David Bishop (athlete)
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| Personal information | |
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| Full name | David Bishop |
| Date of birth | May 9, 1987 |
| Country |  United Kingdom |
| Height | 1.85 m |
| Weight | 67 kg |
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| Current team | Bristol & West AC |
| Discipline | Middle-Distance |
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| January 16, 2007 | |
David Bishop (born Darmstadt, Germany, 1987-05-09) is a British Middle-distance Athlete, Scottish U20 and U23 International and an undergraduate Sport & Exercise Science Student at the University of Wales Institute, Cardiff. He is the 2007 British University (BUCS) 3000m Indoor Champion.
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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 five national indoor titles (2003 AAA U17 3000 m; 2003 SAF U17 1500 m; 2004 AAA U20 3000 m; 2006 AAA U20 3000 m; 2007 BUSA 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. From here, 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 Tom Watson (Bristol-based coach), whom he worked with for 3 years. It was this switch of coaches that led Bishop to switch clubs.
In 2006 after two quiet years, Bishop took another step forward when he ran 3:51.77 in the 1500 m (ENG, 24 June 2006) taking almost five seconds off his Personal Best (PB) and ranking him in the top 10 in the country for the first time since 2003. It also placed 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 U20 Home International (SEAA V MEAA V NEAA V SCO V WAL) in the 1500 m, where he placed 2nd. Bishop finished 2006 by running the fastest leg of Bristol and West AC's 2006 U20 English National Cross Country relays gold medal winning team (other team members: Tom Marley and Craig Peters).
The start of 2007 saw Bishop make a big breakthrough in his career, when he took the BUCS (British Universities & Colleges Sport) Indoor 3000 m Championship in a massive PB of 8:13.75, taking almost 25 seconds off his previous PB. Although the start of Bishop's outdoor season was hampered by injury, he managed to reduce his 1500 m PB to 3:48.14 (ENG, 25 August 2007) and 800 m to 1:52.95 (ENG, 11 August 2007) and finished the season off with a victory in the U23 Home International and Interterritorial match in the 3000 m at Derby for Scotland.
[edit] Personal Bests
Data taken from Athletics Data
| Distance | Mark | Date | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| 800 m | 1:52.95 | 2007-08-11 | Trafford, England |
| 1,500 m | 3:45.82 | 2008-05-31 | Manchester, England |
| Mile | 4:21.55 | 2004-05-06 | Oxford, England |
| 3,000 m | 8:13.75i | 2007-03-11 | Sheffield, England |
| 5 KM Road | 14:48.11 | 2007-12-31 | Mountain Ash, Wales |
[edit] National Titles
2007
BUSA Indoor 3000 m Champion
U23 Home International and Interterritorial 3000 m Champion
2006
AAA U20 Cross Country Relays Champion (team)
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 |
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| 2007 | 1:52.95 | 3:48.14 | 8:13.75i |
| 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 |
