Jemma Reekie

Jemma Reekie

Reekie at the 2021 Fifth Avenue Mile
Personal information
Born	(1998-03-06) 6 March 1998 (age 27) Beith, Ayrshire, Scotland
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	Middle-distance running
Club	Kilbarchan AAC
Coached by	Andy Young (2015–2023) Arthur Smith (–2015) [1]
Achievements and titles
Olympic finals	2020 Tokyo 800 m, 4th
Personal bests	Outdoors 800 m: 1:55.61 (London 2024) Mile : 4:19.40 (New York 2023) Indoors 800 m: 1:57.91i (Glasgow 2020)
Medal record Women's athletics Representing   Great Britain World Indoor Championships 2024 Glasgow 800 m European U23 Championships 2019 Gävle 800 m 2019 Gävle 1500 m European U20 Championships 2017 Grosseto 1500 m

Jemma Reekie (born 6 March 1998) ^{[1] [2]} is a Scottish middle-distance runner who competed at the 2020 and 2024 Summer Olympics.

Career

Reekie was born in Beith in Scotland in March 1998. ^[3]

Reekie competed at the 2017 European U20 Championships in July, winning the gold medal in the 1500 metres and finishing fourth in the 3000 metres.

At the 2018 European Championships in August, Reekie competed in the 1500 metres, failing to make the final.

Reekie competed at the 2019 European Indoor Championships in March, failing to make the final of the 1500 metres. In July, she achieved a rare double at the 2019 European U23 Championships, winning gold medals in the 800 metres and 1500 metres. ^[4] In October, she competed at the 2019 World Championships. She failed to make the final of the 1500 metres.

In February 2020, Reekie broke three British indoor records within eight days, setting a new mark for the 800 metres, and then for the mile and 1500 metres. The 1500 metres record was broken by her training partner, Laura Muir, in 2021, ^{[5] [6]} and the 800 metres record was broken by Keely Hodgkinson in 2022.

Reekie running in the 2021 Fifth Avenue Mile

Reekie at the 2021 Fifth Avenue Mile awards ceremony

In July and August 2021, Reekie competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics. She finished fourth in the 800 metres with a personal best time of 1:56.90. ^[7] In September, she won the 2021 Fifth Avenue Mile. ^[8]

Reekie became the British 800 metres champion after winning the title at the 2024 British Athletics Championships ^[9] and then competed at the 2022 World Championships in July, failing to make the final of the 800 metres. In August, she competed at the 2022 Commonwealth Games. In the 800 metres, she failed to make the final. In the 1500 metres, she finished fifth. Later that month, she competed at the 2022 European Championships, where she finished fifth in the 800 metres.

In March 2023, Reekie split from trainer Andy Young, who had coached her since 2015, after quitting a training camp in South Africa. ^{[10] [11]} In August, she competed at the 2023 World Championships, finishing fifth in the 800 metres. In September, she won the 2023 Fifth Avenue Mile.

Reekie made a successful start to the 2024 indoor season, winning the UK Indoor Athletics Championships 800m in a championship record time of 1:58.24. ^[12] After winning the 800 metres silver medal at the 2024 British Athletics Championships, Reekie was subsequently named in the Great Britain team for the 2024 Summer Olympics ^[13] where she went out in the semi-finals. ^{[14] [15]}

Achievements

International competitions

Representing   Great Britain /   Scotland

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Time
2017	European U20 Championships	Grosseto, Italy	1st	1500 m	4:13.25
			4th	3000 m	9:24.81 PB
2018	European Championships	Berlin, Germany	15th (h)	1500 m	4:10.35
2019	European Indoor Championships	Birmingham, England	11th (h)	1500 m	4:13.44 PB
	European U23 Championships	Gävle, Sweden	1st	800 m	2:05.19
			1st	1500 m	4:22.81
	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	32nd (h)	1500 m	4:12.51
2021	Olympic Games	Tokyo, Japan	4th	800m	1:56:90 PB
2022	World Championships	Eugene, OR, United States	15th (sf)	800 m	2:00.43
	Commonwealth Games	Birmingham, England	11th (h)	800 m	2:00.68
			5th	1500 m	4:05.33
	European Championships	Munich, Germany	5th	800 m	2:00.31
2023	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary	5th	800 m	1:57.72
2024	World Indoor Championships	Glasgow, Scotland	2nd	800 m	2:02.72
	European Championships	Rome, Italy	5th	1500 m	4:06.17
	Olympic Games	Paris, France	8th (sf)	800 m	1:58.01

