Gemma Bridge

Gemma Bridge

Personal information
Nationality	British (English)
Born	(1993-05-17) 17 May 1993 (age 32) Oxford, England
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	20km race walk
Club	Oxford City Athletic Club [1]
Coached by	Mark Wall

Gemma Bridge (born 17 May 1993) previously competed internationally in racewalking events. ^{[2] [3]}

Biography

Born in Oxford, she studied biology at the University of Birmingham and ran cross country for the varsity team. Gemma completed her master's degree in the United States at McNeese State University where she also ran for the university. Gemma has doctorate from Leeds Beckett University. Gemma now works in public health, and is Director of Bridge Research. ^[4]

She became British champion when winning the 5000 metres race walk event at the 2020 British Athletics Championships, with a time of 22 min 51.15 sec. ^{[5] [6]} She also won the 20 km Race Walking Association Championships in Leeds, which doubled as the British Championships, with a time of 1 hour 32 mins. ^[7] She finished fifth in the women's 20 kilometres walk at the 2018 Commonwealth Games ^[8] and has represented her country at the World Championships in Athletics and IAAF World Race Walking Team Championships.

Since retiring from race walking, Gemma now enjoys running and hiking.

References

1. "Profile". Power of 10.
2. "Athlete profile". World Athletics.
3. "Athletes". European Athletics.
4. "Bridge Research". Bridge Research.{{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help); Text "https://www.bridgeresearchltd.com/" ignored (help)
5. "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
6. "Results list". British Athletics.
7. "2017 Race Walking Association Championships". Power of 10.
8. "Result - Women's 20km Race Walk Final" . Retrieved 16 October 2020.