Draft:Ellie Leather

Ellie Leather (born 9 December 1998) is a British track and field athlete who competes as a middle distance runner.

Career
Leather is a member of Westbury Harriers and Yate & District Athletics Club. She competed in the American college system for Rice University and Cincinnati University.

In March 2021, she ran a personal best time of 4:41.78 for the mile run at the NCAA Indoor Championships in Houston, Texas.

Competing at the UK National Championship in 2022, she was a finalist in the 1500m after she won her qualifying heat before finishing eighth overall. In 2022, she lowered her personal best to 4:11.33 for the 1500m and 4:34.89 over a mile.

In January 2024, Leather won the 3000m race at the BMC Meeting in Sheffield with a half-minute personal al best time of 8:54.67. In February 2024, she improved her personal best to 4:25.23 at the BU Invitational Mile in Boston, Massachusetts to move to fifth place on the UK indoor all-time mile list.

On 17 February 2024, she qualified for the final at the British National Indoors Championships in Birmingham, in the 1500 metres.

Leather ran a new 1500 metres personal best time of 4:06.12 in Los Angeles on 17 May 2024. in June 2024, she qualified for the final of the 1500 metres at the 2024 British Athletics Championships. She placed sixth in the final.

Personal life
She is the great-niece of Diane Leather, the first woman to run a sub-5-minute mile.