Emily Pidgeon born 1 June 1989 in Cheltenham, to parents Stephen and Jessica, is a former UK athlete, specialising in long and middle distance events.
She finished fourth individually behind fellow Briton, Stephanie Twell.
Pidgeon held the world record for 5000 meters for 14-year-old girls with a time of 16:24.28.
At the World Cross Country Championships in Mombasa on 24 March 2007, Pidgeon finished 17th; the second British runner and the second European.
Pidgeon and her coach controversially withdrew from a number of events because of disagreements with UK Athletics over training [3] Having failed to qualify for the 2012 Summer Olympics, and dogged by injury and form issues since leaving the junior ranks, Pidgeon announced her retirement from the sport, at the age of 24, in January 2014.