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}} Eilidh Child (pronounced AY-lee; born 20 February 1987)〔(scottishathletics -> Eilidh Child )〕 is a British and Scottish track and field athlete who specialises in the 400 metres hurdles. She represented Great Britain at the 2012 Olympic Games in London. She is the Scottish record holder for the 400 metres hurdles with 54.22 sec (2013)〔(【引用サイトリンク】work=Power of 10 )〕 and 400 metres at indoor level with 51.45 sec (2013).〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=GREAT SHAKES STRIKES TWICE, LAVILLENIE DEFENDS IN DRAMATIC POLE VAULT AT EUROPEAN INDOORS )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=SCOTTISH NATIONAL INDOOR RECORDS )〕 Child was the 2014 European Champion and is a twice Commonwealth Games silver medalist (in 2010 and 2014) in the 400 metres hurdles. A mainstay in the 4 x 400 metres relay team, Child won Gold at the 2013 European Indoor Championships (also winning 400 metres silver) and Bronze medals at the 2013 and 2015 World Championships, 2014 World Indoor Championships and 2014 European Championships. ==Career== Child was born in Perth, Scotland. As a youngster, she twice won the U13 Scottish Schools butterfly swimming title. One of her sisters is a writer, the other used to compete at triple jump and her brother is a footballer. In 2009, Child significantly improved her personal best for the 400m hurdles from 56.84 to 55.32, to finish second at the European U23 Championships in Kaunus, Lithuania, behind fellow British athlete Perri Shakes-Drayton. She also qualified for that years World Championships in Berlin, reaching the semi-finals. In 2010, she further improved to 55.16 at the London Diamond League in August. Then in October, she won a silver medal at the Commonwealth Games in Delhi in 55.62. In 2012, Child ran below 55 seconds for the 400 metres hurdles for the first time, with 54.96 on 2 June in Geneva. Two weeks later, she earned Olympic selection, with 55.53 for second behind Shakes-Drayton at the Olympic trials. At the London Olympics, she reached the semi-finals, running 56.02. Child won two medals at the 2013 European Indoor Championships in Gothenburg, with silver in the 400 metres behind teammate Perri Shakes-Drayton, breaking the Scottish indoor record in the process, with 51.45. She then added a gold in the 4x400 m relay. The British quartet of Christine Ohurougu, Shana Cox, Child and Shakes-Drayton also improved the UK indoor record to 3:27.56. Outdoors, she broke the Scottish 400 metres hurdles record with 54.22 in Birmingham in June. Then in August, at the World Championships in Moscow, she ran 54.32 in her semi-final to reach the final. In the final she was fifth in 54.86. Alongside Cox, Margaret Adeoye and Ohurougu, she won a bronze medal in the 4 x 400 metres relay. Child captained the first ever Scotland team at the Glasgow International match in January 2014.〔(EILIDH CHILD TO CAPTAIN SCOTLAND TEAM IN GLASGOW ) British Athletics. 5 December 2013. Retrieved 18 July 2014.〕〔(SCOTLAND BRAVE WORLD CLASS ATHLETES AT SAINSBURY'S GLASGOW INTERNATIONAL MATCH ) British Athletics. 25 January 2014. Retrieved 18 July 2014.〕 As captain of the GB & NI team at the 2014 World Indoor Championships in Sopot,〔(EILIDH CHILD NAMED GB & NI CAPTAIN FOR WORLD INDOORS ) British Athletics. 3 March 2014. Retrieved 18 July 2014.〕 she won a bronze medal in the 4 x 400 metres relay. 2014 also saw Child secure her first 400 metres hurdles British title,〔(DWAIN 'THE TRAIN' MAKES IT EIGHT AT THE SAINSBURY'S BRITISH CHAMPS ) British Athletics. 29 June 2014. Retrieved 18 July 2014.〕 and take victory at the first ever IAAF Diamond League meeting in Scotland,〔(EILIDH CHILD RELISHING HOME SUPPORT AT HAMPDEN ) British Athletics. 17 March 2014. Retrieved 18 July 2014.〕 the Glasgow Grand Prix.〔(CHILD'S PLAY AT HAMPDEN PARK ) British Athletics. 11 July 2014. Retrieved 18 July 2014.〕 in a European leading time of 54.39. Child also selected to captain the Scottish athletics team at the 2014 Commonwealth Games,〔(EILIDH CHILD: NO TIME FOR COMPLACENCY ) SSE. Retrieved 18 July 2014.〕 won a silver medal in the 400 m hurdles behind Kaliese Spencer of Jamaica. Two weeks later, at the European Championships in Zürich, she won a gold medal in the 400 m hurdles, running 54.48. She became the first British woman to win the European 400 m hurdles title for 20 years, the previous British winner being Sally Gunnell in 1994. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Eilidh Child」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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