Rebecca Flaherty (runner)

Rebecca Flaherty
Personal information
Born (2005-12-28) 28 December 2005
Sport
SportAthletics
Event(s)
Middle-distance, Long-distance, Cross country

Rebecca Flaherty (born 28 December 2005) is a British cross country runner. She won the U20 race at the 2023 World Mountain and Trail Running Championships. She represented Great Britain at the 2025 European Cross Country Championships. She won the junior race at the 2026 English National Cross Country Championships.[1]

Biography

Flaherty is from Menston, West Yorkshire and attended Bradford Grammar School, where she served as Head Girl.[2] She later studied biochemistry at the University of Oxford, where she also participated as a member of Oxford University Cross Country Club.[2]

In November 2022 in Thailand, she claimed the silver medal behind compatriot Jess Bailey in the junior up and down race at the delayed 2021 World Mountain and Trail Running Championships, winning team gold. In June 2023, she won the individual gold medal and led Great Britain and Northern Ireland to team gold at the 2023 World Mountain and Trail Running Championships. [3][4] She also competed for Great Britain in the under-20 race at the 2023 World Athletics Cross Country Championships in Bathurst, Australia as a 17 year-old.[5][6]

Running alongside her mother, Sarah Flaherty, a Head of Year 12 and Teacher of Chemistry at Bradford Grammar School, the pair set a Guinness World Record at the Great North Run in November 2025, becoming the fastest mother–daughter duo ever to complete a half marathon.[2]

Flaherty represented Great Britain in the under-23 race at the 2025 European Cross Country Championships in Lagoa, Portugal in December 2025.[7][2][8] She won the under-20 women’s title at the 2026 English National Cross Country Championships in Sedgefield in February 2026.[9]

References

  1. ^ "Rebecca Flaherty". World Athletics. Retrieved 22 Feb 2026.
  2. ^ a b c d "Former Bradford Grammar School head girl in Team GB call-up". Telegraph and Argus. 30 Nov 2025. Retrieved 23 Feb 2026.
  3. ^ "Furness teen lands two gold medals for Team GB at World Mountain and Trail Running Championships". uwemail. 7 November 2022. Retrieved 23 Feb 2026.
  4. ^ "BRITISH TRAIL RUNNERS OF THE YEAR – TOM EVANS AND REBECCA FLAHERTY". Athletics Weekly. 30 Dec 2023. Retrieved 23 Feb 2026.
  5. ^ "44th World Athletics Cross Country Championships". World Athletics. 18 Feb 2023. Retrieved 22 Feb 2026.
  6. ^ Westby, Nick (7 Feb 2023). "Rebecca Flaherty interview: Meet the Bradford Grammar School pupil representing Great Britain alongside Alex Bell at the World Cross-Country Championships". Yorkshire Post. Retrieved 23 Feb 2026.
  7. ^ Stanley, Kate (28 Nov 2023). "Rebecca earns spot on GB U23 cross country team". Yorkshire Evening Post. Retrieved 23 Feb 2026.
  8. ^ "31st SPAR European Cross Country Championships". World Athletics. 14 December 2025. Retrieved 22 Feb 2026.
  9. ^ "LUCY JONES AND HUGO MILNER WIN ENGLISH NATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY TITLES". Athletics Weekly. 22 Feb 2026. Retrieved 24 Feb 2026.
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