Edinburgh Athletic Club

The origins of the club date back to 1885 and the formation of Edinburgh Harriers who were based in the Western part of the city. They were followed by the creation of three other clubs so that the whole city could be catered for. The Edinburgh Northern Harriers arrived in 1889 and the Edinburgh Southern Harriers in 1897. Finally in 1922 the Cannon Athletic Club (later Edinburgh Eastern Harriers) were formed.^[2]

The club's first Olympic gold medalist was Wyndham Halswelle in the 400 metres event at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London.^[3]

In 1961 the Edinburgh Harriers (who by now had a ladies section), Northern Harriers and Eastern Harriers all merged to become the first named Edinburgh Athletic Club but the Southern Harriers continued independently.^[2][4]

In 1968, Southern Harriers became the first Scottish club to participate in the inaugural British Athletics League^[5] and experienced some success, finishing third in 1975 and runner-up in 1976, while the women's Southern Harriers won the inaugural UK Women's Athletic League in 1975.

Later the Southern Harriers would race temporarily under the names Caledonian Park Harriers (men) and Edinburgh Woollen Mill (women) for sponsorship purposes.^[2]

In 1996, the City of Edinburgh Athletic Club was formed when Edinburgh Athletic Club and Edinburgh Southern Harriers (men) merged to finally unify all of the men's clubs in the city.^[2] In 2006, the Southern Harriers (women) won the UK athletics league for the second time.

The final amalgamation came during 2007, when the men's club City of Edinburgh Athletics Club and Edinburgh Southern Harriers (women) became the club as it is today, a single city club for both men and women.^[2]

The first major success under the new name came with the women's section of the club after they won the UK women's athletic league in both 2013 and 2014.

• British Athletics League, runner-up; 1976
• UK Women's Athletic League; champions 1975, 2006, 2013, 2014

Olympians

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Athlete	Club	Events	Games	Medals/Ref
James Cormack	Edinburgh Harriers	marathon	1906	[6]
Wyndham Halswelle	Edinburgh Harriers	200m, 400m, 800m	1906, 1908
Reginald MacPherson	Edinburgh Harriers	non starter	1906	[7]
Tom Jack	ESH	marathon	1908	[8]
George Wallach	ESH	10,000m	1912	[9]
Jimmy Duffy	ESH	marathon	1912	[10]
Fergus Murray	ESH	10,000m	1964	[11]
Dave Stevenson	ESH	pole vault	1964	[12]
Jim Alder	1st Edinburgh AC	Marathon	1968	[13]
Gareth Bryan-Jones	ESH	Steeplechase	1968	[14]
Don Macgregor	ESH	marathon	1972	[15]
Dave Wilson	1st Edinburgh AC	110m hurdles	1972	[16]
Chris Black	ESH	hammer throw	1976, 1980	[17]
Helen Golden	ESH	200m	1976	[18]
Moira Walls	ESH	high jump	1976	[19]
Drew McMaster	1st Edinburgh AC	100m, 4x100m	1980	[20]
Meg Ritchie	ESH	discus throw	1980, 1984	[21]
Allan Wells	ESH	100m, 200m, 4x100m	1980, 1984	[22]
Peter Hoffmann	1st Edinburgh AC	non starter	1976	[23]
Elliot Bunney	ESH	4x100m	1988	[24]
Tom Hanlon	Caledonian Park	steeplechase	1992	[25]
Yvonne Murray	1st Edinburgh AC	3000m	1988, 1992	[26]
Allison Curbishley	Woollen Mills	400m, 4x400m	1996, 2000
Karen MacLeod	1st Edinburgh AC	marathon	1996	[27]
Sinead Dudgeon	Woollen Mills	400m hurdles	2000	[28]
Shirley Webb	City of Edinburgh AC	Hammer	2004
Freya Murray-Ross	Edinburgh AC	Marathon	2012
Lynsey Sharp	Edinburgh AC	800m	2012, 2016
Chris O'Hare	Edinburgh AC	1500m	2016
Beth Dobbin	Edinburgh AC	200m & 4x100m	2021
Josh Kerr	Edinburgh AC	1500m	2021, 2024
Jake Wightman	Edinburgh AC	1500m	2021

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• Scottish unless stated

Commonwealth Games

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Athlete	Club	Events	Games	Medals/Ref
Hayley Ovens	Woollen Mills	1500m	2002, 2006
Paul Walker	Edinburgh AC	pole vault	2010, 2014

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Other

• Allister Hutton (1990 London Marathon winner)