Ellie Pashley

Ellie Pashley (born 10 December 1988) is an Australian athlete.[1] She competed in the women's 10,000 metres event at the 2019 World Athletics Championships.[2]

Ellie Pashley
Ellie Pashley at the 2019 New York City Marathon
Personal information
NationalityAustralian
Born (1988-12-10) 10 December 1988
Sport
SportAthletics
Event(s)Long-distance running

In June 2021, Pashley was selected as part of the Australian marathon team for the Tokyo Olympics.[3] She came twenty-third in the event.[4] Her time of 2:33.39 was just over 6 minutes more than the eventual winner, Peres Jepchirchir, of Kenya.[5]

Early years

Even when very young, Pashley knew she would be an athlete. For her first 15 years, she was quite casual about it, but when she got into her twenties she took up athletics more seriously. Pashley rose into the Australian top-8 all-time in the 10,000 m, half marathon, and marathon events. In primary school, as the races got longer, Pashley performed better, but it wasn't until high school that she did more with cross country and Little Athletics.[6]

Achievements

In 2015 Pashley prepared for a marathon under the coaching of Julian Spence. She was running 100 kilometres (62 mi) per week. In 2016, at the age of 27, she ran 2:46 in her first marathon in Melbourne. A year later Pashley ran the Berlin Marathon clocking 2:35.55.

In March 2018, she represented Australia at the World Half Marathon Championships and was placed 24th with a personal best of 71:43. In September of the same year, she ran a marathon at 2:31.52. Pashley then came third at Zatopek with a personal best of 32:17.81. (Zatopek is named after the Czech distance running great Emil Zatopek and was first held in 1961. It is one of the most prestigious track races on Australian soil). [7]

In 2019, she ran a 2:26.21 marathon in Nagoya, making her eighth Australia all-time and therefore qualifying for the Olympics. In May 2019 she ran 31:43.51 for the 10000 m securing a 2019 World Championships qualifier. At the world championships in Doha in October, she was placed 13th – the second-highest ever by an Australian. Her time of 31:18.89 moved her to number four in Australian history.[6]

References
  1. "Ellie Pashley". IAAF. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
  2. "10,00 Metres Women – Round 1" (PDF). IAAF (Doha 2019). Retrieved 10 October 2019.
  3. "Marathoners and Race Walker selected for Tokyo 2020 Australian Olympic Team". Athletics.com.au. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
  4. Tervet, Steve (7 August 2021). "Ellie Pashley finishes 23rd for Australia at the Olympic marathon in Tokyo". The Border Mail. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
  5. "Athletics PASHLEY Ellie - Tokyo 2020 Olympics". olympics.com. Archived from the original on 1 October 2021. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
  6. "Ellie Pashley". Australian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
  7. "Zatopek: 10 - The greatest running race you've never heard of". www.sportingnews.com. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
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