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Emma Coburn

Basic Information

  • Gender: Female
  • Born: 10/19/1990
  • Status: Active

Residences

  • Hometown: Crested Butte, CO
  • High School: Crested Butte Community High School
  • College: University of Colorado Boulder

Athlete Info

  • Event: Outdoor Track & Field
  • Coach: Joe Bosshard
  • Agent: N/A
  • Sponsor: New Balance
  • Club: Team Boss

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Olympic Games

  • 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, DQ (3000m Steeplechase)
  • 2016 Rio Olympic Games, bronze (3000m Steeplechase)
  • 2012 London Olympics, eighth (3000m Steeplechase)

World Athletics Championships

  • 2019 IAAF World Outdoor Championships, silver (3000m Steeplechase)
  • 2017 IAAF World Outdoor Championships, gold (3000m Steeplechase)
  • 2015 IAAF World Outdoor Championships, fifth (3000m Steeplechase)
  • 2011 IAAF World Outdoor Championships, eighth (3000m Steeplechase)

Other Career Highlights

  • 2020 U.S. Olympic Team Trials, gold (3000m Steeplechase)
  • 2019 USATF Toyota Outdoor Championships, gold (3000m Steeplechase)
  • 2018 USATF Outdoor Championships, gold (3000m Steeplechase)
  • 2017 USATF Outdoor Championships, gold (3000m Steeplechase)
  • 2017 USATF Female Athlete of the Year - Jackie Joyner-Kersee Award winner
  • 2016 U.S. Olympic Team Trials, gold (3000m Steeplechase)
  • 2015 USATF Outdoor Championships, gold (3000m Steeplechase)
  • 2014 USATF Outdoor Championships, gold (3000m Steeplechase)
  • 2013 NCAA Outdoor Championships, gold (3000m Steeplechase)
  • 2012 USATF Outdoor Championships, gold (3000m Steeplechase)
  • 2011 USATF Outdoor Championships, gold (3000m Steeplechase)
  • 2011 NCAA Outdoor Championships, gold (3000m Steeplechase)
  • 2011 NCAA Indoor Championships, eighth (One Mile)
  • 2010 NCAA Outdoor Championships, silver (3000m Steeplechase)
  • 2009 NCAA Outdoor Championships, 11th (3000m Steeplechase)

Personal

Daughter of Bill and Annie Coburn… Has two brothers, Joe and Willy, and one sister, Gracie…Married longtime boyfriend Joe Bosshard in Hawaii in 2017...Emma’s mom, Annie, was diagnosed with stage 4 colon cancer in December 2019...Was the youngest U.S. runner to compete at the 2012 Olympic Games at age 21… Volunteered with Living Journeys Cancer Foundation and the Mountain Adventure Kids Camp… Oversees her own 5k in her hometown of Crested Butte, Colorado with all proceeds donated to Living Journeys Community Cancer Foundation...Competed in basketball, volleyball, cross country and track in high school...Got her start in the steeplechase in high school when she chose to enter the event because it was the only available race on a day she wasn’t already competing...Before every race, she eats peanut butter on toast and a banana...Her husband was a four-time All-American at the University of Colorado and now coaches Coburn and Team Boss… Loves to cook and bake and wrote her own cookbook… Has a dog named Arthur.

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