# Hayley Yelling > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Hayley_Yelling > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Hayley_Yelling.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hayley_Yelling > Source revision: 1317261837 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|British long-distance runner}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2025}} {{Use British English|date=May 2015}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Hayley Yelling | image =File:Hayley Yelling Dublin 2009.JPG | caption =Yelling competing in the [2009 European Cross Country Championships](/source/2009_European_Cross_Country_Championships) | nationality = British (English) | sport = [Athletics](/source/Sport_of_athletics) | event = middle/long distance | club = [Windsor, Slough, Eton and Hounslow Athletic Club](/source/Windsor%2C_Slough%2C_Eton_and_Hounslow_Athletic_Club) | birth_date = 3 January 1974 | birth_place = [Dorchester](/source/Dorchester%2C_Dorset), England | death_date = | death_place = | height = | weight = | pb = | medaltemplates= }} '''Hayley Yelling Higham''' (born 3 January 1974) is a British former [runner](/source/Running). She is the sister-in-law of fellow British runner [Liz Yelling](/source/Liz_Yelling). == Biography == Yelling, a member of the [Windsor, Slough, Eton and Hounslow Athletic Club](/source/Windsor%2C_Slough%2C_Eton_and_Hounslow_Athletic_Club), finished third behind [Paula Radcliffe](/source/Paula_Radcliffe) in the 5,000 metres event and third behind [Birhan Dagne](/source/Birhan_Dagne) in the 10,000 metres event at the [2000 AAA Championships](/source/2000_AAA_Championships){{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000578/20000814/516/0027 |title=Athletics |work=Aberdeen Press and Journal |date=14 August 2000 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=4 April 2025}} and then the following year she finished second behind [Jo Pavey](/source/Jo_Pavey) at the [2001 AAA Championships](/source/2001_AAA_Championships).{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/waaa.htm |title=AAA Championships (women) |website=GBR Athletics |access-date=4 April 2025 }} Yelling became the [British 5,000 metres champion](/source/List_of_British_champions_in_5000_metres) after winning the British [AAA Championships](/source/AAA_Championships) at the [2002 AAA Championships](/source/2002_AAA_Championships){{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000540/20020715/375/0027 |title=Weekend results - Athletics |work=The Scotsman |date=15 July 2002 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=5 April 2025}}{{cite web|url=https://www.nuts.org.uk/Champs/AAA/index.htm |title=AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists |website=National Union of Track Statisticians |access-date=4 April 2025}} and shortly afterwards she represented [England](/source/England_at_the_2002_Commonwealth_Games) at the [2002 Commonwealth Games](/source/2002_Commonwealth_Games) in Manchester in the [women's 10,000 metres event](/source/Athletics_at_the_2002_Commonwealth_Games_%E2%80%93_Women's_10%2C000_metres).{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/manchester-2002/athletes |title=Manchester 2002 Team |website=Team England |access-date=4 April 2025 }} Yelling regained her AAA 5,000 metres title at the [2003 AAA Championships](/source/2003_AAA_Championships){{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000578/20030728/590/0027 |title=Athletics |work=Aberdeen Press and Journal |date=28 July 2003 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=6 April 2025}} and [2005 AAA Championships](/source/2005_AAA_Championships) and in between in December 2004, she won the [European Cross Country Championship](/source/2004_European_Cross_Country_Championships) in [Heringsdorf](/source/Heringsdorf). Yelling was also officially the [British champion over 10,000 metres](/source/List_of_British_champions_in_10%2C000_metres) in 2002, 2003 and 2006 by virtue of being the highest placed British athlete and represented [England](/source/England_at_the_2006_Commonwealth_Games) at the [2006 Commonwealth Games](/source/2006_Commonwealth_Games) in Melbourne in the [10,000 metres](/source/Athletics_at_the_2006_Commonwealth_Games_%E2%80%93_Women's_10%2C000_metres).{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/melbourne-2006/athletes |title=Melbourne 2006 Team |website=Team England |access-date=4 April 2025 }} In December 2009 she won the [European Cross Country Championship](/source/2009_European_Cross_Country_Championships) in Dublin after coming out of retirement from competitive running. She followed this up a month later by coming fourth in the 2010 International Edinburgh Cross Country,{{cite web|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/athletics/8446929.stm|publisher=BBC Sport|title=Joseph Ebuya claims shock Edinburgh cross country win|date=2010-01-09}} fourteen seconds after winner [Tirunesh Dibaba](/source/Tirunesh_Dibaba) over the freezing 5.8 kilometre course.{{cite web|url=http://www.greatrun.org/News/NormalNews.aspx?nid=6486|title=Dibaba wins, Bekele beaten, Stevenson shines and Twell back at her best|work=Great Run Series News Desk|date=2010-01-09}} She works as a Maths teacher at [Sir William Borlase's Grammar School](/source/Sir_William_Borlase's_Grammar_School) in [Marlow](/source/Marlow%2C_Buckinghamshire).{{citation needed|date=April 2025}} ==Career highlights== {{div col}} ;British National Championships :2002 – 1st, 5,000 m :2003 – 1st, 10,000 m :2003 – 1st, 5,000 m :2006 – 1st, 5,000 m ;Other competitions :2004 – 1st, [European Cross Country Championships](/source/European_Cross_Country_Championships) :2007 – 1st, [Cross Internacional de San Sebastián](/source/Cross_Internacional_de_San_Sebasti%C3%A1n) :2008 – 1st, [Belfast International Cross Country](/source/Belfast_International_Cross_Country) :2009 – 1st, [European Cross Country Championships](/source/European_Cross_Country_Championships) {{div col end}} ==Personal bests== {| class="wikitable" |] |- ! Distance ! Mark ! Date ! Location |- | 3,000 m || align=right | 8:58.98 || align=right | 4 July 2001 || Cardiff |- | 5,000 m || align=right | 15:16.44 || align=right | 23 July 2005 || [Heusden](/source/Heusden) |- | 10,000 m track || align=right | 31:45.14 || align=right | 12 June 2004 || [Utrecht](/source/Utrecht) |- | 10,000 m road || align=right | 32:31 || align=right | 5 February 2006 || [Chichester](/source/Chichester) |- | Half marathon || align=right | 1:12.11 || align=right | 1 October 2006 || [Newcastle](/source/Newcastle_upon_Tyne) |} ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== *{{World Athletics}} *{{Power of 10 name|1810}} *{{ARRS name|2453}} {{Footer European Champions Cross Country Women}} {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Yelling, Hayley}} Category:Living people Category:1974 births Category:English women long-distance runners Category:British women long-distance runners Category:English women middle-distance runners Category:British women middle-distance runners Category:World Athletics Championships athletes for Great Britain Category:Sportspeople from Dorchester, Dorset Category:European Cross Country Championships winners Category:AAA Championships winners --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Hayley Yelling](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hayley_Yelling) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hayley_Yelling?action=history)). 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