Charlotte Purdue

Charlotte Purdue

Purdue (right) at the 2016 London Marathon
Personal information
Full name	Charlotte Purdue
Nationality	English
Born	(1991-06-10) 10 June 1991 (age 25)
Website	www.charlottepurdue.com
Sport
Country	England
Sport	Athletics/Cross Country Running
Club	Aldershot, Farnham & District AC
Coached by	Mick Woods 2004-2014 Nic Bideau 2014-present
Medal record Women's athletics Representing  Great Britain European Cross Country Championships 2007 Toro Junior team 2010 Albufeira Junior race 2010 Albufeira Junior team 2013 Belgrade U23 team 2008 Brussels Junior race 2007 Toro Junior race 2013 Belgrade U23 race European Junior Championships 2009 Novi Sad 5000 m
Updated on 7 December 2013.

Mick Woods 2004-2014

Charlotte Purdue (born 10 June 1991) is a British long-distance runner who competes in the 5000 metres and 10,000 metres, as well as cross country running for Aldershot, Farnham & District AC. After winning a number of youth titles at national level, she had her first international success at the European Cross Country Championships, winning medals in the junior races of 2007 and 2008. She was also the best European junior at the World Cross Country Championships those years.

She won a 5000 m silver medal at the 2009 European Junior Championships and went on to represent England at the 2010 Commonwealth Games. She won the junior individual and team gold medals at the 2010 European Cross Country Championships. Purdue holds the UK junior record for the 10,000 m with a time of 32:36.75 minutes.

Born in Windsor, Berkshire, she began competing for Aldershot, Farnham and District Athletic Club around the age of thirteen. She also practised ballet, achieving UK grade five. She won her first national youth titles in 2006, winning the 3000 metres at the AAA under-17 championships and the UK School Games, as well as the English under-fifteens cross country title. She quickly progressed to international competition and came fifteenth in the junior section of the 2007 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – the best European performer in the race. She was the youngest runner in the 5000 metres field at the 2007 European Athletics Junior Championships and finished in tenth place. She won the UK junior trials for the 2007 European Cross Country Championships and went on to take the individual bronze medal and team gold medal at the championships, which she shared with fellow British junior Steph Twell.