DIAMOND Emily

Great Britain
Athletics
11 Jun 1991
30
Female
BRISTOL
 
Great Britain
BATH
 
Great Britain

Events and Medals

Discipline Event Rank Medal
ATH Athletics Women's 4 x 400m Relay
GBR
Great Britain
 5
4 x 400m Relay Mixed
GBR
Great Britain
 6

Schedule

Change
Start Time Location Event Status
Olympic Stadium - Track
4 x 400m Relay Mixed Round 1 - Heat 2
Finished
Olympic Stadium - Track
4 x 400m Relay Mixed Final
Finished
Olympic Stadium - Track
Women's 4 x 400m Relay Round 1 - Heat 2
Finished
Olympic Stadium - Track
Women's 4 x 400m Relay Final
Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

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Olympic Games
YearLocation400m4 x 400m
2016Rio de Janeiro, BRASF (51.49)3rd (3:25.88)

World Athletics Championships
YearLocation400m4 x 400m
2019Doha, QATSF (51.62)4th (3:12.27)
2017London, GBRHeats (52.20)2nd (3:25.00)

World Relays
YearLocation4 x 400m
2021Chorzow, POL3rd (3:29.27)
2019Yokohama, JPN6th (3:28.96)
2017Nassau, BAH4th (3:28.72)

European Championships
YearLocation4 x 400m
2018Berlin, GER3rd

Diamond League overview - Three best ranks per season and event since 2017
Year400m
20191 x 6th
20171 x 7th

Diamond League - Ten best performances since 2020
RankYearEventLocationResult
62019400mLondon, GBR51.69
72017400mLondon, GBR51.67

World Challenge - Ten best performances since 2020
RankYearEventCompetitionLocationResult
72019400mWorld ChallengeZagreb, CRO52.75


Legend
SF - Semifinal, QF - Quarterfinal, 1R - 1st Round, Qual. - Qualification, QR - Qualification Round, DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, DQ - Disqualified, NM - No Mark, [Relay athlete without time] - Did not run in final
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Emily Leonard
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Shopping, going to the cinema. (dwfitnessfirst.com, 02 Aug 2019)
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Administrator, Athlete, Public Speaker
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Sports Science - Loughborough University, Great Britain
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Husband James Diamond
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English, French, Spanish
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Bristol and West AC [Great Britain]
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Benke Blomkvist [personal], SWE
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Her mother and grandmother both competed in long jump. Her grandfather was a national level sprinter and won an English Schools' Athletic Association medal. (trackfield97.com, 06 Nov 2011; dwfitnessfirst.com, 02 Aug 2019; thebathmagazine.co.uk, 01 Nov 2017)
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She played tennis at youth level and qualified for the U14 Road to Wimbledon Finals. She has also played county hockey in England, and competed for England in rounders. (emilydiamond.co.uk, 11 Jun 2019)
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2014 for Great Britain (britishathletics.org.uk, 24 May 2014)
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She had a bout of food poisoning in the morning before her 400m heat at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, but was still able to compete. (ONS, 13 Aug 2016)

A hamstring injury saw her miss the entire 2015 outdoor season. (bathchronicle.co.uk, 29 Jul 2015, 07 Jul 2016)

She experienced several injuries in 2011. She tore her hamstring at the Birmingham Indoor Games in England, which kept her out of action for six weeks. Two weeks after returning she sustained a fascial strain in her hamstring and was unable to finish the 100m final at the British University Championships. She then injured her knee and had to miss the English U23 championships and the European championship trials that year. (trackfield97.com, 06 Nov 2011)
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She got into cross-country running at age 11 and was placed in the middle-distance group at training, but did not enjoy it so switched to tennis. After a brief stint playing tennis, she returned to athletics at age 16. (trackfield97.com, 06 Nov 2011; Sports Direct Facebook page, 09 Jan 2019)
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"When I moved to Bristol Grammar School I had so many opportunities to try new sports. The school got involved in lots of inter-school athletics competitions, which I loved, so I swapped from tennis to athletics. My mum first brought me down to the University of Bath when I was 16 and I joined [coach] Paul Weston's long jump group, which I much preferred to cross-country. After a few months Paul realised I had potential as a sprinter, so he moved me across to Dan Cossins' training group and I really started to blossom. I qualified for the English Schools' Championships and managed to get a silver medal in the 200m, which was a big boost." (bath.ac.uk, 07 Jul 2016; thebathmagazine.co.uk, 01 Nov 2017)
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To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (runnersworld.com, 24 Mar 2020)
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She trains Monday through to Saturday, completing three or four track sessions a week and two or three gym sessions. (DW Fitness First YouTube channel, 07 Aug 2019)
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British athlete Christine Ohuruogu. (britishathletics.org.uk, 24 May 2014)
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"Don't give up. It's funny, but sometimes training can be harder than competition so don't ever set limits for yourself. You never know when you'll be surprised at what you can achieve." (dwfitnessfirst.com, 02 Aug 2019)

General Interest

General
INDIVIDUAL APPROACH
Speaking in 2019, she said she had adjusted her mentality for the 400m, taking a different approach to when she runs in the 4x400m relay. "In the individual race you think, 'Right, I have to run the first 100 metres in this time, go through 200 metres in this time', and you don't tend to think that in the relay, because it's potentially more about position and where you are. So, certainly last year [2018], I over-thought my individual race too much and this year [2019] I'm trying to cut it back a little bit, enjoy it again and just run." (givemesport.com, 08 Apr 2019)

OCCUPATION
She works as a data administrator at UK Athletics. She also offers services as a speaker at schools and corporate events. She previously worked as a sports administrator at Prior Park College in Bath, England, but left to focus on her athletics career. "The school was so supportive in letting me have time off for competitions and training. I loved that job, especially because I love organising things, and the staff were amazing. But I knew that I needed to leave in order to get to the next part of my career." (thebathmagazine.co.uk, 01 Nov 2017; emilydiamond.co.uk, 11 Jun 2019; LinkedIn profile, 01 Oct 2020)

2012 OLYMPIC RESERVE
She was a surprise inclusion in Great Britain's 4x400m relay team at the 2012 Olympic Games in London after her fourth-place finish at the Olympic trials. She had never run competitively over 400m until 2012 and had done 11 races over the distance prior to the trials. She was left on the reserves bench during the Games. (teambath.com, 26 Jun 2014; bristolpost.co.uk, 15 May 2014; teamgb.com, 21 Aug 2016)

Legend
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Gold Medal Event
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Silver Medal Event
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Bronze Medal Event
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