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| Full Name: |
Louise
Bloor
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| Born: |
21
September, 1985 |
| Age: |
20 |
| Lives: |
Rotherham |
| Club: |
Rotherham
Harriers/Trafford AC |
| County: |
South
Yorkshire |
| Height: |
5ft
6½in |
| Weight: |
9stone
5lbs |
| Event: |
Long
jump, Sprints |
| Fave
Music: |
Pop
and dance |
| Fave
TV programme: |
Graham
Norton |
| Fave
food: |
Sausage
sandwich |
| Fave
Sports Hero: |
David
Beckham |
"You
do have to stage goals but not setting major ones because it takes so long to
achieve them. Don't forget I'm impatient. I'll set my goals in different stages
and I'll get there in the end!
Personal Bests:
|
100m
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200m Indoors
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25.26
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|
GBR
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LJ Indoors
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5:47
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|
GBR
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|
TJ
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- 2003
"I'm a long jumper and
sprinter but I've also dabbled in hurdling. I remember in one competition, I was
running in front of a big crowd and ended up falling on my bum over the second
hurdle."
"As
a kid I loved living up trees! I was always climbing and everybody called me a
bit of a tom-boy really. All of my mates were lads."
"I also played football
all the time. In one game, there was a pass back to the goalkeeper and I chased
after it like crazy. I ended up colliding with the keeper. And do you know what?
I got booked and I was the one who got to the ball first."
"If I can't be an
athlete I'd really like to be a physiotherapist. Perhaps I could get posted to
Old Trafford and work for the Man United players."
"One
thing I don't like to do is waste my time! I get so impatient. Queuing and
waiting for buses drives me absolutely crazy."
2003
Louise was 2nd in the AAAs
long-jump.
|
Born to Win
In September/October 2003,
Louise won the BBC television programme 'Born to Win'.
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"It feels amazing to be
the Born To Win champion. It's one of those feelings you can't really describe.
I didn't expect to win but I believed I could win." |
| "My
coach has sorted my technique since then so it's really down to him. When I
entered I would have been happy to get to Austria but I've come so much further
than that. I might have been seen as a favourite but I don't listen to that kind
of stuff. The only person I listen to is my coach. I just do what I believe I
can do. How I even made it Austria I don't know because way back in Loughborough
I didn't even finish the cross country because of my breathing." |
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"I'll
get back into training and carry on as normal with the benefits of physio,
massage and warm weather training somewhere nice! I'm going to go out to Austria
for a week in December to give bobsleighing a go but my college work has
suffered since Born To Win started so I need to get back into that. And next
year I'll take a year out of college and just go and have a great time touring
the world sliding down ice tubes!"
"It's
the biggest thing I've achieved in my life but hopefully I can start to compete
internationally and build up from there."
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| Louise with Dermot O' Leary
after winning |
| Former Olympic gold
medallist Sally Gunnell was full of praise for the girls' champion. "Louise
was someone I spotted early on in Loughborough," she
said. "If you look at
her physically she is someone who can really apply herself. She is
special." |
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| Louise with Boys' winner
Garth |
|
2004
1st Feb - Louise (currently) ranks highly in the U20 girls indoor
rankings 2004; in 6th in the 60m with 7.76 secs, 5th for the 200m with 25.35
secs and second in the long jump with 5.76m.
| In
the Under 20 women's indoor track and field rankings for 2004 Louise Bloor
was 8th in the 200m with 25.26 and first in the long jump with 5:97. |
| National
junior League Final, 12 September 2004
100mA
- 2nd - 12.37
200mA
- 5th - 25.74
Long
jumpA - 3rd - 5.47 wind=-2.0
4x100m
Relay - team 7th |
| 400m: |
2003
-
Gold
(heat) Junior Girls English
Schools Track and Field Championships, Bury St Edmunds
- Gold (semi final) Senior
Girls English
Schools Track and Field Championships, Don Valley Stadium, Sheffield
- Gold (final) Senior Girls
English Schools
Track and Field Championships, Don Valley Stadium, Sheffield
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| 800m: |
1999
- Gold
(heat) Junior Girls English
Schools Track and Field Championships, Bury St Edmunds
- 4th
(final) Junior Girls English
Schools Track and Field Championships, Bury St Edmunds
2000
- Gold
(heat) Junior Girls English
Schools Track and Field Championships, Don Valley Stadium, Sheffield
- Gold
(semi final) Junior Girls English
Schools Track and Field Championships, Don Valley Stadium, Sheffield
- 4th
(final) Inter Girls English
Schools Track and Field Championships, Don Valley Stadium, Sheffield
2001 - Bronze
(heat) Junior Girls English
Schools Track and Field Championships, Exeter
- Silver
(semi final) Junior Girls English
Schools Track and Field Championships, Exeter
- 4th
(final) Inter Girls English
Schools Track and Field Championships, Exeter
-
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| 1500m: |
2002 -
Gold
(heat) Senior Girls English
Schools Track and Field Championships, Harvey
Haddon Stadium, Nottingham
- 4th
(final) Senior Girls English
Schools Track and Field Championships, Harvey
Haddon Stadium, Nottingham
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| Cross-country: |
1998 -
108th,
Junior Girls English Schools Cross-country,
Cheltenham
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