Luke Nuttall
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Born | Preston, Lancashire, Great Britain | 17 September 2001||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Paralympic athletics | ||||||||||||||||
Disability class | T46 | ||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | 1500 metres | ||||||||||||||||
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Luke Nuttall (born 17 September 2001) is a British Paralympic athlete who competes in the 1500m in the T46 classification.[1]
Athletics career[]
Nuttall is based in Charnwood, and began his career competing in county and national-level events. He is coached by Alison Wyeth.[1] By 2018, he had been selected for GB Paralympics, where aged 17 he won silver in the 2018 World Para Athletics European Championships,[2][3] finishing second to Bulgaria's Hristiyan Stoyanov. In 2020, he claimed bronze in the 2021 European Para Athletics Championships in Bydgoszcz with a seven-second personal best.[4] Later that summer, he was selected to represent Great Britain at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in the T46 1500m.[5]
Personal life[]
Nuttall was born in Preston, Lancashire. He is the son of former British Olympic long-distance runners John Nuttall, and Alison Wyeth,[6] and has an older sister, Hannah Nuttall, also became a runner. His stepmother and stepsister are Liz McColgan and Eilish McColgan, both of whom have also competed at the Olympics in long distance running. [7] Luke worked at W.M. Morrison’s plc. In Loughborough During the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020
References[]
- ^ a b "Luke Nuttall - IPC Athlete Bio". ipc.infostradasports.com. 27 August 2021.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Luke Nuttall | runbritain rankings". www.runbritainrankings.com. Retrieved 2021-07-22.
- ^ "Tense week begins in dream fashion for European silver medallist para-athlete Nuttall ahead of exam results". Ealing Times. Retrieved 2021-07-22.
- ^ "HAHN AND SKINNER PRODUCE GOLDEN DISPLAYS AT THE EUROPEAN PARA ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS". British Athletics. Retrieved 2021-07-22.
- ^ "Hat-Trick Seeking Jonnie Peacock Among 32 Athletes Added To GB Paralympic Squad". The Sportsman. 2021-07-22. Retrieved 2021-07-22.
- ^ "Hannah Nuttall". University of New Mexico Lobos athletics. 2020-04-27. Retrieved 2021-07-23.
- ^ Hannah Nuttall Feature. English Cross Country Association. Retrieved 22 April 2016.
- 2001 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Preston, Lancashire
- Paralympic athletes of Great Britain
- British male middle-distance runners
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the World Para Athletics European Championships