David Bishop (athlete)
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Bishop winning the 2006 AAA U20 indoor 3000m championships at NIA, Birmingham.
David Bishop(born Darmstadt, Germany, 1987-05-09) is a British Junior Athlete, Scottish Junior International and current Sport & Exercise Science Student at the University of Wales Institute, Cardiff.
| David Bishop |
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| Born |
| May 9, 1987 Darmstadt, GER |
| Occupation |
| Athlete, Student |
| Titles |
| U17 National Indoor 3000 m Champion (2003) U17 Scottish Indoor 1500 m Champion (2003) U20 National Indoor 3000 m Champion (2004) U20 National Indoor 3000 m Champion (2006) U20 National Cross Country Relays Champion (team) (2006) |
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[edit] Athletics Career
Bishop, now a Bristol & West AC athlete, formally Swindon Harriers, first appeared on the national athletics stage in 2003, and has subsequently won four national indoor titles (2003 AAA U17 3000 m; 2003 SAF U17 1500 m; 2004 AAA U20 3000 m; 2006 AAA U20 3000 m), ranked 8th on the UK All-Time U17 indoor 3000 m rankings, set the Scottish Athletics Federation U17 1500 m Indoor Championship best and placed 4th at the 2003 English Schools Athletics Association 3000 m final.
Bishop first began to get noticed in 2004 (although he was already well known in his age-group by the end of 2003 for a national 3000 m indoor title, a 4th place at the English Schools Athletic Association 3000 m final and finishing 6th on the UK Ranking Pages) when, in January he beat Adam Hickey, one of Britain's leading Youth athletes, in the National Reebok Cross Country League as U17s. Bishop's time was supposedly two minutes faster than any other time ran around that course by U17s. From this victory, Bishop went on to win the U20 AAA Indoor 3000 m Championships (Feb, 2004), at just 16 years old in a remarkable time of 8:37.74. Then, he went on to finish 8th in the Intercounties National Cross Country Champs at Nottingham (March, 2004).
At the beginning of the 2005 track season, Bishop's coach, Rod Viggers (Swindon-based coach), decided to quit coaching for personal reasons, letting Bishop link up with new and current coach Tom Watson. It was this switch of coaches that led Bishop to switch clubs.
In 2006 after two quiet years, Bishop took another big step forward when he ran 3:51.77 in the 1500 m (ENG, 24 June 2006) taking almost five seconds off his Personal Best and ranking him in the top 10 in the country for the first time since 2003. It also places him well inside the AAA Grade One U20 standard (3:55.0). To cap the season off, Bishop became an International athlete on 3rd September 2006, when he competed for Scotland in the 2006 Abingdon International (SEAA V MEAA V NEAA V SCO V WAL) in the 1500 m. Most recently, Bishop was the fastest member of Bristol and West AC's 2006 U20 ECCA relays gold medal winning team (other team members: Tom Marley and Craig Peters).
[edit] Personal Bests
Data taken from Athletics Data
| Distance | Mark | Date | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| 800 m | 1:54.58 | 2006-05-20 | Loughborough |
| 1,500 m | 3:51.77 | 2006-06-24 | Solihull |
| Mile | 4:21.55 | 2004-05-06 | Oxford |
| 3,000 m | 8:37.74i | 2004-02-29 | Birmingham |
[edit] National Titles
2006
AAA U20 Indoor 3000 m Champion
2004
AAA U20 Indoor 3000 m Champion
West of England 1500 m Champion
2003
SAF U17 Indoor 1500 m Champion
AAA U17 Indoor 3000 m Champion
[edit] Progressions
Data taken from Athletics Data
| Year | 800 m | 1500 m | 3000 m |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 1:54.58 | 3:51.77 | 8:37.74i |
| 2005 | 1:57.40 | 3:58.61 | 8:37.74i |
| 2004 | 2:03.7 | 3:59.33 | 8:37.74i |
| 2003 | 2:03.7 | 4:04.66 | 8:45.62 |
| 2002 | 2:09.3 | UNKNOWN | UNKNOWN |
| 2001 | UNKNOWN | 4:47.6 | UNKNOWN |
