Geordie Beamish

George Beamish (born 24 October 1996) is a New Zealand middle- and long-distance runner, who is the reigning 2025 World Athletics Champion at the 3000 m steeplechase. He also won the 1500 metres at the 2024 World Indoor Championships. He holds the Oceania area record in the 3000 m steeplechase of 8:09.64 and the New Zealand record in the indoor 3000 and 5000 m.

Personal life Beamish was born to parents Simon and Josi Beamish. He has three siblings: Hugo, Lucinda, and Eve Beamish. Hugo is also an athlete, having run cross country and track at Villanova University. George attended Whanganui Collegiate as a boarder from 2012 to 2014 (from Year 10).

Alongside OAC teammates Morgan McDonald and Olli Hoare, Beamish hosts the Coffee Club Podcast in which they discuss their lives as professional runners.

Junior career Beamish was the NZ Under-18 2000 m steeplechase champion in 2013 and the NZ Junior Men's 1500 m champion in 2014 and 2015. He was also the NZ Junior Men's 3000 m champion in 2015. He has also been a NZ secondary schools cross-county champion.

Collegiate career Beamish attended Northern Arizona University, where he competed for the Northern Arizona Lumberjacks and was coached by Mike Smith. He was NCAA Division I Indoor Men's Mile champion in 2019 and is a two-time NCAA All-American in cross country (2017, 2018).

2016 On 30 January, Beamish made his debut for NAU running a 4:24.48 mile in Flagstaff. He competed in four indoor meets, setting a mile personal best of 4:07.59 at the Iowa State classic.

In his debut collegiate cross country season, Beamish placed ninth at the Big Sky Championship, and finished 97th at the NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships, as the seventh man on the NAU championship winning squad.

2017 Indoors, Beamish set a personal best time in the 3000 m of 8:10.06 at the Iowa State Classic.

He opened the outdoor season with a personal best of 13:53.59 over 5000 m at the Stanford Invitational, followed by a 3:41.87 1500 m personal best at the Bryan Clay Invitational.

In March, he competed in the 3000 m at the World Athletics Indoor Championships in Belgrade, Serbia. In the preliminary round, he placed second in his heat and then finished 10th in the final in a time of 7:46.91. On 21 July, he set an Oceanian record of 8:13.26 in the event at the Monaco Diamond League, and on 22 August he finished fifth at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in the 3000 m steeplechase in Budapest, Hungary.

Two weeks later at the 2024 Millrose Games, Beamish set an Oceanian record in the indoor 2 miles in a time of 8:05.73. In the process, he recorded a 3000m time of 7:34.88, faster than the New Zealand record, but Athletics New Zealand does not at present recognise intermediate times for national records.

On 3 March, Beamish won the gold medal in the 1500 m at the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships.

On 7 July, Beamish improved his Oceanian record to 8:09.64, finishing fifth in the 3000 m steeplechase at the Meeting de Paris.

2025 On 15 September 2025, Beamish won the 3000 m Steeplechase at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo.