Abigail Pawlett

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Birth nameAbigail Pawlett
NationalityBritish
Born (2003-01-14) 14 January 2003 (age 21)
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Event(s) Heptathlon, Pentathlon, 100 metres hurdles

Abigail Pawlett (born 14 January 2003) is a British track and field athlete who competes as a multi-event athlete. In 2024, she became the English national indoors pentathlon champion. [1]

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Early life

From Chester, she attended Tarporley High School. She shared athletics at eight years-old at West Cheshire Athletics Club. She broke the British Indoor Under-17 heptathlon record in 2019 and broke the north-west girls’ heptathlon record as an Under-17 athlete, which had been held previously by Katarina Johnson-Thompson. [2]

Career

Pawlett races for Trafford AC. [3] In 2021 she competed in Tallinn at the European U20 Championships in the heptathlon competition. [4]

In June 2023, she made her debut in a senior British vest, selected for the British team for the 2023 European Athletics Team Championships held in Chorzów, Silesia, Poland between 20 and 25 June 2023, in the 100 metres hurdles. [5]

Having won England combined events gold in every age group previously, [6] in January 2024, she became the English national indoors pentathlon senior champion. [7] During the competition she broke a 25 year-old English national record held by Julia Bennett in the 800 metres and a championship record tally of 4325 points. [8]

On 17 February 2024, she qualified for the final at the British national indoor championships in the 60 metres hurdles event, running 8.24 in the final in Birmingham to finish second behind Cindy Sember. On the same day she competed in the long jump and finished seventh overall. [9] She was subsequently selected for the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Glasgow, in which she finished ninth overall. [10] [11]

Personal life

Her sister Emily is an England Netball youth international. [12] She began at Loughborough University in 2022. [13]

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References

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  2. ↑ "Young heptathlon star Abi Pawlett hoping to follow in the footsteps of her heroes". The Northern Echo. 22 July 2021. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
  3. ↑ Moss, Emily (6 February 2018). "Abi Pawlett's winning habit". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
  4. ↑ "Review: 2021 European U20 Heptathlon, Tallinn". Decathletes of Europe. 20 July 2021. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
  5. ↑ "BRITISH SQUAD ANNOUNCED FOR THE 2023 EUROPEAN TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS". British Athletics. 7 June 2023. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
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  7. ↑ "Athletes unaware UK Combined Events Champs title was at stake in Sheffield". Athletics Weekly. 11 January 2024. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
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  10. ↑ "British team enjoys boost in size ahead of World Indoors". Athletics Weekly. February 22, 2024. Retrieved 22 February 2024.
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