Laura Zialor

Laura Zialor

Personal information
Nationality	British (English)
Born	(1998-08-04) 4 August 1998 (age 26) Buckinghamshire, England
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	High jump
Club	Marshall Milton Keynes

Laura Zialor (born 4 August 1998) is an English international athlete.[1] In 2022, she represented Great Britain at the World Championships and European Championships, and England at the Commonwealth Games.[1][2]

Biography

Zialor was educated at the University of Birmingham[3] and won the British indoor high jump title in 2022. She recorded a personal best of 1.91 metres in May 2022.[4] She had previously won the silver medal at the 2021 British Athletics Championships.[5]

In 2022, she was selected for the women's high jump event at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.[1][4]

In 2023, she was selected for the British team for the 2023 European Athletics Team Championships held in Chorzów, Silesia, Poland between 20 and 25 June 2023.[6] Unfortunately, she injured her Achilles whilst competing at the event and had to crowdfund to cover the cost of private surgery as UK Athletics claimed to not be liable, a loophole Zialor campaigned to change.[7]

References

1. "Official Commonwealth Games profile". Birmingham Organising Committee Commonwealth Games Ltd. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
2. "Laura Zialor". World Athletics. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
3. "Meet Laura Zialor". University of Birmingham. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
4. "Team England profile". Team England. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
5. "Laura Zialor results". The Power of 10. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
6. "BRITISH SQUAD ANNOUNCED FOR THE 2023 EUROPEAN TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS". British Athletics. 7 June 2023. Retrieved 8 June 2023.
7. "Laura Zialor: Injured high jumper shocked by UK Athletics not paying for operation". BBC Sport. 1 July 2023. Retrieved 1 July 2023.