Olympics 2024: Meet the 34 Scots in Team GB for Paris

Neil Gourley

Age: 29 Event: 1500m.

A calf injury ended Gourley’s hopes of going to Tokyo and he also missed this year’s World Indoor Championships in his home city of Glasgow through injury.

However, he recovered to claim his Paris place with a 1500m win at the trials.

Having gathered his first major medal last year – 1500m European indoor silver – he will be confident about his Olympic debut.

Megan Keith

Age: 22 Event: 10,000m

Keith’s rise has been remarkable. As recently as early March, the former European under-23 cross country and 5,000m gold medallist, had never raced over 10,000m.

But in the three times she has competed over that distance since, she qualified for the Olympics, won a British title, and claimed a European bronze.

She’s already fourth on the UK all-time list – not bad for someone who admits to finding the 10,000m “pretty boring”.

Josh Kerr

Age: 26 Event: 1500m.

Kerr has carved a reputation as one of the world’s top middle-distance runners over the last few years.

He took 1500m bronze in a stunning Olympic debut in Tokyo, the only British man to collect an athletics medal in Japan.

The Scot backed that up with a world gold over the distance last year, then world indoor gold over 3000m earlier this year.

It is easy to see why Kerr is viewed as a gold-medal contender for Paris.

Eilish McColgan

Age: 33 Event: 10,000m

British record-holder McColgan will become the first track and field Scot to go to four Olympics.

Given her lengthy injury troubles, it is some achievement for the 10,000m Commonwealth Games champion and a European silver medallist.

Laura Muir

Age: 32 Event: 1500m.

Muir made history in Tokyo with silver in the 1500m run – the first individual track and field Olympic medal for a Scot for 33 years.

She has a glistening collection of medals at world, European and Commonwealth level and broke her own British 1500m record at the Paris Diamond League event earlier this summer.

Nick Percy

Age: 29 Event: discus

Percy admits he is “very small” in discus terms at 6ft 2in, but it hasn’t stopped him achieving his lifetime goal of competing at an Olympics.

The five-time British champion, who is second on the UK all-time list, has competed at world and European championships, as well as at the Commonwealth Games.

Jemma Reekie

Age: 26 Event: 800m

Reekie knows she can mix it at Olympic level, having been edged into fourth in the 800m final in Tokyo.

Major medals have been hard to come by for the Ayrshire athlete until she won silver over the distance at the world indoors in Glasgow earlier this year.

The 26-year-old is in fine form, having just smashed the Scottish record at the London Diamond League.

Jake Wightman

Age: 29 Event: 800m.

Wightman’s route to Paris has been far from straightforward.

Injuries have hobbled him after winning the world 1500m title in 2022. He was unable to defend his title, then missed this year’s world indoors and the trials.

As a consequence, he missed out on a 1500m place in Paris, but received a discretionary pick for the 800m. He won European silver over that distance two years ago and leads the 2024 UK rankings.

Nicole Yeargin

Age: 26 Event: 4x400m relay

Earlier this year, the US-born Scot admitted that she had considered her future in the sport after a disappointing indoor season.

But she stuck with it and has been rewarded with a 4x400m relay squad spot.

Yeargin, who has a Scottish mum, made her Olympic debut in Tokyo and has won world, European and Commonwealth bronze medals.