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 Liv Westphal at a cross country competition in Boston | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | French |
| Born | December 22, 1993 (1993-12-22) (age 32) Milan, Italy |
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Track and Field |
Event(s) | 5000 m, 10 km, cross-country |
Liv Westphal (born December 22, 1993, inMilan,Italy) is a Frenchlong-distance runner. She is the current French record holder for the10 km and the5000m indoor. She is a four-time national champion.
She earned abachelor's degree incommunications fromBoston College in May 2015, aMaster of Science inleadership andadministration fromBoston College in May 2016, and aMaster of Arts inRomance languages fromBoston College in May 2018.
She earned a master's degree insport management from theRCS MediaGroup Academy, inMilan,Italy, in March 2023.
Westphal was born inMilan,Italy, in 1993, but grew up inLimoges,France. She has dual French and Italian citizenships.
Westphal competed forBoston College from 2011 to 2016, where she was a two-timeNCAA Division Icross countryAll-American honoree by theUSTFCCCA (2013 and 2014) and one timeNCAA Division Ioutdoor track and fieldAll-American honoree for the 5,000m (2015).
She was namedACC Cross-country performer of the year in 2014.[1]
She was inducted into the Boston College Varsity Club Athletic Hall of Fame on October 7, 2022.[2]
In the meantime, Westphal is a two-time French Junior champion in the 3000 m. She finished twelfth in the junior race at the2012 European Cross-country Championships, inBudapest,Hungary, and eleventh in the 3000 m at the2012 World Junior Championships inBarcelona,Spain.
She finished 6th in the Under-23 race at the2013 European Cross-Country Championships inBelgrade,Serbia, and 5th in the 5000 m at the 2013 European Athletics Under-23 Championships inTampere,Finland. In March 2017, Westphal's 5th place was upgraded to a bronze medal due to the disqualifications of Gamze Bulut and Tsehainesh Tsale.
On December 6, 2014, inBoston, she broke theFrench record for the 5000 m indoor in a time of 15 min 31 s 62. In February 2015, she ran 9 min 08 s 99 for 3000 m indoor and broke the Under-23 French record. Three months later, at theACC Championship inTallahassee,Florida, she ran 33 min 42 s 03 in the first 10,000 meters of her career and broke her third Under-23 French record of the 2015 season.
On July 12, 2015, she won the 5000 meters at the European Under-23 Championship inTallinn,Estonia, and broke the Under-23 French record in 15 min 30 s 61. Two weeks later, she took part in the 5000m at theSalinsbury Games inLondon,Great Britain, and lowered, for the third time, the Under-23 French record to 15 min 28 s 61.
On October 12, 2015, she took part in her first10k road race at theTufts Health Plan 10k for Women and broke the Under-23 French 10k road race record in the time of 33 min 26 s.
On December 13, 2015, aged 21, she competed in the senior race at theEuropean Cross Country Championship inHyères, France. She finished 20th, while the French senior women team won the silver medal.
On October 23, 2016, she won the Mayor's Cup Cross Country meet in 16 min 53 s ahead of Amy Van Alstine andMary Cain inhistoric Franklin Park, hosted by B.A.A. and USATF New England.[3]
On December 11, 2016, she competed in the senior race at theEuropean Cross Country Championship inChia, Italy, and finished 9th.
In 2019, she competed in thesenior women's race at the2019 IAAF World Cross Country Championships held in Aarhus, Denmark.[4] She finished in 22nd place.[4]
On December 5, 2019, she competed in the senior race at theEuropean Cross Country Championship inLisbon, Portugal, and finished 5th.[5]
On December 29, 2019, she broke theFrench record of the10 km with a time of 31 min 15 s during theCorrida de Houilles.[6]
On February 15, 2020, she broke the 5 kmFrench record with a time of 15 min 31 s at the Monaco Run inMonaco.[7]
| Event | Performance | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 000 m | 15:28.71 | London | July 25, 2015 |
| 5 000 m (Indoors) | 15:31.62 (NR) | Boston | December 6, 2014 |
| 10 000 m | 32:2.50 | London | July 6, 2019 |
| 10 km | 31:15 (NR) | Houilles | December 29, 2019 |
| Date | Competition | Location | Result | Event | Performance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | European Championship U23s | Tampere | 3rd | 5 000 m | 16:08.85 |
| 2015 | European Championship U23s | Tallinn | 1st | 5 000 m | 15:30.61 |
| 2015 | European Cross Country Championships | Hyères | 20th | ||
| 2016 | European Cross Country Championships | Chia | 9th | ||
| 2019 | European Cross Country Championships | Lisbon | 5th | ||
| 2019 | World Cross Country Championships | Aarhus | 22nd |
