Eloise Wellings

Eloise Wellings (née Poppett) (born 9 November 1982 in White Plains, New York, United States) is an Australian long-distance runner.

She stated that she missed out on the Sydney 2000 Olympics due to an injury and thought her God was punishing her.

She went to church with a school friend and began to understand her God's love for her.

She stated, "Once I found Jesus I was free to use the gifts he had given me and it didn’t matter if I succeeded or not".

[2] Wellings also missed out on the Athens and Beijing Olympics due to injury.