Henry McLuckie
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| Nationality | British | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 13 May 2002 | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
| Event | Middle-distance running | ||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 1500m: 3:34.73 (Heusden-Zolder, 2025) Mile: 3:54.48 (Stirling, 2024) 3000m: 7:36.81 (Cork, 2025) 5000m: 13:36.01 (Los Angeles, 2025) 10,000m: 28:57.18 (London, 2023) | ||||||||||||||
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Henry McLuckie (born 13 May 2002) is a British middle- and long-distance runner.[1]
Early life
[edit]He is from the Isle of Wight and attended Nine Acres Primary School, Christ the King College and the Isle of Wight College before studying sports science at St Mary’s University, Twickenham.[2][3]
Career
[edit]He had a top-fifteen finish in the individual U20 race was a gold medalist in the team U20 race at the 2021 European Cross Country Championships, as part of the British team including Will Barnicoat and Hamish Armitt, in Dublin.[4][5][6] He was a bronze medalist over 1500 metres at the 2021 European Athletics U20 Championships in Tallinn.[7]
In May 2023, he ran 13:36.26 for the 5000 metres in Walnut, California before running 28:57.18 for the 10,000 metres at the Great Britain 10,000m Championships, held at the Night Of The 10,000 PBs, at Parliament Hill Fields in London.[8] He ran 13:52.11 for seventh in the 5000 metres at the 2023 European Athletics U23 Championships in Espoo, Finland.[9]
Indoors in 2024, he ran personal best times of 3:56.56 for the mile and 7:47.18 for 3000m before winning the Friday Night Under the Lights event over 5 km on the road in Battersea, London.[10] He won the BMC Gold Classic in Watford in August 2024 over 1500 metres, in a time of 3:38.33.[11] In November 2024, he was named by British Athletics on the Olympic Futures Programme for 2025.[12]
In February 2025, he was a pacemaker for Grant Fisher as he set a new 5000 metres world record in Boston, Massachusetts. He placed third overall himself in the 3000 metres at the 2025 British Indoor Athletics Championships in Birmingham, on 23 February 2025, running 7:48.88.[13] He set a meeting record of 7:36.81 for the 3000 metres in July 2025 in Cork. That month, he also lowered his personal best to 3:34.73 for the 1500 metres whilst racing in Belgium.[14][15]
References
[edit]- ^ "Henry McLuckie". World Athetics. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
- ^ "St Mary's Athletes Perform Well at British Athletics Cross Challenge". stmarys.ac.uk. Retrieved 28 July 2025.
- ^ "Isle of Wight athlete Henry through to 1,500m Euro final". County Press. 17 July 2021. Retrieved 30 July 2025.
- ^ Rhodes, James (12 December 2021). "Euro Cross & England 10km Champs – weekend roundup". Fast Running. Retrieved 5 March 2025.
- ^ "HICKS AND KEITH SEAL INDIVIDUAL GOLDS AS BRITISH TEAM SEAL 8 MEDALS IN DUBLIN". British Athletics. 12 December 2021. Retrieved 5 March 2025.
- ^ "Jakob Ingebrigtsen: Olympic champion dominates European Cross Country in Dublin". BBC Sport. 12 December 2021. Retrieved 5 March 2025.
- ^ "European Athletics U20 Championships". World Athletics. 15 July 2021. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
- ^ "Isle of Wight athlete Henry McLuckie gets run season off to flyer". County Press. 1 June 2023. Retrieved 30 July 2025.
- ^ "HICKS TAKES 5000M EURO U23 GOLD AS BARNICOAT COLLECTS THE BRONZE". British Athletics. 14 July 2023. Retrieved 30 July 2025.
- ^ Smythe, Steve (20 February 2024). "HENRY MCLUCKIE WINS AT BATTERSEA 5KM - ROAD AND CROSS-COUNTRY RESULTS". Retrieved 30 July 2025.
- ^ "Watford witnesses fast late-season times". Athletics Weekly. 24 August 2024. Retrieved 24 Feb 2025.
- ^ "2024-25 OLYMPIC FUTURES PROGRAMME ATHLETES ANNOUNCED". British Athletics. 11 November 2024. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
- ^ Henderson, Jason (23 Feb 2025). "George Mills leads Euro qualifiers at UK Indoor Champs". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 24 February 2025.
- ^ Dennehy, Cathal (9 July 2025). "Nicola Tuthill throws career second, and Reece Ademola 'delighted' with long jump display at Cork City Sports". Independent.ie. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
- ^ "Night of Athletics". World Athletics. 19 July 2025. Retrieved 28 July 2025.
