Laura Nagel
New Zealand athlete (born 1992)
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Laura Nagel (born 11 February 1992) is a New Zealand middle- and long-distance runner. She won gold at the 2024 Oceania Athletics Championships in the 1500 metres.[1]
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| Born | 11 February 1992 | ||||||||||||||
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| Country | New Zealand | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
Events | Middle-distance, long-distance running | ||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Paul Hamblyn | ||||||||||||||
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National finals |
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| Personal bests | 800 m: 2:04.27 (Schifflange, 2024) 1500 m: 4:06.31 (Dublin, 2024) Mile: 4:33.59 (Whanganui, 2024) 3000 m: 8:59.05 (Cork, 2024) 5000 m: 15:35.05 (Portland, 2024) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Early life
From Hawkes Bay,[2] Nagel attended Taradale High School. She started running as a keep-fit measure and ended up breaking school athletics records.[3]
NCAA
Nagel competed at the 2010 World Athletics Junior Championships, and in the American college system for Providence College in Rhode Island, where she was co-captain of the cross-country team which won the NCAA title, but her progress was halted by significant illnes, injuries and surgery. She later returned to New Zealand and joined the athletes coached by Paul Hamblyn. Laura Nagel is a 5-time All-American distance runner, 3-time Big East Conference champion, 7-time All-Big East Conference medalist, and IC4A/ECAC Champion.
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| 2015 | 2015 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships | 10,000 meters | 34:31.08 | 16th | |
| Big East Conference Outdoor Track and Field Championships | 10,000 meters | 34:33.15 |  3rd | ||
| 4x800 meters | 8:42.24 |  2nd | |||
| Eastern College Athletic Conference Indoor Track and Field Championships | Mile | 4:47.39 | 2nd | ||
| Big East Conference Indoor Track and Field Championships | 3,000 meters | 9:09.16 | 4th | ||
| Distance Medley Relay | 11:28.54 | 2nd | |||
| 2014 | 2014 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships | 5,000 meters | 16:09.98 | 11th | |
| Big East Conference Outdoor Track and Field Championships | 5,000 meters | 16:23.35 |  1st | ||
| 2014 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships | 3,000 meters | 9:37.84 | 13th | ||
| Big East Conference Indoor Track and Field Championships | 3,000 meters | 9:07.26 | 1st | ||
| 5000 meters | 16:08.34 | 2nd | |||
| 2013 | 2013 NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships | 6,000 meters | 20:38.8 | 27th | |
| Big East Conference Cross Country Championships | 6,000 meters | 20:21.0 | 4th | ||
| 2013 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships | 5,000 meters | 16:15.08 | 12th | ||
| Big East Conference Outdoor Track and Field Championships | 5,000 meters | 16:25.28 | 1st | ||
| IC4A/Eastern College Athletic Conference Indoor Track and Field Championships | Distance Medley Relay | 11:30.75 | 1st | ||
| Big East Conference Indoor Track and Field Championships | 3,000 meters | 9:25.01 | 4th | ||
| Distance Medley Relay | 11:21.02 | 6th | |||
| 2012 | 2012 NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships | 6,000 meters | 20:12.5 | 35th | |
| Big East Conference Cross Country Championships | 6,000 meters | 21:17.8 | 11th | ||
| Big East Conference Outdoor Track and Field Championships | 5,000 meters | 16:25.81 | 2nd | ||
| 2011 | 2011 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships | 1500 meters | 4:32.44 | 76th | |
| IC4A/Eastern College Athletic Conference Outdoor Track and Field Championships | 3000 meters | 9:25.78 | 2nd | ||
| Big East Conference Outdoor Track and Field Championships | 1500 meters | 4:29.86 | 11th | ||
| 4x800 meters | 9:06.97 | 6th | |||
| Big East Conference Indoor Track and Field Championships | 4x800 meters | 9:06.97 | 6th | ||
| 1500 meters | 4:29.86 | 11th | |||
Career
In 2022, she set new personal best times in the 1500 metres, mile run and 3000 metres.[3]
Nagel won the 2023 New Zealand Athletics Championships title over 1500 metres and 5000 metres in Wellington in March 2023.[6][7]
Nagel won the senior women’s road mile championship in a national record time of 4:46.78 at the Novotel Lakefront Mile in Rotorua in May 2024.[8] That month, she also won the New Zealand 5 km Road Championships.[9] She won the gold medal in the 1500 metres at the 2024 Oceania Athletics Championships in Suva, Fiji, in June 2024.[10][11]
Nagel won New Zealand national titles over 1500 metres and 5000 metres in 2025. In March 2025, she was named in the New Zealand team for the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Nanjing.[12]
Bagel won the 5000 metres at the 2026 New Zealand Athletics Championships in Auckland, running 16:39.98.[13]