Hayley Yelling

British long-distance runner

Yelling competing in the 2009 European Cross Country Championships

Hayley Higham (born 3 January 1974, in Dorchester) is a British runner. She is the sister-in-law of fellow British runner Liz Yelling.

She works as a Maths teacher at Sir William Borlase's Grammar School in Marlow, Buckinghamshire and runs for the Windsor, Slough, Eton and Hounslow Athletic Club. She has competed for England in the Commonwealth Games and for Great Britain in a number of competitions. In December 2004 she won the European Cross Country Championship in Heringsdorf.

In December 2009 she won the European Cross Country Championship in Dublin after coming out of retirement from competitive running. She followed this up a month later by coming fourth in the 2010 International Edinburgh Cross Country,[1] fourteen seconds after winner Tirunesh Dibaba over the freezing 5.8 kilometre course.[2]

## Career highlights[edit]

British National Championships
2002 - 1st, 5,000 m
2003 - 1st, 10,000 m
2003 - 1st, 5,000 m
2006 - 1st, 5,000 m

Other competitions
2004 - 1st, European Cross Country Championships
2007 - 1st, Cross Internacional de San Sebastián
2008 - 1st, Belfast International Cross Country
2009 - 1st, European Cross Country Championships

## Personal bests[edit]

Distance  | Mark  | Date  | Location

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3,000 m | 8:58.98 | 4 July 2001 | Cardiff
5,000 m | 15:16.44 | 23 July 2005 | Heusden
10,000 m track | 31:45.14 | 12 June 2004 | Utrecht
10,000 m road | 32:31 | 5 February 2006 | Chichester
Half marathon | 1:12.11 | 1 October 2006 | Newcastle

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Joseph Ebuya claims shock Edinburgh cross country win". BBC Sport. 9 January 2010.
2. ^ "Dibaba wins, Bekele beaten, Stevenson shines and Twell back at her best". "Great Run Series News Desk". 9 January 2010.

## External links[edit]

* Hayley Yelling at World Athletics
* Hayley Yelling at Power of 10
* Hayley Yelling at ARRS

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European Cross Country Championships champions in women's cross country running

* 1994:  Catherina McKiernan (IRL)
* 1995:  Annemari Sandell (FIN)
* 1996:  Sara Wedlund (SWE)
* 1997:  Joalsiae Llado (FRA)
* 1998:  Paula Radcliffe (GBR)
* 1999:  Anita Weyermann (SUI)
* 2000:  Katalin Szentgyörgyi (HUN)
* 2001:  Yamna Belkacem] (FRA)
* 2002:  Helena Javornik (SLO)
* 2003:  Paula Radcliffe (GBR)
* 2004:  Hayley Yelling (GBR)
* 2005:  Lornah Kiplagat (NED)
* 2006:  Tetyana Holovchenko (UKR)
* 2007:  Marta Domínguez (ESP)
* 2008:  Hilda Kibet (NED)
* 2009:  Hayley Yelling (GBR)
* 2010:  Jéssica Augusto (POR)
* 2011:  Fionnuala Britton (IRL)
* 2012:  Fionnuala Britton (IRL)
* 2013:  Sophie Duarte (FRA)
* 2014:  Gemma Steel (GBR)
* 2015:  Sifan Hassan (NED)
* 2016:  Yasemin Can (TUR)
* 2017:  Yasemin Can (TUR)
* 2018:  Yasemin Can (TUR)
* 2019:  Yasemin Can (TUR)
* 2021:  Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal (NOR)
* 2022:  Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal (NOR)
* 2023:  Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal (NOR)

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