Abigail Ives (born 9 February 2004) is a British middle distance runner.[1]
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| Birth name | Abigail Ives | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | British | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 6 February 2004 | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
| Event | Middle distance running | ||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 800m: 1:59.92 (Belfast, 2023) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Early life
editFrom Essex, she is a member of Basildon Athletic Club. She won her first age-group county cross-country championships for Basildon AC in 2015 when she was 13 years-old.[2] She attended Coopers' Company and Coborn School in Upminster. In 2015, she won the individual age-group title at the National finals of the Cross-Country Cup in Bedford.[3]
Career
edit2022
editShe was selected to represent Britain at the 2022 World Athletics U20 Championships.[4] She went into the championship with an 800 metres best of 2:01.88.[5] She won her semifinal with a run of 2:01.92, before going on to place sixth in the final.[6]
2023
editIn February 2023, she won bronze at the 2023 British Indoor Athletics Championships in Birmingham over 800 metres.[7] In May 2023, she ran a 800 metres personal best time of 1:59.92 in Belfast, becoming just the fourth British U20 athlete to break the two-minute barrier at the distance.[8] In August 2023, she won silver at the 2023 European Athletics U20 Championships in Jerusalem in the 800 metres. She was later voted the Athletics Weekly British Female Under-20 Athlete of the Year.[9]
2024
editIn May 2024, she won the British Universities and Colleges Sport (BUCS) 800 metres title, competing for the University of Birmingham.[10] In November 2024, she was named by British Athletics on the Olympic Futures Programme for 2025.[11]
Personal life
editHer older sister Isobel Ives also competes as a middle-distance runner, combining it with work as a civil engineer in Chelmsford.[12]
References
edit- ^ "Abigail Ives". World Athletics. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
- ^ "Claire Cornwell and Abi Ives hit gold at the Essex Cross-Country Championships". Echo-News. 4 December 2015. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
- ^ "School Sport: Coopers pupils make history". Romford Recorder. 11 December 2015. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
- ^ "British juniors all set for Cali". Athletics Weekly. July 20, 2022. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
- ^ "WU20 Cali 22 preview: distance". World Athletics. 30 July 2022. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
- ^ "Women's 800m Results: World Athletics Junior Championships 2022". watch athletics. 3 August 2022. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
- ^ "Baker breaks championship record to win 1500m gold". BBC Sport. 19 February 2023. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
- ^ Smythe, Steve (May 16, 2023). "Abigail Ives, 19, runs sub-2min 800m – UK track round-up inc County Champs special". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
- ^ Heath, Georgie (December 26, 2023). "Abbie Ives on breaking two minutes and running quicker in 2024". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
- ^ "University students triumph at BUCS Championships". Athletics Weekly. May 9, 2024. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
- ^ "2024-25 OLYMPIC FUTURES PROGRAMME ATHLETES ANNOUNCED". British Athletics. 11 November 2024. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
- ^ "Basildon's middle-distance runners line up against Britain's best". Echo-News. 8 July 2023. Retrieved 12 May 2024.