Emma Coburn Biography

Emma Coburn is an American middle distance runner and the (2011 12 14 15) United States National Champion in the 3000 meter steeplechase. In the 2011 IAAF world Athletics championships she was the only American to make the steeplechase final finishing 12th. She came in 9th in the 3000 meter steeplechase at the 2012 Summer Olympics.
Emma Coburn finished second in the 2008 Nike Outdoor Nationals Track and Field Championships in 2000 meter steeplechase in 6:42. She attended Crested Butte Community school.
While attending the University of Colorado in 2010 Emma Coburn won the Big 12 steeplechase title as a sophomore and finished second in the NCAA championships. In 2011 as a junior she won both the Big 12 indoor 3000 meter title and the Big 12 and NCAA outdoor title in the 3000 meter steeplechase. Coburn won the 2011 USA outdoor title in the steeplechase and made the US steeple team at the World Championships in 2011 finishing 12th in the final. During her senior year in cross country Coburn finished in 20th place over the six kilometer distance at the NCAA national cross country championships and was Colorado's 2nd place runner contributing to an 11th-place team finish. In her first steeplechase of the 2012 season Emma Coburn became the fourth fastest American in history and the fastest American on US soil with her time of 9:25.28. The time was also a 12-second PR for Coburn who redshirted the 2012 outdoor season at the University of Colorado to focus on the Olympic Trials.

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