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]
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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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Early and personal life
editBarnicoat 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
edit2022
editIn 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
editHe 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
editIn 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.