Abbie Donnelly (born 2 September 1996) is a British track and field athlete and cross country runner. She was a bronze medalist in the individual and gold medalist in the team event at the 2023 European Cross Country Championships.She won gold in the team half marathon at the 2024 European Athletics Championships.[1]
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| Nationality | Great Britain | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 2 September 1996 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | 5000m | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 5000m: 15:42.65 (Milton Keynes, 2021) 10000m: 31:45.37 (London, 2024) Half marathon: 1:09.10 (Barcelona, 2024) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Early life
editFrom Lincolnshire, Donnelly had an early start to athletics as her sister Laura were taken along as children to attend Lincoln Wellington Athletics Club by her father, who was a keen middle-distance runner.[2] She became the English schools cross country champion in 2015.[3]
Career
editIn 2018, Donnelly was part of the Great Britain U23 team that won the bronze medal at the 2018 European Cross Country Championships, held in Tilburg, Netherlands.[4] She then won gold as part of the British women's senior team at the 2019 European Cross Country Championships in Lisbon.[5]
Donnelly was the highest European finisher at the 2023 World Athletics Cross Country Championships in Bathurst, New South Wales, in February 2023, as she finished 24th overall.[6]
Donnelly finished third in The Big Half in London in September 2023, a result that qualified her for the World Road Running Championships in Riga later that year.[7][8] In Riga, she finished 25th overall in the half marathon, and the British team won a bronze medal in the event.[9][10]
In December 2023, Donnelly was a bronze medalist in the individual and gold medalist in the team event, at the 2023 European Cross Country Championships.[11]
On 20 January 2024, she won the London International Cross Country event.[12] She ran a new half marathon personal best time of 69:10 in Barcelona on 11 February 2024.[13] In March 2024, she won the UK Inter-Counties Cross Country Championships at Wollaton Park.[14] She finished twentieth at the 2024 World Cross Country Championships in Serbia on 30 March 2024.[15] She ran a 10,000 metres personal best of 31:45.37 in London in May 2024.[16] She was selected to run the half marathon for Britain at the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome.[17] She won a gold medal in the team half marathon.[18]
Personal life
editDonnelly graduated in History from the University of Loughborough in 2019 and began a PHD at the University.[19]
References
edit- ^ "Abbie Donnelly". World Athletics. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
- ^ Karran, Ellie (12 February 2023). "Abbie Donnelly: Lincolnshire's queen of athletics". Lincolnite.co.uk. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
- ^ "Abbie Donnelly and Mahamed Mahamed among English Schools winners". Athletics Weekly. March 14, 2015. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
- ^ Crumley, Euan (December 9, 2018). "Double European Cross joy for Ingebrigtsens". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
- ^ Crumley, Euan (December 8, 2019). "Five is the magic number at European Cross". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
- ^ Karran, Ellis (20 February 2023). "Abbie Donnelly fastest European at World Cross Country Championships". The Lincolnite. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
- ^ Foster, Anthony (4 September 2023). "Big Half 2023 Marathon: Complete Results and UK Dominance". Track Alerts. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
- ^ "12 years in the making, Abbie Donnelly targets marathon momentum". Viewfromtheconcourse. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
- ^ "Two medals for Great Britain & NI at the World Road Running Championships". England Athletics. 4 October 2023. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
- ^ Henderson, Jason (October 1, 2023). "Team bronze for Calli Thackery 30 years after dad won same colour medal". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
- ^ "European Cross Country Championships: Great Britain's Abbie Donnelly claims bronze". BBC Sport. 10 December 2023. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
- ^ "ABBIE DONNELLY AND HUGO MILNER TRIUMPH AT LONDON INTERNATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY". British Athletics. 20 January 2024. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
- ^ "Jepkosgei and Kandie triumph in Barcelona". World Athletics. 11 February 2024. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
- ^ "Abbie Donnelly and Calum Johnson win Inter-Counties crowns". Athletics Weekly. March 10, 2024. Retrieved March 10, 2024.
- ^ Henderson, Jason (March 30, 2024). "Chebet reigns supreme as GB captain Donnelly leads by example". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 31 March 2024.
- ^ Henderson, Jason (May 19, 2024). "Megan Keith seals Olympic selection in Night of the 10,000m PBs thriller". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 19 May 2024.
- ^ "KATARINA JOHNSON-THOMPSON NAMED IN STRONG GB & NI TEAM FOR EUROPEANS ROME 2024". British Athletics. 28 May 2024. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
- ^ Henderson, Jason (June 9, 2024). "Calli Hauger-Thackery leads Britain to European half-marathon team gold". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
- ^ "Abbie Donnelly". lboro.ac.uk. Retrieved 10 December 2023.