Liz McColgan

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Medal record
Liz McColgan
Women’s Athletics
Competitor for  Scotland and  Great Britain
Olympic Games
Silver	1988 Seoul	10000 m
World Championships
Gold	1991 Tokyo	10000 m
Commonwealth Games
Gold	1986 Edinburgh	10000 m
Gold	1990 Auckland	10000 m
Bronze	1990 Auckland	3000 m
Marathons
Gold	New York Marathon	1991
Gold	Tokyo Marathon	1992
Gold	London Marathon	1996

Liz McColgan MBE (born March 24, 1964) is a former Scottish long distance track and road running athlete.

Born Elizabeth Lynch, she was brought up in Dundee. She won the gold in the 1991 World Championships in Tokyo, Japan at 10,000 metres, and was voted BBC Sports Personality of the Year. She also won a gold medal in the 1986 Commonwealth Games, and a silver medal in the Seoul Olympics in 1988.

In 1992, McColgan stormed to victory at the inaugural IAAF World Half Marathon Championships, thus helping Great Britain and Northern Ireland's women's team to silver.

In 1996, she won the London Marathon with a time of 2 hours, 27 minutes and 54 seconds.

She is married to Northern Ireland-born athlete, Peter McColgan, who represented Northern Ireland at the 1986 Commonwealth Games at both 5000 m and 3000 m Steeplechase - at which distance he holds the Northern Ireland Record.

Her eldest daughter, Eilish McColgan, won the 2004 British cross country championships in her age-group and was ranked top in Scotland over 800m and 1500m in her age group.

Liz McColgan now coaches young athletes in her home town of Dundee. She resides on the outskirts of the small town Carnoustie which hosted the 1999 & 2007 Open Golf Championship.

Awards
Preceded by Paul Gascoigne	BBC Sports Personality of the Year 1991	Succeeded by Nigel Mansell
Sporting positions
Preceded by Ingrid Kristiansen	Women's 5.000 m Best Year Performance 1987 – 1988	Succeeded by Kathrin Weßel
Preceded by Mari Tanigawa	Tokyo Women's Marathon Winner 1992	Succeeded by Valentina Egorova
Preceded by Tegla Loroupe	Zevenheuvelenloop Women's Winner (15km) 1994	Succeeded by Helen Kimaiyo
Preceded by Małgorzata Sobańska	London Women's Marathon Winner 1996	Succeeded by Joyce Chepchumba

v • d • e BBC Sports Personality of the Year winners 1954-1959 1954 Christopher Chataway · 1955 Gordon Pirie · 1956 Jim Laker · 1957 Dai Rees · 1958 Ian Black · 1959 John Surtees 1960-1969 1960 David Broome · 1961 Stirling Moss · 1962 Anita Lonsbrough · 1963 Dorothy Hyman · 1964 Mary Rand · 1965 Tom Simpson · 1966 Bobby Moore · 1967 Henry Cooper · 1968 David Hemery · 1969 Ann Jones 1970-1979 1970 Henry Cooper · 1971 HRH The Princess Anne · 1972 Mary Peters · 1973 Jackie Stewart · 1974 Brendan Foster · 1975 David Steele · 1976 John Curry · 1977 Virginia Wade · 1978 Steve Ovett · 1979 Sebastian Coe 1980-1989 1980 Robin Cousins · 1981 Ian Botham · 1982 Daley Thompson · 1983 Steve Cram · 1984 Jayne Torvill / Christopher Dean · 1985 Barry McGuigan · 1986 Nigel Mansell · 1987 Fatima Whitbread · 1988 Steve Davis · 1989 Nick Faldo 1990-1999 1990 Paul Gascoigne · 1991 Liz McColgan · 1992 Nigel Mansell · 1993 Linford Christie · 1994 Damon Hill · 1995 Jonathan Edwards · 1996 Damon Hill · 1997 Greg Rusedski · 1998 Michael Owen · 1999 Lennox Lewis 2000-2009 2000 Steve Redgrave · 2001 David Beckham · 2002 Paula Radcliffe · 2003 Jonny Wilkinson · 2004 Kelly Holmes · 2005 Andrew Flintoff · 2006 Zara Phillips · 2007 Joe Calzaghe