Louise Hazel


Louise Victoria Hazel is an English track and field athlete from March, Cambridgeshire, who specialises in the multievent heptathlon. She has competed in four major international championships. The first was in 2006 when she came 17th at the European Championships and the second was three years later when she finished 14th at the World Championships. During 2009 she was ranked 2nd best in the country and 9th best of all time. In the 2010 Commonwealth Games she won the gold medal for the England team, with a personal best of 6156 points. At the 2011 MehrkampfMeeting Ratingen she scored 6166 points but this included windassisted performances and she also competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Hazel was born in Southwark, London and enjoyed sports as a child. Encouraged by her father she began training at ageat the local athletics club. She was educated at NealeWade Community College in Cambridgeshire and graduated with a BA in French from the University of Birmingham. While at university she joined the renowned Birchfield Harriers Athletics Club.

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