Hannah Nuttall
British athlete (born 1997)
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Hannah Nuttall (born 7 July 1997) is a British athlete. She competes in middle-distance and cross-country running events. In 2024 and 2025, she was the British champion in the 5000 metres. In 2025 and 2026 Nuttall was British indoor champion over 3000 metres.
Hannah Nuttall at the 2025 UK Athletics Championships | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nationality | British | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 7 July 1997 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||
Event | long-distance | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Charnwood AC | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Early life
Nuttall ran as a youngster for Charnwood Athletics club.[1] Nuttall attended Loughborough College and had her first experience of representing Britain at the 2015 junior World Cross Country Championships held in Guiyang, China.[2] A qualified nutritionist,[3] she attended the University of New Mexico,[4] and completed a master's degree at Loughborough University.[5]
Career
In 2021 she won the mixed relay at the 2021 European Cross Country Championships held in Dublin.[6] Shortly afterwards she began to be coached by Helen Clitheroe when she joined Team New Balance Manchester.[7]
2023
In February 2023, Nuttall finished runner-up at the British national indoors championships over 3000m.[8] She was subsequently selected for the Great Britain squad for the 2023 European Indoor Championships held in Istanbul for the 3000m.[9] She qualified for the final in the 3000m.[10] Nuttall ran a personal best time of 8:46.30 as she achieved a fifth-placed finish in the final.[11]
She was selected for the British team for the 2023 European Athletics Team Championships held in Chorzów, Silesia, Poland between 20 and 25 June 2023.[12] It was the second time she had ever ran a 5000m race on the track, and she finished in second position overall in the First Division race, with a time of 15:29:49.[13]
2024
In February 2024 in Boston, Massachusetts, she ran a new personal best over 3000 metres, running 8:45.61.[14] The following week she lowered her 5000m personal best to 15:03.39 in Boston.[15] She finished second at the 2024 British Indoor Athletics Championships in Birmingham over 3000 metres.[16][17] She was subsequently selected for the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Glasgow where she competed in the women's 3000 metres in which she finished twelfth in the final.[18][19]
She set a new outdoors personal best over 5000m running 14:57.91 at the Los Angeles Grand Prix on 17 May 2024.[20] The following weekend she lowered that again in Leiden, in the Netherlands, to 14:52.65.[21] She was selected to run the 5000 metres for Britain at the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome.[22] In 2024, she became British national 5000m champion in the 5000 metres at the 2024 British Athletics Championships in Manchester.[23]
2025
She set a new 3000m personal best of 8:40.01 at the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix on 2 February 2025.[24] She won the 3000 metres at the 2025 British Indoor Athletics Championships in Birmingham on 23 February 2025.[25] She was selected for the British team for the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Apeldoorn, where she qualified for the final of the 3000 metres.[26][27]
She ran a 3000 metres personal best of 8:33.82 at the 2025 BAUHAUS-galan event in Stockholm, part of the 2025 Diamond League.[28] She ran a personal best of 14:39.48 in the 5000m at the 2025 London Athletics Meet.[29] On 2 August 2025, she retained her 5000m title at the 2025 UK Athletics Championships in Birmingham[30][31] Nuttall was eighth in 8:44.74 over 3000 metres at the Diamond League Final in Zurich on 28 August.[32] In September 2025, she was a finalist over 5000 metres at the 2025 World Championships in Tokyo, Japan, placing eighth overall.[33][34]
Nuttal was runner-up at the Manchester Road Race, Connecticut, on 27 November 2025, finishing behind Weini Kelati.[35]
2026
On 24 January 2026, Nuttall ran 3000 metres in an indoor personal best of 8:38.96 at the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix in Boston.[36] On 1 February, Nuttall ran a lifetime best to finish second at the Millrose Games in New York, running the 3000m in 8:32.94 to finish behind Kenya’s Doris Lemngole.[37] On 15 February, Nuttall broke Jo Pavey's championship record by almost two seconds to win the 3000 metres title at the 2026 British Indoor Athletics Championships in Birmingham, in 8:41.76.[38][39] Nuttal placed ninth over 3000 metres at the 2026 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Toruń, Poland, in March 2026.[40]
Results and personal bests
All results taken from World Athletics profile
Championship results
| Year | Meet | Venue | Event | Place | Time |
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| 2024 | World Indoor Championships | Birmingham Arena | 3000m | 12th | 8:48.24 |
| British Indoor Championships | 2nd | 9:01.94 | |||
| 2023 | European Athletics Indoor Championships | Ataköy Arena | 5th | 8:46.30 | |
| British Indoor Championships | Birmingham Arena | 2nd | 8:50.85 | ||
| European Athletics Team Championships | Stadion Śląski | 5000m | 3rd | 15:29.49 | |
| 2022 | British Athletics Championships | Manchester Regional Arena | 1500m | 4th | 4:20.25 |
| 2021 | European Cross Country Championships | National Sports Campus | XC Mixed Relay | 1st | 18:01 |
| 2020 | British Athletics Championships | Manchester Regional Arena | Steeplechase | 3rd | 10:25.43 |
| 2019 | European Cross Country Championships | Lisbon, Portugal | XC U23 | 31st | 22:28 |
| 2017 | British Athletics Championships | Alexander Stadium | 1500m | H1 6th | 4:19.39 |
| 2015 | British Indoor Championships | EIS, Sheffield | 3000m | 8th | 9:28.82 |
| World XC Championships | Guiyang, China | XC U20 | 45th | 22:23 |
Personal bests
| Surface | Event | Time | Date | Venue |
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| Indoor track | 3000m | 8:32.94 | 1 February 2026 | New York |
| 5000m | 15:03.39 | 9 February 2024 | Boston University | |
| Outdoor track | 1500m | 4:05.66 | 4 June 2023 | Hengelo, NED |
| One mile | 4:33.42 | 2 July 2022 | Morton Stadium | |
| 3000m | 8:33.82 | 15 June 2025 | Stockholm Olympic Stadium | |
| 5000m | 14:39.48 | 19 July 2025 | London, England | |
| Steeplechase | 10:25.43 | 9 September 2017 | Manchester, GBR |
Personal life
Nuttall is the daughter of former athletes Alison Wyeth and John Nuttall. Her brother Luke Nuttall is also an athlete, as is her stepsister Eilish McColgan.[41][42]