TWELL Stephanie

Great Britain
Athletics
17 Aug 1989
31
Female
COLCHESTER
 
Great Britain
ALDERSHOT
 
Great Britain

Events and Medals

Discipline Event Rank Medal
ATH Athletics Women's Marathon 68

Schedule

Change
Start Time Location Event Status
Sapporo Odori Park
Women's Marathon Final
Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

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Olympic Games
YearLocation1500m5000m
2016Rio de Janeiro, BRA-Round 1 (15:25.90)
2008Beijing, CHNSF (4:06.68)-

World Athletics Championships
YearLocation1500m5000m10,000m
2019Doha, QAT--15th (31:44.79)
2017London, GBR-Heats (15:41.29)-
2015Beijing, CHN-12th (15:26.24)-
2009Berlin, GERHeats (4:18.23)--

European Championships
YearLocation5000m
2018Berlin, GER10th (15:41.10)

Diamond League overview - Three best ranks per season and event since 2017
YearMile3000m5000m
2018-1 x 11th1 x 12th
20171 x 12th1 x 13th1 x 16th

Diamond League - Ten best performances since 2020
RankYearEventLocationResult
1120183000mBirmingham, GBR8:46.79
1220185000mRabat, MAR15:36.45
122017MileLondon, GBR4:25.39
1320173000mMonaco, MON9:01.04
1620175000mRome, ITA15:24.05

World Athletics Continental Tour - Ten best performances since 2020
RankYearEventCompetitionLocationResult
720215000mWorld Athletics Continental TourWalnut, CA, USA15:36.07

World Challenge - Ten best performances since 2020
RankYearEventCompetitionLocationResult
62018MileWorld ChallengeBerlin, GER4:26.05

Gold Label Road Races
RankEventYearLocationResult
7Marathon2018Valencia, ESP2:30:14
8Marathon2019Frankfurt am Main, GER2:26:40


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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Steph (express.co.uk, 28 Oct 2011)
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Athlete
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Sports Science - St Mary's University, Twickenham, London, GBR
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Husband Joe Morwood
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English
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Aldershot, Farnham and District [Great Britain]
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Her husband Joe Morwood ran the London Marathon and Frankfurt Marathon in 2019, and he has paced her in marathons. (athleticsweekly.com, 03 Dec 2019, 01 Apr 2021; thepowerof10.info, 28 Apr 2019; bbc.co.uk, 26 May 2019)
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In 2020 she suffered from plantar fasciitis, which led to high hamstring tendinopathy. The issue caused her to pull out of the 2020 London Marathon in England midway through the race. (athleticsweekly.com, 01 Apr 2021; germanroadraces.de, 04 Oct 2020)

She suffered a hip injury in 2014. (scotsman.com, 07 Jun 2015)

She broke her ankle in three places in February 2011. She had two operations and did not run for seven months. She suffered a stress fracture in the same area the following year. The injuries kept her out of action for two years and meant that she did not qualify for the 2012 Olympic Games in London. (telegraph.co.uk, 02 Aug 2011; bbc.co.uk, 04 Mar 2015, 05 May 2015; spikes.worldathletics.org, 29 Sep 2020)

She suffered from a back injury that forced her to pull out of the 2008 World Cross-Country Championships in Edinburgh, Scotland. (croydonguardian.co.uk, 31 Jul 2008)
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She began running in primary school. (telegraph.co.uk, 02 Aug 2011)
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"I always enjoyed competing in sports day at school and found I was very competitive." (telegraph.co.uk, 02 Aug 2011)
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To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (athleticsweekly.com, 03 Dec 2019)
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British runners Paula Radcliffe and Kelly Holmes. (thescottishsun.co.uk, 08 May 2012)
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"Success is only ever achieved through hard work. There are no shortcuts to success. Don't follow where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail." (scotsman.com, 29 Oct 2011)
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She was named European Athletics Rising Star of 2008. (european-athletics.org, 30 Sep 2011)

General Interest

General
SELF-COACHING
She has been self-coached since mid-2019, with support from a small team including her husband Joe. She ran her first marathon in late 2018 before parting with coach Geoff Wightman. "I have turned 'me' into 'we', because at first it did feel like I was starting from scratch, just me going with my gut. I thought, 'Who can I bring along on this journey with me? Because I'm going to need to tap into some knowledge'. I tapped into very broad, general questions like, 'What's a typical marathon mileage?' That sounds crazy but when you're already in a coaching relationship you automatically fall into the belief system of that coach, and I wasn't able to question other people's views which would align more with my own." (athleticsweekly.com, 03 Dec 2019, 02 Dec 2018, 01 Apr 2021)

OLYMPIC MARATHON DEBUT
The 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo will be her third Olympic Games, but her first competing in the marathon after she took part in the 1500m at the 2008 Games in Beijing and the 5000m at the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro. "I actually do believe people are probably in the shape of their lives after the marathon, if they recover and come out of it with a positive experience. I know it sounds crazy, but I feel like it's even better than my first and my second [Games]. I feel like a third Olympics symbolises my love for the sport." (athleticsweekly.com, 03 Dec 2019, 01 Apr 2021)

FURTHER EDUCATION
She has studied for a postgraduate degree in psychology at Kingston University London in England. In 2016 she undertook a Postgraduate Certificate of Education [PGCE] at the University of Winchester in England, having previously worked as a teaching assistant. (scotsman.com, 07 Jun 2015; dailyrecord.co.uk, 10 Jan 2014; london-athletics.com, 01 Jan 2015; LinkedIn profile, 01 Nov 2020)

OTHER ACTIVITIES
She is an Athlete Commission Member at UK Athletics. She has worked for Rushmoor Borough Council in England as a lifestyle and behaviour change intervention co-ordinator, and as a community lottery sports representative. (LinkedIn profile, 01 Nov 2020)

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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