Emma Coburn
Coburn at the 2016 Olympic Games.
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| Born | October 19, 1990 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Residence | Boulder, Colorado | ||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 120 lb (54 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||
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 United States
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| Event(s) | 3000 m st. | ||||||||||||||||||
| College team | Colorado Buffaloes | ||||||||||||||||||
| Club | New Balance | ||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Joe Bosshard | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) |
1500 m: 4:05.29 3000 m st.: 9:07.63 (AR) |
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Medal record
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1500 m: 4:05.29
Emma Coburn (born October 19, 1990) is an American middle distance runner who specializes in the 3000 meter steeplechase. She set an American record of 9:07.63 in the 3000 meter steeplechase to win a bronze medal at the 2016 Olympic Games. Her other achievements in the event include reaching the 2012 Olympic final (8th), and the World Championship finals in 2011 (10th) and 2015 (5th). She also won the 2014 IAAF Continental Cup, and is a four-time (2011, 12, 14, 15) United States National Champion.
Coburn attended Crested Butte Community School. She finished second in the 2008 Nike Outdoor Nationals Track and Field Championships 2000 meter steeplechase in 6:42.
While attending the University of Colorado, in 2010, Coburn won the Big 12 steeplechase title as a sophomore and finished second in the NCAA championships. In 2011, as a junior, she won both the Big 12 indoor 3000 meter title, and the Big 12 and NCAA outdoor title in the 3000 meter steeplechase. Coburn won the 2011 USA outdoor title in the steeplechase and made the US steeple team at the World Championships in 2011 finishing 12th in the final. During her senior year in cross country Coburn finished in 20th place over the six kilometer distance at the NCAA national cross country championships and was Colorado's 2nd place runner contributing to an 11th-place team finish. In her first steeplechase of the 2012 season Coburn became the fourth-fastest American in history and the fastest American on US soil with her time of 9:25.28. The time was a 12-second PR for Coburn, who redshirted the 2012 outdoor season at Colorado to focus on the Olympic Trials.
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