Adelle Tracey

Adelle Tracey (born 27 May 1993)[2][3] is a British middle-distance runner competing primarily in the 800 metres. She placed fourth in the event at the 2018 European Athletics Championships.

Adelle Tracey
Personal information
Born (1993-05-27) 27 May 1993
Seattle, Washington, U.S.
EducationArts University Bournemouth & St Mary's University, Twickenham[1]
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight55 kg (121 lb)
Sport
SportAthletics
Event(s)800 metres
ClubGuildford & Godalming[2]
Coached byCraig Winrow (2013–)
Sue Goode (–2013)

Career

Tracey was one of the torchbearers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Opening Ceremony who, together with six other young British sport talents, lit the Olympic Cauldron. She was picked by Kelly Holmes.[4]

Tracey won the British indoor 800 metres title in 2016, and went on to run a personal best of 2:00.04 on 7 September in Watford (mixed races).[3] At the 2017 World Championships in London, she ran 2:00.28 in her heat to qualify for the semifinals, where she was sixth in 2:00.26.[3] After finishing second in the 800m at the Athletics World Cup in London in July 2018, she went on to improve her 800m best by breaking the two-minute barrier for the first time with 1:59.86 in the semifinals at the European Championships in Berlin, going on to finish fourth in the final.[3]

Her 800 metres personal best of 1:59.50 (Walnut, CA, May 2021) ranks her equal 18th on the UK all-time list.[2] Her indoor best is 2:00.23 (Glasgow 2020).[3]

On 9 November 2019, Adelle set the female course record at Cheltenham parkrun in 16:58.[5]

In February 2022, she won her second national title after indoor 800m victory in 2016, contesting the 1500 metres at the British Indoor Championships.[6]

Competition record
YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing  Great Britain
2009 European Youth Olympic Festival Tampere, Finland 2nd 800 m 2:09.92
2015 European U23 Championships Tallinn, Estonia 4th 800 m 2:01.66
2016 World Indoor Championships Portland, United States 15th (h) 800 m 2:07.05
European Championships Amsterdam, Netherlands 24th (h) 800 m 2:05.41
2017 World Championships London, United Kingdom 11th (sf) 800 m 2:00.26
Universiade Taipei, Chinese Taipei 5th 800 m 2:03.72
2018 Commonwealth Games Gold Coast, Australia 18th (h) 800 m 2:02.03
World Cup London, United Kingdom 2nd 800 m 2:01.05
European Championships Berlin, Germany 4th 800 m 2:00.86
2019 European Indoor Championships Glasgow, United Kingdom 7th (sf) 800 m 2:03.26

References
  1. 2017 Universiade bio
  2. "Adelle Tracey – Profile". Power of 10 / thepowerof10.info. Retrieved 1 January 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. "Adelle TRACEY – Athlete profile". World Athletics. Retrieved 1 January 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. 2014 WIC handbook
  5. "Cheltenham parkrun website / event statistics". Wayback Machine. ParkRun.org.uk. 15 February 2022. Archived from the original on 15 February 2022. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
  6. "Tracey wins as Hodgkinson reaches final". BBC Sport. 26 February 2022. Retrieved 27 February 2022.


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