Will Barnicoat
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| Birth name | William Charles Greathead Barnicoat | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Great Britain | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 24 March 2003 Guildford | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5'9.5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | 5000m | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 5000m: 13:19.66 (Paris, 2024) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Will Barnicoat (born 24 March 2003) is a British track and field athlete and cross country runner. He was European U20 cross country champion in 2022, and became European U23 cross country champion in 2023 and 2024.[1]
Early and personal life
[edit]Barnicoat runs for Aldershot, Farnham and District Athletics Club.[2] He attended Cranleigh School,[3] and the University of Birmingham, where he was a contemporary of athletes Axel Vang Christensen and David Stone. As a student, Barnicoat supplemented his income working as a pot washer at a branch of Gourmet Burger Kitchen.[4][5] He won his first vest for Great Britain aged 16, running in the European Cross Country Championships in Lisbon in December 2019.
Career
[edit]2022
[edit]In February 2022, he became the English National junior cross-country champion for the second time, having also been U17 champion before that.[6][7] Later that year, he won the 2022 European Cross Country Championships U20 race in Turin.[8][9]
2023
[edit]He was a bronze medallist in the 2023 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's 5000 metres in Espoo.[10] In December 2023, he won the 2023 European Cross Country Championships U23 race in Brussels.[11] He also claimed gold as part of the British squad which won the U23 team event.[12]
2024
[edit]In March 2024, he was named in the senior British team for the 2024 World Athletics Cross Country Championships in Serbia,[13] where he finished 27th (the highest British men's finish since Mo Farah in 2010).[14] In May 2024, he won the British Universities and Colleges Sport (BUCS) 5000 metres.[15] In July he ran a personal best of 13:19.66 in Paris, the third fastest outdoor U23 British 5000m time.[16]
In November 2024, he was named by British Athletics on the Olympic Futures Programme for 2025.[17] He won gold in the U23 individual and with the British U23 team at the 2024 European Cross Country Championships in Antalya, Turkey.[18][19]
References
[edit]- ^ "Will Barnicoat". World Athletics. 10 December 2023.
- ^ Smythe, Steve (November 14, 2023). "Will Barnicoat in form as thousands of British runners in cross-country league action". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
- ^ "FAST TRACK TO ATHLETICS SUCCESS!". Cranleigh.org. 16 May 2017. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
- ^ Henderson, Jason (December 11, 2022). "Barnicoat pips Griggs in Euro Cross U20 thriller". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
- ^ Adams, Tim (Dec 4, 2024). "David Stone: "I want Euro Cross to be the start of greater things to come"". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 8 December 2024.
- ^ "Trophies find new homes at the 135th National Cross Country Championships". 27 February 2023. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
- ^ Smythe, Steve (February 26, 2023). "Dominant English National wins for Will Barnicoat and Innes FitzGerald". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
- ^ "GB's Cairess claims European cross country silver". BBC Sport. 2022-12-11. Retrieved 2022-12-11.
- ^ Turnbull, Simon (2022-12-11). "Report | Battocletti and Hicks reign again in the U23 races in La Mandria Park". European Athletics. Retrieved 2022-12-11.
- ^ "HICKS TAKES 5000M EURO U23 GOLD AS BARNICOAT COLLECTS THE BRONZE". British Athletics. 14 July 2023. Retrieved 15 July 2023.
- ^ "European Cross Country Championships: Great Britain's Abbie Donnelly claims bronze". BBC Sport. 10 December 2023. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
- ^ "European Cross Country Championships: Great Britain's Abbie Donnelly claims bronze". BBC Sport. 10 December 2023. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
- ^ "GB& NI TEAM ARE BELGRADE-BOUND FOR THE 2024 WORLD ATHLETICS CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS". British Athletics. 14 March 2024. Retrieved 14 March 2024.
- ^ Henderson, Jason (March 30, 2024). "Kiplimo confirms he's the king of cross country". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 31 March 2024.
- ^ "University students triumph at BUCS Championships". Athletics Weekly. May 9, 2024. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
- ^ https://www.runbritainrankings.com/rankings/rankinglist.aspx?event=5000&agegroup=U23&sex=M&alltime=y
- ^ "2024-25 OLYMPIC FUTURES PROGRAMME ATHLETES ANNOUNCED". British Athletics. 11 November 2024. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
- ^ "GB & NI TEAM ANNOUNCED FOR EUROPEAN CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS IN ANTALYA". British Athletics. 26 November 2024. Retrieved 26 November 2024.
- ^ "Ingebritsen wins euro cross country title". BBC Sport. 8 December 2024. Retrieved 8 December 2024.