Will Barnicoat

Will Barnicoat (born 24 March 2003) is a British track and field athlete and cross country runner. He was European U20 cross country champion in 2022, and became European U23 cross country champion in 2023.

Early and personal life
Barnicoat runs for Aldershot, Farnham and District Athletics Club. He attended Cranleigh School, and the University of Birmingham, where he was a contemporary of Axel Vang Christensen. As a student, Barnicoat supplemented his income working as a pot washer at a branch of Gourmet Burger Kitchen.

2022
In February 2022, he became the English National junior cross-country champion for the second time, having also been U17 champion before that. Later that year, he won the 2022 European Cross Country Championships U20 race in Turin.

2023
He was a bronze medallist in the 2023 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's 5000 metres in Espoo. In December 2023, he won the 2023 European Cross Country Championships U23 race in Brussels. He also claimed gold as part of the British squad which won the U23 team event.

2024
In March 2024, he was named in the senior British team for the 2024 World Athletics Cross Country Championships in Serbia, where he finished 27th. In May 2024, he was runner-up at the British Universities and Colleges Sport (BUCS) in the 5000 metres. That month he lowered his 5000m personal best to 13:29.23 in Brussels. He also trains with Tomer Tarragano.