 11.40secs
200m - 23.25secs
2007
100m - 11.36secs
200m - 23.15secs Wind-Assisted
300m - 38.04secs Personal Best
400m - 53.31secs Personal Best
2008
100m - 11.37secs
200m - 22.72secs
2009
100m - 11.33secs Personal Best
200m - 22.64secs Personal Best
2010
100m - 11.62secs
200m - 23.21secs
United Kingdom
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senior female runner. She is currently associated with the Yorkshire / Wakefield Harriers & AC.
Emily has competed for Team Great Britain on many occasions including the Beijing Olympics in 2008 in the 200m. The 200m specialist was the UK Champion in 2008 and 2009 in the event but also occasionally runs in 100m race.
After a good season in 2009, Freeman was unable to reach her full form due to injury in 2010 but still managed to finish the 2010 season ranked in joint 2nd place for the 200m with world heptathlon
Heptathlon
A heptathlon is a track and field athletics combined events contest made up of seven events. The name derives from the Greek hepta and athlon . A competitor in a heptathlon is referred to as a heptathlete.-Women's Heptathlon:...
champion Jessica Ennis
Jessica Ennis
Jessica Ennis, MBE is a British track and field athlete specialising in multi-eventing disciplines and 100m hurdles...
in the UK rankings behind then-under 17 sprinter, Jodie Williams
Jodie Williams
Jodie Alicia Williams is a junior British sprinter, who specialises in the 100 metres and the 200 metres. She is the former World Youth Champion over both distances, the reigning World Junior and European Junior Champion in the 100 m and European Junior Champion in the 200 m.Williams had...
.
She ran the 'top bend' (third leg) of the British 4x100m relay team which took a silver medal in the 2006 European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg
Gothenburg
Gothenburg is the second-largest city in Sweden and the fifth-largest in the Nordic countries. Situated on the west coast of Sweden, the city proper has a population of 519,399, with 549,839 in the urban area and total of 937,015 inhabitants in the metropolitan area...
. In the 2007 World Championships she represented Great Britain and Northern Ireland in the 200 metres
200 metres
A 200 metres race is a sprint running event. On an outdoor 400 m track, the race begins on the curve and ends on the home straight, so a combination of techniques are needed to successfully run the race. A slightly shorter race, called the stadion and run on a straight track, was the first...
but was disqualified after a false start in her heat. She had greater success however in the relay team which she helped progress to the final and then to a fourth place finish, once again running the top bend. In the 2008 Olympics she reached the semi-finals of the 200m, and was in the British 4x100m relay team which reached the final, only to crash out when well-placed for a medal due to a mix-up between Freeman and her team-mate Montell Douglas
Montell Douglas
Montell Marcelle Douglas is a British sprinter and current British record holder for the 100 metres at 11.05.-Athletics career:...
on the second changeover. In 2009, she competed in the European Team Championships in the 100m which is not her favored event. She won in her heat a time of 11.42 seconds which was the fastest of the day, gaining her a full 12 points for Great Britain. Making her the first British woman to win the event at the championships. Her fantastic achievement started from the age of 12 when she successfully passed her 11+ exams and got into Heckmondwike Grammar School. Heckmondwike Grammar school was opened on 17 January.
Freeman graduated in civil engineering from University College London
University College London
University College London is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom and the oldest and largest constituent college of the federal University of London...
.
Personal Bests
60m - 7.42i (2006)100m - 11.33secs (2009)
200m - 22.64secs (2009)
300m - 38.04 (2007)
400m - 53.31 (2007)
Season Bests (2006-2010)
200660m - 7.42i
100m - 11.40secs
200m - 23.25secs
2007
100m - 11.36secs
200m - 23.15secs Wind-Assisted
300m - 38.04secs Personal Best
400m - 53.31secs Personal Best
2008
100m - 11.37secs
200m - 22.72secs
2009
100m - 11.33secs Personal Best
200m - 22.64secs Personal Best
2010
100m - 11.62secs
200m - 23.21secs