Liz McColgan, MBE
(b.1964)
Athletics
Inducted in 2004
Few who watched the 1976 Dundee Schools Cross Country Championship being won by Hawkhill Harrier Liz McColgan (then Liz Lynch) could have predicted the success story that was to unfold. Nine major medals - one Olympic gold and two Commonwealth golds - and numerous marathon wins later, and Liz had earned herself a place in the history books as Britain's most successful female distance runner. In 1991 she was named BBC Sports Personality of the Year, and in 1992 was awarded an MBE.
- Olympic gold medal, half marathon, 1988
- Olympic silver medal, 10,000m, 1988
- Commonwealth gold medal, 10,000m, 1986 & 1990
- Commonwealth bronze medal, 3,000m, 1990
- World Championships gold medal, 10,000m, 1991
- World Cross Country Championships silver medal, 1987,1992, bronze medal, 1991
- World Indoor Championships silver medal, 3,000m, 1989
- Winner, New York Marathon, 1991, Tokyo Marathon, 1992, London Marathon, 1996
Image from Chris Broadbent