Who is Jake Wightman? Profile of Edinburgh's 1500m world champion

Born in Nottingham, Wightman is a product of Edinburgh Athletic Club and is now based in Arizona. His dad and coach Geoff was chief executive at Scottish Athletics, which led to him being schooled in Edinburgh. He was educated at Erskine Stewart’s Melville, Fettes College and Loughborough University.

Wightman represents Scotland and has wanted to be an athlete from an early age. "From aged eight, I always said my dream job was to be a professional athlete, which I am lucky enough to be able to live out now," he told the BBC. He runs for Edinburgh Athletic Club and in 2018 became the first Briton to run below one minute 45 seconds for 800m and three minutes 35 seconds for 1500m since Peter Elliott in 1991.

Wightman, who studied retailing, marketing and management at Loughborough University, comes from a running family with dad and coach Geoff and mum Susan both former athletes. He has a twin brother, Sam.

Geoff represented England in the marathon at the 1990 Commonwealth Games and also came sixth at the European Championships the same year.

Mum Susan represented Team GB at the 1988 Seoul Olympics, coming 12th in the marathon. His aunt, Angela Tooby-Smith also ran in the 10,000m.

Wightman's victory in Eugene on Tuesday was the biggest of his career and a significant improvement. He only came 10th at last year's Olympics and was fifth at the World Championships in Doha three years ago. His biggest medals before Oregon were bronze in the 1500m at the European Championships and Commonwealth Games in 2018. He came seventh at the European Championships in 2016 while he was also fourth in the 800m at the Commonwealth Games four years ago.

He has run quicker than Steve Cram, Steve Ovett and Lord Sebastian Coe in the 1500m. His