Louise Hazel

Louise Victoria Hazel (born 6 October 1985) is an English track and field athlete from March, Cambridgeshire,^[2] who specialises in the multi-event heptathlon.^[3] 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.^[1] 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 Mehrkampf-Meeting Ratingen she scored 6166 points but this included wind-assisted performances and she also competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics.^[4] In July 2012 she appeared with Tasha Danvers, Mark Foster and Derek Redmond on the Channel 4 programme Come Dine with Me prior to her Olympics competition, and won the show.^[5]

Louise Hazel

Hazel in 2012
Personal information
Birth name	Louise Victoria Hazel
Nationality	United Kingdom
Born	(1985-10-06) 6 October 1985 (age 39) Southwark, London, England
Height	1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight	56 kg (123 lb)[1]
Website	LouiseHazel.com
Sport
Country	Great Britain (GBR)  England (ENG)
Sport	Athletics
Event	Heptathlon
Club	Birchfield Harriers
Achievements and titles
Personal best	6156 (2010)
Medal record Women's athletics Representing  England Commonwealth Games 2010 Delhi Heptathlon

In September 2013 she announced her retirement from heptathlon, although she could compete in other events.^[6] In January 2014 she announced that she would come out of retirement to defend her title at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow after Jessica Ennis-Hill announced that she would miss the Games due to pregnancy,^[7] but in June 2014 Hazel stated that she had decided to abandon her comeback due to her training schedule being disrupted by a flare-up of ulcerative colitis.^[8]

Early life

Hazel was born in Southwark, London and enjoyed sports as a child. Encouraged by her father she began training at age 10 at the local athletics club.^[9] She was educated at Neale-Wade Community College^[10] in Cambridgeshire and graduated with a BA in French from the University of Birmingham.^[11] While at university she joined the renowned Birchfield Harriers Athletics Club.

Advocacy

Hazel is an ambassador for the British Heart Foundation.^[12]

Competition record

2010 Commonwealth Games

Event	Result	Position	Points	Overall	Notes
100 metre hurdles	13.25 secs	2nd	1,087	2nd	(1,087) Personal Best
High Jump	1.69 m	7th	842	4th	(1,929)
Shot put	12.54 m	5th	697	5th	(2,626)
200 metres	24.10 secs	2nd	971	3rd	(3,597) Personal Best
Long jump	6.44 m	1st	988	1st	(4,585) Personal Best. Lead by 74 points
Javelin	44.42 m	1st	752	1st	(5,337) Personal Best. Lead by 126 points
800 metres	2:20.33	4th	819	1st	(6,156) Won by 56 points
Heptathlon			6,156	1st	Commonwealth Games Gold Medalist.

2011 World Championships

Event	Result	Position	Points	Overall	Notes
100 metre hurdles	13.24 secs	5th	1,089	5th	(1,089) Personal Best
High Jump	1.74 m	20th	903	16th	(1,992) Personal Best
Shot put	12.36 m	22nd	685	18th	(2,677)
200 metres	24.25 secs	7th	957	16th	(3,634)
Long jump	6.25 m	10th	927	13th	(4,561)
Javelin	41.75 m	17th	701	16th	(5,262)
800 metres	2:15.44	16th	887	15th	(6,149)
Heptathlon			6,149	15th

2012 Olympic Games

Event	Result	Position	Points	Overall	Notes
100 metre hurdles	13.48 secs	=15th	1,053	=15th	(1,053)
High jump	1.59 m	38th	724	37th	(1,777)
Shot put	12.81 m	29th	715	37th	(2,492)
200 metres	24.48 secs	20th	935	34th	(3,427)
Long jump	5.77 m	29th	780	31st	(4,207)
Javelin	47.38 m	11th	809	30th	(5,016) Personal Best
800 metres	2:18:78	23rd	840	27th	(5,856)
Heptathlon			5,856	27th

Other ventures

In 2015 Hazel competed on The Chase and a celebrity Christmas special edition of Ninja Warrior UK.^[13]

In 2017 Hazel appeared on a charity edition of MTVs The Challenge, titled The Challenge: Champs vs. Pros. She competed to raise money for Save the Children.^[14] In 2018, she returned to the MTVs The Challenge spinoff, titled The Challenge: Champs vs. Stars.

References

1. "IAAF Profile".
2. Commonwealth Games England Athletics Team Archived 31 October 2010 at the Wayback Machine
3. "Power of 10 Profile".
4. "Commonwealth Games 2010: Hazel takes heptathlon gold". BBC Sport. BBC. 9 October 2010. Retrieved 9 October 2010.
5. Come Dine with Me Series 26, Episode 23: Olympic Special
6. "Louise Hazel: Commonwealth champion quits heptathlon". BBC. 2 September 2013.
7. "Louise Hazel: Commonwealth champion comes out of retirement". BBC. 29 January 2014. Retrieved 9 June 2014.
8. "Glasgow 2014: Louise Hazel will not defend heptathlon title". BBC. 5 June 2014. Retrieved 9 June 2014.
9. Jackson, Colin (2012). "Louise Hazel". Raise Your Game. BBC. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
10. "My School Sport: Louise Hazel". The Daily Telegraph. 13 July 2011.
11. "Olympic hopeful Louise Hazel discusses her time at Birmingham". University of Birmingham. 21 June 2011.
12. "The Wright Stuff – Guests from 7th October". Channel 5. Retrieved 7 October 2013.
13. "Ninja Warrior UK Text Santa Special". itv.com. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
14. Barnes, Katie (24 April 2017). "Exclusive -- Preview of MTV series 'The Challenge: Champs vs. Pros,' hosted by Victor Cruz". ESPN. Retrieved 26 October 2017.

External links

• Official website