 Dobbin in 2018 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Bethany Mae Dobbin | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 7 June 1994 Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Country |  Great Britain  Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Women's athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | 200 m, 4 x 100 m, 4 x 400 m | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Bethany Mae Dobbin (born 7 June 1994 in Doncaster) [1] is a British sprinter who competes mainly in the 200 metres. She is the Scottish record holder for the 200 metres with a time of 22.50 secs. She represented Great Britain at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021.
Dobbin's season best for the 200 metres in 2016 was 23.94 secs at Loughbrough in June. In 2017, she improved her best to 23.31 secs in her heat at the British Championships in July, going on to finish sixth in the final in 23.42.
Dobbin broke the Scottish 200m record four times in June/July 2018. Sandra Whittaker's previous record of 22.98 secs had stood since 1984. Dobbin ran 22.84 at Eton on 2 June, 22.83 at the Diamond League in Stockholm on 10 June, then improved the record twice more at the British Championships in Birmingham on 1 July, running 22.75 in her heat, before winning the final in 22.59. [2] Her other best times include 11.64 secs for the 100 metres (2018) and 53.21 secs for the 400 metres (2018 indoors).
On 15 July 2018, Dobbin finished third in the 200 metres at the Athletics World Cup in London in 22.95 secs. She competed a month later at the European Championships in Berlin, and finished second in her 200 metres semi-final in 22.84 secs on 10 August, to automatically qualify for the following days final, where she finished seventh in a time of 22.93 secs. [3]
On 20 July 2019, Dobbin finished third in the 200 metres at the Müller Anniversary Games in London in a new personal best of 22.50 secs, improving her own Scottish Record by 0.09 secs. [4]
Dobbin was selected to run in the women's 200 metres at the 2020 Summer Olympics. She qualified from her heat but was eliminated in the semi-final in a time of 22.78 secs. [5]
Dobbin was part of the British 4 x 100 metres quartet than ran a world leading time and set a new meeting record at the British Grand Prix of 42.29 seconds in May 2022. [6]
She is the daughter of former Celtic, Grimsby Town, Barnsley and Doncaster Rovers footballer Jim Dobbin. [7]
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Representing Great Britain and Scotland | |||||
| 2018 | World Cup | London, United Kingdom | 3rd | 200 m | 22.95 |
| European Championships | Berlin, Germany | 7th | 200 m | 22.93 | |
| 2019 | World Championships | Doha, Qatar | 19th (sf) | 200 m | 23.11 |
| 2021 | European Team Championships | Chorzow, Poland | 1st | 200 m | 22.78 |
| Olympic Games | Tokyo, Japan | 15th (sf) | 200 m | 22.85 | |
| Diamond League Final | Brussels, Belgium | 6th | 200 m | 22.88 | |
| 2022 | World Championships | Eugene, United States | 24th (h) | 200 m | 23.04 |
| Commonwealth Games | Birmingham, England | 8th | 200 m | 23.40 | |
| 3rd | 4 x 400 m | 3:30.15 | |||
| European Championships | Munich, Germany | – | 200 m | DQ | |
| Diamond League Final | Zürich, Switzerland | 8th | 200 m | 23.83 | |
| Competition | Pos | Pos | Years | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outdoor | British Championships | 1st | 200 m | 2018 |
| 2nd | 200 m | 2019, 2021, 2022 | ||
| CAU Inter-County Championships | 2nd | 200 m | 2016, 2017 | |
| Scottish Championships | 2nd | 200 m | 2016, 2017 | |
| Indoor | BUCS Championships | 2nd | 200 m | 2015, 2016 |
| Scottish Championships | 2nd | 200 m | 2015 | |
| 3rd | 2014 | |||
| England Athletics U20 Championships | 2nd | 200 m | 2013 | |
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