| Personal information | ||||||||||||
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| Nationality | British | |||||||||||
| Born | 14 November 2002 | |||||||||||
| Sport | ||||||||||||
| Sport | Track and field | |||||||||||
| Event | Triple jump | |||||||||||
| Club | Woodford Green Essex Ladies | |||||||||||
| Achievements and titles | ||||||||||||
| Personal best(s) | Triple Jump: 13.56 (Manchester, 2023) | |||||||||||
Medal record
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Georgina Forde-Wells (born 14 November 2002) is a British triple jumper. In 2023, she became the British triple jump champion. [1] [2]
From Northampton, Forde-Wells attended Northampton High School. She was a member of Rugby & Northampton Athletics Club before competing for Woodford Green & Essex Ladies. As a youngster, she also took part in gymnastics and netball. [3]
Forde-Wells finished in fourth place in the triple jump at the 2019 English Schools Championships. In 2020, she jumped a new personal best distance of 12.43m to win the bronze medal at the England U20s indoor Championships. [4]
In February 2023, she won the British Universities Indoor Championships triple jump competition. [3]
She was selected for the British team for the 2023 European Athletics Team Championships held in Chorzów, Silesia, Poland in June 2023. [5] Competing in the triple jump, she finished 15th. [6]
In July 2023, she became the British triple jump champion, winning the gold medal at the 2023 British Athletics Championships, in Manchester, with a new personal best jump of 13.56m. [7] [8]
Forde-Wells attends Loughborough University. [9]
Loughborough University is a public research university in the market town of Loughborough, Leicestershire, England. It has been a university since 1966, but it dates back to 1909, when Loughborough Technical Institute was founded. In March 2013, the university announced it had bought the former broadcast centre at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park as a second campus. The annual income of the institution for 2022–23 was £369.1 million, of which £48.3 million was from research grants and contracts, with an expenditure of £339.1 million.
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