Revée Walcott-Nolan

Revée Walcott-Nolan (born 6 March 1995) is a British athlete, known for being the 1500m British Champion in 2021, and competing for Britain in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

Revée Walcott-Nolan
Personal information
NationalityBritish
Born (1995-03-06) 6 March 1995
Sport
SportTrack and Field
Event(s)1500m

From Luton, and an attendee at Bedford Girls' School until 2013, she has said she was inspired by her grandmother into athletics.[1] She has run for Woodford Green Essex Ladies as well as the Newham & Essex Beagles and has been at Luton AC since a teenager. She graduated from St Mary’s University, Twickenham with a degree in sports science in 2016.[2]

Walcott-Nolan won the 3000m in the European Athletics Team Championships (Poland) in March 2021.[3] Walcott-Nolan won the 1500 metres race at the 2021 British Championships, and in July 2021 was officially named in the British squad for the delayed 2020 Summer Games in Tokyo.[4][5] In the Heats of the 1500m she came 7th, and missed out on a fastest loser place for the semi-finals by 0.01 of a second.

References
  1. "Bedfordshire athlete joins Team GB for Tokyo Olympics". 3 July 2021.
  2. "Woodford athlete aims for World Championships". 10 June 2017.
  3. "Athlete Profile". www.thepowerof10.info. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  4. "Luton AC's Walcott-Nolan is off to the Tokyo Olympics".
  5. "Four additional athletes added to Team GB for Tokyo Olympics".
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