Isobel Batt-Doyle

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Isobel Batt-Doyle
Personal information
NationalityAustralia
Born (1995-09-14) 14 September 1995 (age 26)
Adelaide
Sport
SportTrack and Field
Event(s)5000 m

Isobel Batt-Doyle (born 14 September 1995) is an Australian Olympic athlete.[1]

Early years[]

Batt-Doyle came from a family of runners. Her parents ran marathons, trail races and ultra running. When she was 8-years-old she started little athletics. A year later she ran in the Adelaide City Bay Fun Run. She ran the six kilometres holding her step dad's hand. Batt-Doyle regularly made the state team for cross country and then began track events when still an early teen.[2]

After graduating from Seymour College in Adelaide, Batt-Doyle accepted a US college scholarship for running and went to St. John's University in New York.[3] She transferred to University of Washington in Seattle for her second year. In 2016 and 2017 she decided to run longer distances and competed in 5000m and 10000m events.[2]

Achievements[]

Batt-Doyle made her debut for Australia at the 2017 World University Games in the 10000m.[2]

In 2019 she was the NCAA outdoor 10,000m bronze medalist and made the All-America First Team. She also made the All-America Second Team in the 5,000m indoors.[4]

In 2020 her boyfriend Riley Cocks took over her coaching.. She ran significant PBs over 3000m and 5000m. The highlight was coming second in the 10000m at Zatopek in 31:43.26. It was a 37 seconds PB and elevated her from 21st to 10th on the Australian all-time list.[2] (Zatopek is named after Emil Zatopek, the Czech long-distance runner, it is the most prestigious track race in Australia).[5]

In January 2021 she finished second behind Rose Davies at the Australian 10,000m championships in Melbourne.[6] In May 2021 she and Davies secured places at the delayed 2020 Tokyo Olympics in the 5000m as Batt-Doyle won in Nijmegen in a personal best time of 15 minutes 04.10 beating Uganda's Esther Chebet into second with Davies 4th.[7]

Batt-Doyle qualified for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. In the women's 5000m heat she ran a time of 15:21.65 coming 15th. She was therefore eliminated.[8]

References[]

  1. ^ "Isobel BATT-DOYLE | Profile". worldathletics.org.
  2. ^ a b c d "Isobel Batt-Doyle". Australian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2021-09-19.
  3. ^ "Izzi Batt-Doyle - Women's Track and Field". St. John's University Athletics.
  4. ^ "Washington Huskies". Washington Huskies.
  5. ^ "Zatopek: 10 - The greatest running race you've never heard of". www.sportingnews.com. Retrieved 2021-09-19.
  6. ^ Salvado, John (January 26, 2021). "Youngster Davies wins 10,000m crown". The Young Witness.
  7. ^ "Izzi Batt-Doyle and Rose Davies seal 5000m Olympic qualifiers". thenewdaily.com.au.
  8. ^ "Athletics - Round 1 - Heat 2 Results".
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