Jessie Knight (athlete)

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Jessie Knight
2022-08-18 European Championships 2022 - Women's 400 Metres Hurdles by Sandro Halank-037.jpg
Jessie Knight in 2022
Personal information
Born (1994-06-15) 15 June 1994 (age 30)
Epsom, Surrey, England
Sport
CountryFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Sport Athletics
Event 400 metres hurdles
Club Windsor, Slough, Eton and Hounslow Athletic Club [1]
Coached byMarina Armstrong
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
World Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2022 Eugene 4×400 m relay
World Indoor Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2024 Glasgow 4×400 m relay
European Indoor Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2021 Toruń 4×400 m relay

Jessie Knight (born 15 June 1994) is a British former athlete who specialised in the 400 metres hurdles. [2] [3]

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Career

Knight became the British champion of the 400 metres hurdles event after winning at the 2020 British Athletics Championships with a time of 55.80 seconds. [4]

In May 2021, she improved on her record at the year's Golden Spike Ostrava with a personal best of 54.74 seconds. [5] She was later named to the British track and field team ahead of the 2020 Summer Olympics for the 400 metres hurdles event alongside Meghan Beesley and Jessica Turner. [6] Upon arriving in Tokyo, Knight was one of six British athletes forced to self-isolate after a passenger on her flight had tested positive for COVID-19. [5] At the Olympics, Knight stumbled in her heat race for the 400 metres hurdles event as she approached the track's first bend and crashed into the first hurdle, ending her hopes to medal in the event. Knight hoped to, but did not, race in the women's 4 x 400 metres relay. [7]

Knight competed in the women's 4 x 400 metres relay for England in the 2022 Commonwealth Games, where despite managing to hold off Canada's Kyra Constantine to finish first in the final by 0.01s, England did not medal due to a lane violation earlier in the race.

After winning the 400 metres hurdles silver medal at the 2024 British Athletics Championships, Knight was subsequently named in the Great Britain team for the 2024 Summer Olympics. [8] She went out in the semi-finals at the Games in Paris. [9]

Knight announced her retirement from professional athletics in November 2024. [10]

Personal life

Knight now works as a primary school teacher. [11]

References

  1. ↑ "Profile". Power of 10.
  2. ↑ "Athlete profile". World Athletics.
  3. ↑ "Athletes". European Athletics.
  4. ↑ "Results list". British Athletics.
  5. 1 2 "Jessie Knight: Team GB's 400m hurdler ready for Tokyo 2020 bow despite self-isolation". Sky Sports . 21 July 2021. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
  6. ↑ McGuire, Jane (29 June 2021). "The British Olympic team for Tokyo has been announced". Runner's World . Retrieved 3 August 2021.
  7. ↑ Ehantharajah, Vithushan (31 July 2021). "Tokyo Olympics: Britain's Jessie Knight endures cruelty of sport with fall at the first hurdle" . The Independent . Archived from the original on 8 June 2022. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
  8. ↑ "Kerr & Johnson-Thompson head GB Olympics athletics squad". BBC Sport. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
  9. ↑ "Knight says she is to blame after missing out on 400m hurdles final". Barry and District News. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
  10. ↑ "Jessie Knight announces her retirement". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 17 February 2025.
  11. ↑ "Jessie Knight: "I'm ready to walk away"". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 17 February 2025.


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