| Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Born | 1 March 1998 Glasgow, Scotland | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Track and Field | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | 400m, 800m | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Jill Cherry (born 1 March 1998) is a Scottish middle-distance runner. She was a bronze medalist at the 2022 Commonwealth Games 4 x 400 metres relay, running for Scotland. She won a bronze medal at the 2017 European Athletics U20 Championships running for Great Britain.
From Airdrie, Cherry attended St Margaret’s High School. [1] She attended Scotland's National Academy in 2016, where her peers included Erin Wallace and Alisha Rees. [2]
She has been coached from a young age by Allan Scott. She runs for the Victoria Park City of Glasgow (VP-Glasgow) athletics club in Scotland. [3] [4] She won the U20 women’s 400 metres race at the England Athletics Age Group Championships in Sheffield in February 2017. [5] She won a bronze medal at the 2017 European Athletics U20 Championships in the 4 x 400 metres relay after running the heats for the British team in Grosseto, Italy, [6]
Cherry placed fourth overall in the 2022 British Indoor Athletics Championships over 800 metres. [7] At the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England, Cherry ran in the 4 x 400 metres relay for the Scottish team, winning the bronze medal alongside Zoey Clark, Beth Dobbin and Nicole Yeargin. She was a travelling reserve for the relay, and had been drafted in to run the day before the race following an injury to her teammate Carys McAulay. [1] [3] [8]
She was a finalist in the 800 metres at the 2023 British Indoor Athletics Championships. [9] She was chosen to represent Scotland at the 2024 Loughborough International in May 2024. [10] She won the 400 metres at the Scottish Championships in August 2024 in a personal best time. [11]
 | This biographical article relating to Scottish athletics is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
