Liz McColgan

Liz McColgan-Nuttall
MBE

Personal information
Birth name	Elizabeth Lynch
Born	(1964-05-24) 24 May 1964 (age 60) Dundee, Scotland
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	45 kg (99 lb)
Sport
Country	Great Britain Scotland
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	10,000 metres Marathon 3000 metres
Club	Dundee Hawks
Medal record Women's athletics Representing  Great Britain Olympic Games 1988 Seoul 10,000 m World Championships 1991 Tokyo 10,000 m World Indoor Championships 1989 Budapest 3000 m World Half Marathon Championships 1992 Newcastle Women's race 1992 Newcastle Women's team Commonwealth Games Representing  Scotland 1986 Edinburgh 10,000 m 1990 Auckland 10,000 m 1990 Auckland 3000 m World Marathon Majors 1991 New York City Marathon 1992 Tokyo Marathon 1996 London Marathon World Cross Country Championships 1987 Warsaw Women's race 1991 Amoriebieta Women's race

Elizabeth Nuttall MBE (née Lynch, formerly McColgan; born 24 May 1964) is a Scottish former middle- and long-distance runner. She won the gold medal in the 10,000 metres at the 1991 World Championships and a silver over the same distance at the 1988 Olympic Games. McColgan earned a silver in the 3000 metres at the 1989 World Indoor Championships. She was a two-time gold medalist in the event at the Commonwealth Games, 1992 World Half Marathon champion and a two-time individual medallist at the World Cross Country Championships. She claimed three victories at the World Marathon Majors: at the 1991 New York City Marathon, 1992 Tokyo Marathon and 1996 London Marathon.

McColgan's 10,000 metres best of 30:57.07 set in 1991, moved her to second on the world all-time list at that time and stood as the Scottish record until 2022, when it was broken by her daughter Eilish McColgan. Her marathon best of 2:26:52 set in 1997, stood as the Scottish record until 2019.