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Full name | Ellie Natasha Baker | ||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Borehamwood, England | 3 June 1998||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Great Britain England | ||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | 800 metres, 1500 m | ||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers | ||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | John Bigg | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Ellie Baker (born 3 June 1998) is a British athlete specialising in the 800 metres and 1500 metres. She won silver medals in the 800 m at the 2019 European Under-23 Championships and 2017 European U20 Championships.[1]
Baker competed for Great Britain in the 800 m at the 2021 European Indoor Championships in Toruń, Poland,[2] and the 2022 World Championships held in Eugene, Oregon.
In February 2023, the 24-year-old claimed a maiden national title, winning the 1500 m at the British Indoor Championships with a time of 4:06.73 and breaking Zola Budd's 1986 championship record in the process.[3]