{{short description|British track and field athlete|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{MedalTableTop|sport=Women's athletics|nation=GBR2|medals= {{Medal|Olympic}} {{Medal|Bronze|2016 Rio de Janeiro|4 × 400 m relay}} {{MedalCompetition|World Championships}} {{MedalSilver|2017 London|4 × 400 m relay|4 × 400 m relay}} {{Medal|Competition|European Championships}} {{Medal|Gold|2016 Amsterdam|4 × 400 m relay}} {{Medal|Bronze|2014 Zürich|4 × 400 m relay}} {{Medal|Bronze|2018 Berlin|4 × 400 m relay}} }}
'''Emily Diamond''' (born 11 June 1991 in Bristol)<ref name=BOA>{{cite web|title=Emily Diamond: Team GB|url=http://www.teamgb.com/athletes/emily-diamond|publisher=British Olympic Association|access-date=11 July 2012}}</ref> is a British track and field athlete, who competes in the 200 metres and 400 metres. Diamond came to prominence in her breakout season of 2016 when, following her first win at the British Championships over the 400 metres distance, she collected a gold medal in the 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2016 European Athletics Championships as part of the Great Britain team, followed by a bronze in the same discipline at the 2016 Summer Olympics.
==Career== Diamond took up athletics whilst attending Bristol Grammar School, where she notably beat Nicola Phillips in the 1500 m at Sports Day. While there she won the junior girls' race at the Bristol Schools' Cross Country Championships.<ref name="Bristol">{{cite news|title=Emily Diamond so happy at her Olympics call|url=http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/Emily-Diamond-happy-Olympics/story-16480192-detail/story.html|access-date=11 July 2012|date=4 July 2012|publisher=thisisbristol.co.uk|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130505064537/http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/Emily-Diamond-happy-Olympics/story-16480192-detail/story.html|archive-date=5 May 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2009, representing Avon, she won the English Schools' senior girls' 200 metres title.<ref name="Bristol"/> Both her mother and grandmother had previously competed for England in long jump.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Athletics | Athlete Profile: Emily DIAMOND - Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games|url=https://results.gc2018.com/en/athletics/athlete-profile-n6032427-emily-diamond.htm|access-date=2021-02-27|website=results.gc2018.com|archive-date=29 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211129182415/https://results.gc2018.com/en/athletics/athlete-profile-n6032427-emily-diamond.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref>
Diamond was selected for Great Britain team at the 2011 World University Games held in Shenzhen, Guangdong, China. Competing in the 200 metres she progressed to the final and finished eighth.<ref name="Bristol"/> Diamond also ran a leg of the 4 × 400 metres relay winning a bronze medal as part of a team with Kelly Massey, Charlotte Best and Meghan Beesley.<ref name="Bristol"/> At the 2010 World Junior Championships in Athletics held in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada, Diamond made the final of the 200 metres and finished in sixth position with a time of 23.62 seconds.<ref>{{cite news|title=British sprinter Jodie Williams' run ends in 200m final|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/athletics/8847424.stm|access-date=11 July 2012|date=24 July 2010|publisher=BBC Sport}}</ref>
At the 2012 UK Olympic Trials in Birmingham Diamond ran a time of 53.36 seconds to finish fourth in the final of the 400 metres.<ref>{{cite news|title=I'll love every minute of my Olympic experience – Emily|url=http://www.thisissomerset.co.uk/ll-love-minute-Olympic-experience-ndash-Emily/story-16509359-detail/story.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130505065419/http://www.thisissomerset.co.uk/ll-love-minute-Olympic-experience-ndash-Emily/story-16509359-detail/story.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 May 2013|access-date=11 July 2012|date=10 July 2012|publisher=thisissomerset.co.uk}}</ref> This result lead to her being selected as a reserve for the women's 4 × 400 metres relay squad at the Great Britain at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.<ref>{{cite news|title=London 2012: Dwain Chambers picked for GB athletics squad|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/18685730|access-date=11 July 2012|date=3 July 2012|publisher=BBC Sport}}</ref> Her selection came despite Diamond having only run the distance competitively six times in outdoor competition.<ref name="Bristol"/>
Diamond was part of the English 4 x 400 metres team that won bronze at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, but only ran in the heats.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Glasgow 2014 - Emily Diamond Profile|url=http://g2014results.thecgf.com/athlete/athletics/1032987/emily_diamond.html|access-date=2021-02-27|website=g2014results.thecgf.com}}</ref> In 2016, she won a gold medal as part of the Great Britain 4 x 400 m team at the European Championships, her first senior gold medal.<ref name=":0" /> She won a bronze medal in the 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/olympics/2016/08/21/emily-diamond-helps-to-win-team-gb-a-brilliant-4x400m-bronze---w/|title=Emily Diamond helps to win Team GB a brilliant 4x400m bronze - what you missed last night at Rio 2016|last=Sport|first=Telegraph|date=2016-08-21|work=The Telegraph|access-date=2019-10-01|language=en-GB|issn=0307-1235}}</ref> In the individual event, she reached the semifinals.<ref name=":0" /> She was part of the Great Britain squad that won silver at the 2017 World Championships.<ref name=":0" /> Diamond is a member of the Bristol and West Athletic Club and also represents Loughborough University where she is coached by former international 400 metres runner Jared Deacon.<ref name="BOA" /><ref name="Bristol" />
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==External links== * {{World Athletics}} * {{British Athletics}} * {{Team GB}} * {{Olympedia}} * {{Olympics.com}} * {{Team England|emily-diamond}} * {{CGF profile|63090|archive=20210606133751}}
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