Gemma Steel
 Steel in a cross country race |
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Representing  Great Britain
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| European Cross Country Championships | ||
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2014 Samokov | Senior individual |
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2014 Samokov | Senior team |
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2011 Velenje | Senior team |
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2013 Belgrade | Senior team |
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2015 Hyrès | Senior team |
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2013 Belgrade | Senior individual |
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2010 Albufeira | Senior team |
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2016 Chia | Senior team |
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2011 Velenje | Senior individual |
Gemma Steel (born 12 November 1985) is a British long-distance runner who competes in road running and cross country running competitions. She was the 2011 bronze medallist at the European Cross Country Championships. She has represented Great Britain internationally in cross country, road and track events. She has won at three of the Great Run series events: the Great Ireland Run, Great Birmingham Run and Great Yorkshire Run. She has also won the Bristol Half Marathon and placed seventh at the 2012 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships.
A member of Charnwood Athletic Club in Loughborough, she is coached by Rob Denmark. She began competing in local level road races in 2005, running for Hermitage Harriers of Whitwick over distances ranging from five miles (8 km) to the half marathon (21.1 km). She improved her times year-upon-year from 2006 to 2009; she brought her 10k best from over 40 minutes to 34:34 minutes and took her best for the ten-mile race from 67:05 minutes down to 58:03 minutes. She began to establish herself as a national level runner in 2009, taking the Leicestershire cross country title, placing second at the Sheffield Half Marathon and coming third at the Brooks Brighton 10K.
In 2010 Steel was eleventh at the national world cross country trials but at November's UK Cross Challenge in Liverpool she came third and made the Great Britain team for the first time. Running at the 2010 European Cross Country Championships, she finished in 27th place and shared in the team silver medal with the British women. She also competed in her first road races abroad that year, coming second at the Berliner City-Nacht 10k and second at the Bern Grand Prix. She ran a personal best of 33:16 minutes to finish as runner-up at the Cardiff 10k and had another best of 53:44 minutes for fifth at the Great South Run 10-miler a month later. She also had top three finishes at the Swansea Bay 10k and Great Yorkshire Run.
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