Ellen Barber (born 5 December 1997) is a British multi-event athlete. She is a two-time national champion in the heptathlon, winning titles in 2019 and 2025. She represented Great Britain in the pentathlon at the 2026 World Indoor Championships.[1]
Early life
She attended King's School, Bruton in Bruton, Somerset, and won the heptathlon at the English Schools Combined Events Championship in 2016, and was also a medalist in the heptathlon at the SIAB schools championships.[2][3]
Career
She was runner-up to Kate O'Connor in the pentathlon at the national combined events indoor championships in February 2019.[4] She won the national combined events outdoor title in the heptathlon 2019 with 5385 points.[5][6] She was subsequently selected to compete for Great Britain at the 2019 European Combined Events Team Championships in Lutsk, Ukraine in July 2019.[7][8]
She was runner-up to Jade O'Dowda at the England Athletics Combined Events Championships in Bedford in May 2021, with a personal best score of 6028 points.[9]