Adelle Tracey

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Adelle Tracey
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Personal information
Born (1993-05-27) 27 May 1993 (age 31)
Seattle, Washington, U.S.
Education Arts University Bournemouth & St Mary's University, Twickenham [1]
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight55 kg (121 lb)
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event 800 metres
ClubGuildford & Godalming [2]
Coached by Craig Winrow (2013–)
Sue Goode (–2013)
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) [2] [3] is an American-born middle-distance runner competing for Jamaica since 2022, having previously represented Great Britain, where she grew up. Tracey competes primarily in the 800 metres. 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.

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Career

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. [4] She is the second of the seven torchbearers to transfer allegiance after Katie Kirk, selected from Northern Ireland by Dame Mary Peters, transferred to Ireland.

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). [3] 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. [3] 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. [3]

Her 800 metres personal best of 1:59.50 (Walnut, CA, May 2021) ranks her equal 18th on the UK all-time list. [2] Her indoor best is 2:00.23 (Glasgow 2020). [3]

On 9 November 2019, Adelle set the female course record at Cheltenham parkrun in 16:58. [5]

In February 2022, she won her second national title after indoor 800m victory in 2016, contesting the 1500 metres at the British Indoor Championships. [6]

On 28 June 2022, Tracey became eligible to race for Jamaica, and announced her transfer of allegiance on the same day.

In July 2023, in the semi final of the 1500m at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Tracey set a new Jamaican record but failed to qualify for the final. Later at the Championships Tracey qualified for the final of the 800m finished and setting a new personal best time.

Personal life

Tracey was born in the United States to a Jamaican father and English mother, and moved to England at the age of 7. [7]

Tracey has both Dyslexia and Dyscalculia [8]

Competition record

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
2009 European Youth Olympic Festival Tampere, Finland Silver medal icon.svg800 m2:09.92
2015 European U23 Championships Tallinn, Estonia 4th800 m 2:01.66
2016 World Indoor Championships Portland, United States 15th (h)800 m 2:07.05
European Championships Amsterdam, Netherlands 24th (h)800 m 2:05.41
2017 World Championships London, United Kingdom 11th (sf)800 m 2:00.26
Universiade Taipei, Chinese Taipei 5th800 m 2:03.72
2018 Commonwealth Games Gold Coast, Australia 18th (h)800 m 2:02.03
World Cup London, United Kingdom Silver medal icon.svg800 m2:01.05
European Championships Berlin, Germany 4th800 m 2:00.86
2019 European Indoor Championships Glasgow, United Kingdom 7th (sf)800 m 2:03.26
Representing Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica
2022 World Championships Eugene, United States 12th (sf)800 m 2:00.21
18th (sf)1500 m 4:06.96
NACAC Championships Freeport, Bahamas Bronze 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

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References

  1. 2017 Universiade bio
  2. 1 2 3 "Adelle Tracey – Profile". Power of 10 / thepowerof10.info. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 "Adelle TRACEY – Athlete profile". World Athletics . Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  4. "2014 WIC handbook" (PDF).
  5. "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.
  6. "Tracey wins as Hodgkinson reaches final". BBC Sport . 26 February 2022. Retrieved 27 February 2022.
  7. "Jamaican to the bone". Jamaica Observer. 20 March 2016.
  8. "Minutes of the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) Dyslexia and Specific Learning Difficulties" (PDF).
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