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English steeplechase runner

Born (1989-10-20) 20 October 1989 (age 35)

Devon, England

Event

Phil Norman
Personal information
Norman in 2022
Born	(1989-10-20) 20 October 1989 (age 35) Devon, England
Home town	Barnstaple, Devon^[1]
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	3000 metres steeplechase
Club	Woodford Green with Essex Ladies^[2]
Coached by	Tomaz Plibersek

Philip Norman (born 20 October 1989) is an English athlete specialising in the 3000 metres steeplechase.^[3]^[4] He competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics.

He became British champion when winning the 3000 metres steeplechase event at the 2020 British Athletics Championships in a time of 8 min 32.51 secs.^[5]^[6]

At the delayed 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, he represented Great Britain in 2021, where he went out in the semi-finals.^[5]^[7]

Norman set a personal best of 8:18.65 in winning the steeplechase title at the 2024 British Athletics Championships, but was not selected for the Paris Olympics, despite being given an invitation to compete by World Athletics, as his time was 0.15 seconds off the standard set by UK Athletics.^[8]^[9]

Norman won his third British outdoor title at the 2025 UK Athletics Championships.^[10]

References

↑ Davis, Alex (2 July 2021). "Barnstaple athlete to compete in Tokyo Olympics". Devon Live. Archived from the original on 3 August 2021. Retrieved 29 March 2025.
↑ "Profile". Power of 10.
↑ "Phil Norman - Athlete Profile". World Athletics. Retrieved 29 March 2025.
↑ "Phil Norman". European Athletics. Retrieved 29 March 2025.
1 2 "Phil NORMAN". Team GB. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
↑ "MÜLLER BRITISH ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS 2020". British Athletics. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
↑ "Biographical Information". Olympedia. Retrieved 20 July 2025.
↑ "Norman criticises UK Athletics after Olympic snub". BBC Sport. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
↑ "Devon's Phil Norman says he may never race again after being refused a place at the Olympics". ITV. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
↑ "Max Burgin powers to 1:43.92 win over 800m at UK Champs". Athletics Weekly. 3 August 2025. Retrieved 4 August 2025.

v t e British Athletics Championships men's 3000 metres steeplechase champions
2007: Andrew Lemoncello 2008: Adam Bowden 2009: Luke Gunn 2010: Luke Gunn 2011: Luke Gunn 2012: Luke Gunn 2013: James Wilkinson 2014: James Wilkinson 2015: Rob Mullett 2016: Rob Mullett 2017: Rob Mullett 2018: Zak Seddon 2019: Zak Seddon 2020: Phil Norman 2021: Mark Pearce 2022: Jamaine Coleman 2023: Will Battershill 2024: Phil Norman 2025: Phil Norman

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