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.jpg) Coburn at the 2016 Rio Olympics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | October 19, 1990 Boulder, Colorado, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Home town | Crested Butte, Colorado | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Employer | New Balance | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (173 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 120 lb (54 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics/Track | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Steeplechase, 3000 meters, 1500 meters | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | Colorado Buffaloes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Joe Bosshard | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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Emma Jane Coburn (born October 19, 1990)[1] is an American middle-distance runner who specializes in the 3000-meters steeplechase. She holds the distinction of being a world champion, world silver medalist, Olympic bronze medalist, three-time Olympian and 10-time US National Champion in the steeplechase.
At the 2017 World Championships[2] in London, Coburn made history by taking gold thereby becoming the first American since 1952[3][4] to win a world steeplechase title. At the event she set a championship record of 9:02.58 and broke her own American record by five seconds.
She is a three-time Olympian making the US team in 2012, 2016 and 2020. At the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio she captured the bronze medal becoming the first American woman to medal in an Olympic steeplechase event.[5] Her finishing time of 9:07.63 established a then-new American record.
Her other steeplechase achievements include earning a silver medal at the 2019 World Championships in Doha, reaching the 2012 Olympic final (8th place), and competing in the World Championship finals in 2011 (10th) and 2015 (5th). She also won the 2014 IAAF Continental Cup and is a ten-time United States National Champion[6] winning the event in each of the years she competed (2011, 2012, 2014–2019, 2021, 2022).
- ^ "Emma COBURN – Athlete Profile". World Athletics. Retrieved January 1, 2023.
- ^ Zaccardi, Nick (August 11, 2017). "Emma Coburn leads shocking U.S. steeplechase one-two (video) – OlympicTalk". NBC Sports. NBC. Retrieved January 16, 2018.
- ^ "Helsinki 1952 Athletics 3000M Steeplechase Men Results". www.olympics.com. Retrieved November 2, 2022.
- ^ Rushton, Geoff (January 7, 2018). "Penn State Track Legend and Olympic Champion Horace Ashenfelter Dies at 94". www.statecollege.com. Retrieved November 2, 2022.
- ^ "Emma Coburn wins first U.S. women's Olympic medal in steeplechase". Mile High Sports. August 15, 2016. Retrieved January 16, 2018.
- ^ Chavez, Chris (June 25, 2021). "Coburn Finishes as Top U.S. Qualifier in Steeplechase". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved June 25, 2021.