Skip to main content
Emma Bates
Women

EmmaBates

United StatesUnited States

    Birthday
    July 8, 1992

    Age
    34

    Gender
    Female

    Residence
    Boulder, Colo., United States

    Emma Bates won her first national title in 2018 with a first-place finish at the USATF Marathon Championships in Sacramento, Calif., where she wore a singlet with the words “Run for Camp Fire Relief” to raise awareness and funds for the victims of the recent California wildfires.

    Her victory was a turning point in her career.

    Since then, she has recorded runner-up and fourth-place finishes at the Chicago Marathon, won a U.S. national title over 25K, and most recently placed seventh at the World Athletics Championships M arathon with a new personal best .

    In New York, at the 2019 United Airlines NYC Half, she was the top American, taking fourth place in 1:11:13, and followed that up with another fourth-place finish at the New York Mini 10K that June, which served as the U.S. 10K national championships that year.

    Bates grew up in Minnesota and was a 12-time All-American and the 2014 NCAA 10,000-meter champion at Boise State University. After college, she moved to Boston to train, but two years later decided to move back to Idaho, preferring the outdoor trails to the city life. Then in 2021, she moved to Boulder, Colo. to train at altitude alongside Olympians Emma Coburn and Cory McGee.

    Race History

    Year

    Event

    place

    TIME

    2022

    World Athletics Championships Marathon

    7th

    2:23:18

    2021

    Chicago Marathon

    2nd

    2:24:20

    2019

    Chicago Marathon

    4th

    2:25:27

    2019

    United Airlines NYC Half

    4th

    1:11:13

    2018

    USATF Marathon Championships

    1st

    2:28:18