Alyson Bell

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Alyson Bell
Personal information
Born (2003-11-09) 9 November 2003 (age 21)
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event Sprint
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)100m: 11.31 (Geneva, 2023)
200m: 23.93 (Chelmsford, 2023)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
World Relays
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2024 Nassau 4×100 m relay
European Athletics U20 Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2021 Tallinn 4x100 m relay
European U23 Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2023 Espoo 4x100m relay

Alyson Bell is a British track and field athlete who competes as a sprinter. [1]

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Early life

Bell runs for Giffnock North Athletic Club and attends Edinburgh University. [2] At University she shares a flat with fellow GB athlete Megan Keith and triathlete Isla Britton. [3]

Career

Bell won gold as part of the 4 × 100 m relay team at the 2021 European Athletics U20 Championships in Tallinn. [4] She also won a gold as part of the 4 × 100 m relay team at the 2023 European U23 Athletics Championships in Espoo. [5]

She was chosen to represent Great Britain at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest in August 2023. [6] In October 2023, Bell was included in the World Class Programme by UK Athletics for the first time. [7]

On 17 February 2024, she qualified for the final at the British national indoor championships in the 60 metres event, running 7.41 in the final in Birmingham to finish seventh. [8]

In April 2024, she was selected as part of the British team for the 2024 World Athletics Relays in Nassau, Bahamas. [9] In November 2024, she was named by British Athletics on the Olympic Futures Programme for 2025. [10]

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References

  1. "Alyson Bell". World Athletics. Retrieved 29 July 2023.
  2. "Alyson and Brodie picked World U20s; Junior Hill League". Scottish Athletics. 21 July 2022. Retrieved 29 July 2023.
  3. Smith, Tyrone (15 August 2023). "World Athletics Championships: Alyson Bell heads to Budapest with famous faces". BBC Sport. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
  4. "#TallinnTen: Alyson and Brodie land relay golds". Scottishathletics.org.uk. 18 July 2021. Retrieved 29 July 2023.
  5. Henderson, Jason (July 17, 2023). "Britain tops Euro U23 Champs medals table" . Retrieved 29 July 2023.
  6. "GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND SQUAD SELECTED FOR THE 2023 WORLD ATHLETICS CHAMPS". Britishathletics.org.uk. 28 July 2023. Retrieved 28 July 2023.
  7. "Eight top Scots are named on World Class Programme by UK Athletics en route to Paris". Scottish Athletics. 25 October 2023. Retrieved 26 October 2023.
  8. "Live results and start lists for the 2024 British Athletics Indoor Championships". Watch Athletics. February 17, 2023. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
  9. "Ujah returns to British squad for world relays". BBC Sport. 11 April 2024. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
  10. "2024-25 OLYMPIC FUTURES PROGRAMME ATHLETES ANNOUNCED". British Athletics. 11 November 2024. Retrieved 11 November 2024.