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| Nationality | British | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 1991 (age 32–33) Pontefract, Yorkshire[1] | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Orienteering | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Alice Leake (born 1991) is a British orienteering competitor.[2] She received a bronze medal in the Sprint discipline at the 2022 World Orienteering Championships, behind Megan Carter Davies and Simona Aebersold.[3]
Leake's medal came after a series of improving performances at World Championships events, coming 8th in sprint at the 2018 World Orienteering Championships and 4th at the next sprint World Championships in 2021, before receiving a bronze medal at the championships in 2022. She first competed for British Orienteering at the 2015 World Orienteering Championships.[4]
Leake competes for the Airienteers and Southern Navigators orienteering clubs.[2] She has also been a member of Edinburgh University Orienteering Club, and has won both the British Orienteering Championships and the Jan Kjellström Orienteering Festival.[4]
Leake retired from international orienteering in 2023.[5][6]
References
- ↑ "World of O Athletes - Alice Leake". runners.worldofo.com. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
- 1 2 "IOF Eventor - Alice Leake". eventor.orienteering.org. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
- ↑ "Sprint success for Great Britain and Norway | International Orienteering Federation". orienteering.sport. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
- 1 2 "Alice Leake- on the Red Line". ontheredline.org.uk. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
- ↑ "On The Red Line: Alice Leake". ontheredline.org.uk. On The Red Line. Retrieved 26 October 2023.
- ↑ "Alice announces retirement". britishorienteering.org.uk. British Orienteering. Retrieved 26 October 2023.