Liz McColgan

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Medal record
Olympic Games
Women's Athletics
Silver	1988 Seoul	10,000 metres
World Championships
Gold	1991 Tokyo	10,000 metres
Commonwealth Games
Competitor for Scotland
Gold	1986 Edinburgh	10,000 metres
Gold	1990 Auckland	10,000 metres
Bronze	1990 Auckland	3,000 metres
Marathons
Gold	New York Marathon	1991
Gold	Tokyo Marathon	1992
Gold	London Marathon	1996

Liz McColgan, MBE (born March 24, 1964) is a former Scottish long distance track and road running athlete.

Born Elizabeth Lynch, Liz was brought up in a family of 9 in Dundee of Irish Catholic extraction where she honed her running skills , she won the gold in the 1991 World Championships in Tokyo, Japan at 10,000 metres, and was voted BBC Sports Personality of the Year. She also won a gold medal in the 1986 Commonwealth Games, and a silver medal in the Seoul Olympics in 1988.

in 1992, the IAAF World Half Marathon Championships were held for the firs time and Liz McColgan won the Women's race.

In 1996, she won the London Marathon with a time of 2 hours, 27 minutes and 54 seconds.

Liz McColgan now coaches young athletes in her home town of Dundee.

She is married to Northern Ireland-born athlete, Peter McColgan, who represented Northern Ireland at the 1986 Commonwealth Games at both 5000m and 3000m Steeplechase - at which distance he holds the Northern Ireland Record.

Her eldest daughter, Eilish McColgan, won the 2004 British cross country championships and is ranked top in Scotland over 800m and 1500m.

Preceded by Paul Gascoigne

BBC Sports Personality of the Year 1991

Succeeded by Nigel Mansell