Personal bests

• 800 metres – 1:55.61 (London 2024)
  • 800 metres indoor – 1:57.91 (Glasgow 2020)
• 1500 metres – 3:58.65 (Chorzów 2023)
  • 1500 metres indoor – 4:00.52+ (New York 2020)
• One mile – 4:19.40 (New York 2023)
  • One mile indoor – 4:17.88 (New York 2020) NR

Circuit wins and national titles

• Diamond League
  • 2020 (2): Stockholm Bauhaus-galan (800 m), Rome Golden Gala (800 m)
  • 2023: London Anniversary Games (800 m)
• World Athletics Indoor Tour
  • 2020 (2): Glasgow Indoor Grand Prix (1500 m), ^[16] Liévin Meeting International (800 m) ^[17]
• British Athletics Championships
  • 800 metres: 2022
• British Indoor Athletics Championships
  • 1500 metres: 2019

Awards

• Scottish Athletics
  • Performer of the Year: 2020 (with Laura Muir and Jake Wightman) ^[18]
• British Athletics Writers' Association
  • Cliff Temple Award for British Female Athlete of the Year: 2020 ^[19]

References

1. "Jemma Reekie – Profile". Power of 10 / thepowerof10.info. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
2. "Jemma REEKIE – Athlete profile". World Athletics . Retrieved 1 January 2023.
3. "Jemma Reekie | Team GB". www.teamgb.com. Retrieved 7 July 2025.
4. "Results Book" (PDF). 2019 European Athletics U23 Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 30 June 2020. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
5. Whittington, Jessica (1 February 2020). "Jemma Reekie breaks British indoor 800m record in Glasgow". AW . Retrieved 1 February 2020.
6. "Jemma Reekie breaks British indoor mile and 1500m records in New York". The Guardian. 9 February 2020. Archived from the original on 11 July 2021. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
7. "Watch: 'I had an Olympic dream and I hope other kids do, too' – Jemma Reekie". Scottish Athletics . 11 August 2021. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
8. Monti, David (12 September 2021). "RRW: Great Day For Scotland as Jemma Reekie (4:22) & Jake Wightman (3:50) Prevail at New Balance Fifth Avenue Mile". LetsRun.com . Retrieved 11 September 2022.
9. "WAAA and National Championships Medallists - 220 yards and 200 metres". NUTS. 3 August 2025. Retrieved 5 August 2025.
10. Lawton, Matt; Broadbent, Rick (31 March 2023). "Laura Muir and Jemma Reekie split with Andy Young after hire car dispute" . The Times . ISSN   0140-0460 . Retrieved 31 March 2023.
11. "Muir and Reekie part with long-serving coach Young". BBC Sport . 31 March 2023. Retrieved 31 March 2023.
12. "UK Indoor Athletics Championships: Laura Muir and Jemma Reekie win gold in Birmingham". BBC Sport . 18 February 2024. Retrieved 18 February 2024.
13. "Kerr & Johnson-Thompson head GB Olympics athletics squad". BBC Sport. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
14. "Devastated Reekie misses out on Olympic final". BBC Sport. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
15. "REEKIE Jemma". Paris 2024 Olympics . Archived from the original on 7 October 2024. (alternate link)
16. 2020 World Athletics Indoor Tour - Glasgow results
17. 2020 World Athletics Indoor Tour - Liévin results
18. "Muir and Miller land our Athlete of Year titles at 4J Annual Awards". Scottish Athletics . 10 October 2021. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
19. "Reekie and Wightman among winners of the 2020 British Athletics Writers Association Awards" . Retrieved 6 January 2022.

External links

• Jemma Reekie at British Athletics
• Jemma Reekie at Team Scotland
• Jemma Reekie at Olympedia
• Jemma Reekie at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games
• Jemma Reekie on Instagram