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athletics competitor

Guy Learmonth is a Scottish athlete specialising in the 800 metres.

Career

He reached the final at the 2014 and the 2015 European Indoor Championships, finishing 6th in both. Before turning to athletics at age 17, he practiced rugby for the Border Reivers. Guy Learmonth"s first major athletics competition was the 2011 European Athletics Junior Championships.

He competed in the 800 metres event making the semi-final and coming an overall place of 13th.

Outdoor 400 metres – 48.00 (Glasgow 2012) 600 metres – 1:16.70 (Amsterdam 2015) 800 metres – 1:46.65 (Bellinzona 2015) 1500 metres – 3:45.40 (Bedford 2013) Indoor 600 metres – 1:16.48 (Glasgow 2014) 800 metres – 1:47.38 (Birmingham 2015).

Achievements

  • He was crowned British 800m Indoor Champion in 2015. In 2014, Learmonth competed in the Commonwealth Games achieving 6th place in the 800 metres with a personal best time of 1:46.69. In 2015, Learmonth was crowned British 800m Indoor Champion before going on to finishing 6th in the final at the 2015 European Indoor Championships in Prague, Czechoslovakian Republic.