Hannah England is a British middle-distance running athlete who specialises in the 800 metres, 1500 metres and mile run.
Education
At 1500 m, she is the 2011 World Championship silver medallist and finished fourth at the 2013 World Championships. Born in Oxford, England, she attended the Cherwell School in Summertown, North Oxford. She returned to the United Kingdom and finished third in the 1500 m at the 2008 national championships.
Career
She also competed at the 2012 Olympic Games in London. England is one of only three British woman in history (as of 2014) to have run under two minutes for 800 m and nine minutes for 3000 m, the others being Christina Boxer and Kirsty Wade. England joined Oxford City Athletic Club as an under 13, her first major success coming in the United Kingdom Athletics Reebok Cross Country Challenge in Birmingham as an Under 15.
In 2005 England joined Birmingham University to study Biochemistry.
Winning the national junior title in the 1500 m and competing at the World Junior Championships. As part of her degree studies, she spent a year at Florida State University.
During her time there, she competed for the university"s track team at the National Collegiate Athletic Association Track and Field Championships, winning the mile run indoors and the 1500 m outdoors. The following season she competed in the 1500 m at the 2009 European Athletics Indoor Championships, but did not progress beyond the heats after a below-par performance.
England set an 800 m personal best of 1:59.94 at the 2009 European Team Championships and managed fourth place in both 800 and 1500 metres events, helping the Great Britain team to a third-place finish.
Lisa Dobriskey, who had finished 4th at the Beijing Olympics the previous year and was still in good form, was also selected on merit. The last remaining place was between England and Stephanie Twell. At the 2009 IAAF World Athletics Final, England qualified for 1500 metres as one of the top twelve athletes of the season.
She finished second in the race, behind only Olympic Champion Nancy Jebet Lagat and beating among others reigning World Champion Maryam Yusuf Jamal.
In 2010 England finished a strong second in the 1500m at the European Team Championships in Bergen, Norway and followed it up with a national American Automobile Association title, again at 1500m, to secure selection for the European Championships in Barcelona running a startling 56.7 last lap, albeit in a very slow race. On 1 September 2011 at the IAAF World Athletics Championship, competing in the 1500m final, Hannah produced a stunning final 100 metres, coming from 7th place at the final bend to take the Silver medal in a time of 4:05.68.