Emma Coburn

Emma Coburn

Coburn at the 2016 Rio Olympics
Personal information
Born	(1990-10-19) October 19, 1990 (age 34) Boulder, Colorado, U.S.
Home town	Crested Butte, Colorado
Employer	New Balance
Height	5 ft 8 in (173 cm)
Weight	120 lb (54 kg)
Sport
Country	United States
Sport	Athletics/Track
Event(s)	Steeplechase, 3000 meters, 1500 meters
College team	Colorado Buffaloes
Coached by	Joe Bosshard
Achievements and titles
Olympic finals	2012 London 3000 m s'chase, 8th 2016 Rio de Janeiro 3000 m s'chase,  Bronze 2020 Tokyo 3000 m s'chase, 14th DQ
World finals	2011 Daegu 3000 m s'chase, 8th 2015 Beijing 3000 m s'chase, 5th 2017 London 3000 m s'chase,  Gold 2019 Doha 3000 m s'chase,  Silver 2022 Eugene 3000 m s'chase, 8th
Personal bests	800 m: 2:01.10 (Los Angeles 2020) 1500 m: 4:03.82 (Nashville 2020) Mile: 4:23.65 (Marion 2020) 3000 m: 8:48.60 (Birmingham 2017) 5000 m: 15:24.76 (Austin 2021) 2000 m s'chase: 6:44.42 (Greensboro 2008) 3000 m s'chase: 9:02.35 (Doha 2019) Indoors 1000 m: 2:52.43 (College Station 2009) 1500 m: 4:12.31 (New York 2013) Mile: 4:29.86 i (New York 2013) 2000 m: 5:41.11 (Boston 2015) 3000 m: 8:39.19 i + (Staten Island 2021) 2-Mile: 9:15.71 a (Staten Island 2021) Road Mile: 4:20.3 a (New York 2018)
Medal record Women's athletics Representing the  United States Olympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro 3000 m s'chase World Championships 2017 London 3000 m s'chase 2019 Doha 3000 m s'chase Representing Americas Continental Cup 2014 Marrakech 3000 m s'chase

Emma Jane Coburn (born October 19, 1990)^[1] is an American middle-distance runner who specializes in the 3000-meters steeplechase. She holds the distinction of being a world champion, world silver medalist, Olympic bronze medalist, three-time Olympian and 10-time US National Champion in the steeplechase.

At the 2017 World Championships^[2] in London, Coburn made history by taking gold thereby becoming the first American since 1952^[3][4] to win a world steeplechase title. At the event she set a championship record of 9:02.58 and broke her own American record by five seconds.

She is a three-time Olympian making the US team in 2012, 2016 and 2020. At the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio she captured the bronze medal becoming the first American woman to medal in an Olympic steeplechase event.^[5] Her finishing time of 9:07.63 established a then-new American record.

Her other steeplechase achievements include earning a silver medal at the 2019 World Championships in Doha, reaching the 2012 Olympic final (8th place), and competing in the World Championship finals in 2011 (10th) and 2015 (5th). She also won the 2014 IAAF Continental Cup and is a ten-time United States National Champion^[6] winning the event in each of the years she competed (2011, 2012, 2014–2019, 2021, 2022).