Weightman finished sixth in the 1500 metres final at the
2010 IAAF World Junior Championships in Athletics and ended the season with a 1500m best of 4:09.60. She improved this to 4:07.94 in 2011. At the
2012 Olympic Games in London, Weightman ran a personal best of 4:02.99 in the 1500 metres semi-finals, and went on to finish ninth in the final. In 2013, she ran a 3000 metres best of 8:43.46 in Stretford. She further improved her 1500 metres best to 4:00.17 on 5 July 2014 at the
Paris Diamond League. She won a silver medal at the
2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow and a bronze medal at the
2014 European Championships in Zurich. Weightman reached her second Olympic final in 2016, finishing 11th at the
Olympic Games in Rio. She finished sixth in the 1500m final at the
2017 World Championships in London. She won bronze medals in the 5000 metres at the
2018 Commonwealth Games and in the 1500m at the
2018 European Championships in Berlin. After running a personal best of 4:20.49 for the mile in 2018, she improved to 4:17.60 in 2019, a time that moved her into the
world all-time top 25. During her career, Weightman was coached by
Steve Cram and Mike Bateman (Morpeth Harriers). She became a five times
British champion when winning the 1500 metres event at the
2020 British Athletics Championships in a time of 4 min 09.76 secs. Weightman announced her retirement from athletics in September 2023. Weightman will continue to coach distance runners at her club in the UK. ==Statistics==