Eilidh Child makes Edinburgh Uni’s hall of fame

OLYMPIAN Eilidh Child is among three athletes to be added to the list of sporting greats in the University of Edinburgh’s Sports Hall of Fame.

Eilidh Child is hoping to secure gold for Scotland at the Commonwealth Games this summer. Picture: Jane Barlow

Child, a graduate of the university, represented Great Britain in the 2012 Olympics Games in London and won a silver medal for the 400m in the 2010 Commonwealth Games.

Also added to the roll-call of sporting greats are Olympic bronze medal winning swimmer Alan McClatchey and two-time Commonwealth bronze medal winning weightlifter Charles Revolta.

Previous inductees into the Hall of Fame include six-time Olympic gold medal-winning cyclist Sir Chris Hoy, Olympic gold medallist rower Katherine Grainger, and Olympic 400 metre running champion Eric Liddell.