What is Laura Muir's educational background?

Laura Muir studied at the University of Glasgow, where she pursued veterinary medicine alongside her athletics career.

What events does Laura Muir compete in?

Muir specializes in middle- and long-distance running, though specific event details (e.g., 1500m, 3000m) are not explicitly listed in the provided source material.

How does Laura Muir balance athletics and academia?

Muir has combined her professional running career with academic pursuits, notably studying veterinary medicine at the University of Glasgow.

Laura Muir

British middle- and long-distance runner

Person human Q15103715

Facts

17 properties

Instance of: human
Sex or gender: female^[6]
Date of birth: May 9, 1993
Place of birth: Inverness
Country of citizenship: United Kingdom^[4]
Occupation: athletics competitor
Educated at: Kinross High School^[5]
Languages spoken, written or signed: English^[14]
Country for sport: United Kingdom^[15]
Family name: Muir^[8]
Given name: Laura^[9]
Height: +1.63^[17]
Name in native language: Laura Muir^[16]
Participant in: athletics at the 2014 Commonwealth Games – women's 1500 metres, athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – women's 1500 metres, 2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships – women's 1500 metres, athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – women's 1500 metres^[10]^[11]^[12]^[13]
Record held: Wikidata item
Sport: athletics^[7]
Sports discipline competed in: 1500 metres^[18]

🏷️ Also known as

en Laura Muir ar لورا موير cs Laura Muir cs Laura Muirová el Λόρα Μιούιρ fa لورا مویر he לורה מויר ja ローラ・ミューア ja ローラ・ミュアー ko 로라 뮤어 ru Лора Мьюр ru Мьюр, Лора uk Лора М'юр zh 劳拉·缪尔

🔖 Identifiers · 21

Image (Wikimedia Commons): 312 3000m muir ereronde (32505895064).jpg ↗
All-Athletics.com ID (archived): 413845
Athletics Podium person ID: 45146
British Athletics athlete ID: laura-muir
Commonwealth Games Federation athlete ID (archived): 63422
Diamond League athlete ID: 14422111
European Athletics athlete ID: 14422111
Freebase ID: /m/0wxqbh6
Instagram username: lmuiruns
InterSportStats athlete ID: 3000007603
Munzinger Sport number: 01000010026
Olympedia people ID: 130211

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Olympics.com athlete ID: laura-muir
Power of 10 athlete ID: laura-muir
Sports-Reference.com Olympic athlete ID (archived): mu/laura-muir-1
Team GB athlete ID: laura-muir, 1HoIKdkDf4DqJSehflnSwn
Team Scotland athlete ID: laura-muir
Tilastopaja female athlete ID: 79907
Track and Field Statistics female athlete ID: 8662
UK Parliament thesaurus ID: 478415
World Athletics athlete ID: 14422111, 272459

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🔗 Connections

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2018 European Athletics Championships – women's 1500 metres, 2019 European Athletics Indoor Championships – women's 3000 metres, 2017 European Athletics Indoor Championships – women's 1500 metres, 2017 European Athletics Indoor Championships – women's 3000 metres, 2019 European Athletics Indoor Championships – women's 1500 metres

Participated in 4

athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – women's 1500 metres, athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – women's 1500 metres, 2023 World Athletics Championships – women's 1500 metres, 2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships – women's 1500 metres

Participant in 3

athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – women's 1500 metres, athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – women's 1500 metres, 2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships – women's 1500 metres

Country for sport 1

United Kingdom

Country of citizenship 1

United Kingdom

Given name 1

Laura

Instance of 1

human

Languages spoken, written or signed 1

English

Occupation 1

athletics competitor

Place of birth 1

Inverness

Sex or gender 1

female

Sport 1

athletics

Sports discipline competed in 1

1500 metres

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Summary

Laura Muir was born on May 9, 1993^[1], in Inverness^[2]. She has worked as an athletics competitor^[3].

FAQs

Where was Laura Muir born?

Laura Muir's place of birth was Inverness^[2].

What did Laura Muir do for work?

Laura Muir worked as an athletics competitor^[3].

Where did Laura Muir go to school?

Laura Muir was educated at Kinross High School^[5].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ Laura Muir — place of birth (P19): Inverness. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Laura Muir — sex or gender (P21): female. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Laura Muir — country of citizenship (P27): United Kingdom. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Laura Muir — educated at (P69): Kinross High School. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Laura Muir — occupation (P106): athletics competitor. All-Athletics.com. Retrieved 2022-04-06. wikidata.org.
[1] ↑ Laura Muir — date of birth (P569): May 9, 1993. World Athletics database. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Laura Muir — sport (P641): athletics. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Laura Muir — family name (P734): Muir. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Laura Muir — given name (P735): Laura. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Laura Muir — participant in (P1344): athletics at the 2014 Commonwealth Games – women's 1500 metres. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Laura Muir — participant in (P1344): athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – women's 1500 metres. Olympedia. Retrieved 2021-09-03. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Laura Muir — participant in (P1344): 2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships – women's 1500 metres. media.aws.iaaf.org. Retrieved 2025-11-06. media.aws.iaaf.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Laura Muir — participant in (P1344): athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – women's 1500 metres. Olympedia. Retrieved 2021-09-03. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Laura Muir — languages spoken, written or signed (P1412): English. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Laura Muir — country for sport (P1532): United Kingdom. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Laura Muir — name in native language (P1559): Laura Muir. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Laura Muir — height (P2048): 1.63 m. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Laura Muir — sports discipline competed in (P2416): 1500 metres. wikidata.org.

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