Elizabeth Hall (born 28 April 1985) is a former international British

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competing as a 3000m cross country runner and steeplechaser. She represented Great Britain at the

2006 IAAF World Cross Country Championships The 2006 IAAF World Cross Country Championships took place on April 1/2, 2006. The races were held at the Umi-no-nakamichi Seaside Park in Fukuoka, Japan, Japan's National Cross Country Course which is the permanent residence of the annual Fukuo ...

and competed at the European Athletic Championships twice.

Life and career

Born in

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, Lizzie Hall attended

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in Baldock, where she was a County level gymnast and netballer before graduating in

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from Brunel University. She competed in the 2005 European U23 3000 m heats, the

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4k (when she came in 65th), and in the 2007 European U23 3000 m heats. In the 2006

English National Cross Country Championships The English National Cross Country Championships is an annual England, English cross country running event which takes place in late February following the regional championships (Southern, Midlands and Northern) which all take place on the same we ...

she won the gold medal, and the same year set a British record in the 3000m steeplechase. Hall qualified to compete in the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games but was unable to take part owing to injury. She then aimed at competing in the

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in London but failed to qualify.Brunel University official website.
/ref> She is a member of Herts Phoenix Athletics Club.

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Hall breaks UK steeplchase record
1985 births Living people People educated at The Knights Templar School, Baldock People from Stevenage English female middle-distance runners English female steeplechase runners British female middle-distance runners British female steeplechase runners British female cross country runners English female cross country runners {{England-athletics-bio-stub