Adelle Tracey

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Adelle Tracey
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Tracey in 2019
Personal information
NationalityAmerican, British, Jamaican
Born (1993-05-27) 27 May 1993 (age 32) [1] [2]
Seattle, Washington, U.S. [3]
Education Arts University Bournemouth & St Mary's University, Twickenham [4]
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) [3]
Weight55 kg (121 lb)
Sport
CountryJamaica (from 2022)
Great Britain (before)
Sport Athletics
Event 800 metres
ClubGuildford & Godalming [1]
Coached by Craig Winrow (2013–)
Sue Goode (–2013)
Achievements and titles
Personal bests
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Athletics World Cup
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2018 London 800 m
Representing Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica
NACAC Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2022 Freeport 1500 m
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2022 Freeport 800 m

Adelle Tracey (born 27 May 1993) is a middle-distance runner primarily in the 800 metres. Tracey has represented Jamaica since 2022 after formerly running for Great Britain.

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She placed fourth in the event at the 2018 European Athletics Championships, but claimed a bronze in the North American equivalent, the 2022 NACAC Championships representing her new country, Jamaica. The following day, Tracey won silver for Jamaica in the 1500 metres event in the same championships.

Early life and education

Tracey was born in the Seattle, United States, where her British mother met her Jamaican father, who was there on a college athletics scholarship. [5] The family lived in Jamaica before moving to Surrey, England at the age of 7 with her mother and sister. [6] Tracey went to school at Camelsdale Primary School in Haslemere, St Batholomew’s Primary in Farnham and Midhurst Rother College. [7] [8] Tracey later graduated in sports science from St Mary's University, Twickenham. [9]

Tracey was one of the torchbearers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Opening Ceremony who, together with six other young British sport talents, lit the Olympic Cauldron. She was picked by Kelly Holmes. [10]

Career

Great Britain

Tracey won the British indoor 800 metres title in 2016, and went on to run a personal best of 2:00.04 on 7 September in Watford (mixed races). [2] At the 2017 World Championships in London, she ran 2:00.28 in her heat to qualify for the semifinals, where she was sixth in 2:00.26. [2] After finishing second in the 800m at the Athletics World Cup in London in July 2018, she went on to improve her 800m best by breaking the two-minute barrier for the first time with 1:59.86 in the semifinals at the European Championships in Berlin, going on to finish fourth in the final. [2]

On 9 November 2019, Adelle set the female course record at Cheltenham parkrun in 16:58. [11]

Tracey won her second national title after indoor 800m victory in 2016, contesting the 1500 metres at the 2022 British Indoor Championships. [12]

Tracey was included in World Class Programme under British Athletics for the years 2016 to 2019. [13] [14] [15]

Jamaica

In June 2022, Tracey switched her country of allegiance under World Athletics from Great Britain to Jamaica.

At the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Tracey reached the semi-final of the 1500m where she set a new Jamaican record but failed to qualify for the final. Later at the Championships, Tracey qualified for the final of the 800m, finishing in 7th in a new personal best of 1:58.41. [16]

In 2024, after finishing 2nd in the 1500m at the Jamaican Championships, Tracey was named in the Jamaican team for the 2024 Paris Olympics, she didn't make it past the repechage round in both the 800m and 1500m. [2] [17]

Personal life

Tracey has both dyslexia and dyscalculia. [18]

Competition record

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
2009 European Youth Olympic Festival Tampere, FinlandSilver medal icon.svg800 m2:09.92
2015 European U23 Championships Tallinn, Estonia4th800 m 2:01.66
2016 World Indoor Championships Portland, United States15th (h)800 m 2:07.05
European Championships Amsterdam, Netherlands24th (h)800 m 2:05.41
2017 World Championships London, United Kingdom11th (sf)800 m 2:00.26
Universiade Taipei, Chinese Taipei5th800 m 2:03.72
2018 Commonwealth Games Gold Coast, Australia18th (h)800 m 2:02.03
World Cup London, United KingdomSilver medal icon.svg800 m2:01.05
European Championships Berlin, Germany4th800 m 2:00.86
2019 European Indoor Championships Glasgow, United Kingdom7th (sf)800 m 2:03.26
Representing Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica
2022 World Championships Eugene, United States12th (sf)800 m 2:00.21
18th (sf)1500 m 4:06.96
NACAC Championships Freeport, BahamasBronze medal icon.svg800 m 1:59.54
Silver medal icon.svg1500 m 4:08.42
2023 World Championships Budapest, Hungary7th800m 1:58.41 PB
13th (sf)1500m 3:58.77 NR
2024 Olympic Games Paris, France24th (rep)800 m 2:03.67
22nd (rep)1500 m 4:14.52

References

  1. 1 2 "Adelle Tracey – Profile". Power of 10 / thepowerof10.info. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Adelle TRACEY – Athlete profile". World Athletics . Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  3. 1 2 "TRACEY Adelle". Paris 2024 Olympics .
  4. ↑ 2017 Universiade bio
  5. ↑ Henson, Mike (28 July 2022). "Commonwealth Games 2022: Jamaica's ex-GB athlete Adelle Tracey ruled out of Games". BBC News.
  6. ↑ "Jamaican to the bone". Jamaica Observer. 20 March 2016.
  7. ↑ "Adelle on the plane to Oz". Haslemere Herald. 3 November 2017.
  8. ↑ "Adelle Tracey's inspirational visit to her old school". Haslemere Herald. 14 April 2019.
  9. ↑ "Athletics star Tracey's Olympic spirit burning brighter than ever ahead of BUCS World University Games". Ealing Times. 11 July 2017.
  10. ↑ "2014 WIC handbook" (PDF).
  11. ↑ "Cheltenham parkrun website / event statistics". Wayback Machine . ParkRun.org.uk. 15 February 2022. Archived from the original on 15 February 2022. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
  12. ↑ "Tracey wins as Hodgkinson reaches final". BBC Sport . 26 February 2022. Retrieved 27 February 2022.
  13. ↑ "British Athletics funding lists for 2016-17 announced". Athletics Weekly. 2 November 2016.
  14. ↑ "British Athletics Announces 2017/2018 World Class Programme". British Athletics. 10 November 2017.
  15. ↑ "European Medallists Progress to World Class Programme 2018-2019". British Athletics. 13 November 2018.
  16. ↑ "800 Metres Women - Final" (PDF). World Athletics . 27 August 2023. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
  17. ↑ Levy, Leighton (8 September 2024). "Adelle Tracey determined to bounce back after injury setback at Paris Olympics". Sportsmax.
  18. ↑ "Minutes of the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) Dyslexia and Specific Learning Difficulties" (PDF).
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