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Keely Hodgkinson
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keely_Hodgkinson
Keely Nicole Hodgkinson (born 3 March 2002)[3][4] is an English athlete specialising in the 800 metres. At the age of 19, she won a silver medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, breaking the British record set by Kelly Holmes in 1995 and a European under-20 record to become the fourth fastest under-20 woman of all time.[5][6] Hodgkinson is the youngest ever 800m indoor champion, having won the race at the 2021 European Indoor Championships.[7]
Hodgkinson was in her specialist event European under-18 champion in 2018, and under-20 bronze medallist in 2019.
In 2020, she became British champion after winning the 800 metres at the British Championships with a time of 2m 3.24s.[9]
On 7 March, she became the youngest ever 800m European indoor champion in Toruń, Poland, clocking 2:03.88. She was younger at that time than fellow Briton Jane Colebrook, who took a gold medal at the 1977 European Indoor Championships in Spain.[7][11]
On 19 May, the 19-year-old broke by almost a second the UK's long-standing U20 outdoor record, winning the event in a time of 1:58.89 at the Golden Spike meet in Ostrava, Czech Republic.[12] On 4 July, Hodgkinson further lowered her PB to 1:57.51, finishing fourth at the Diamond League meet in Stockholm. She set her consecutive UK U20 record, country's U23 record, and became the second fastest European under-20 woman of all time.[13][14]
At the delayed 2020 Tokyo Olympics in August, she took almost two seconds off her PB and almost six seconds off her 2020's PB with a time of 1m 55.88s to take a silver medal behind only Athing Mu. Hodgkinson broke the 1995 Kelly Holmes' British senior record and a European U20 record, becoming the fourth fastest under-20 woman of all time.[15]
Keely Nicole Hodgkinson (born 3 March 2002)[3][4] is an English athlete specialising in the 800 metres. At the age of 19, she won a silver medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, breaking the British record set by Kelly Holmes in 1995 and a European under-20 record to become the fourth fastest under-20 woman of all time.[5][6] Hodgkinson is the youngest ever 800m indoor champion, having won the race at the 2021 European Indoor Championships.[7]
Hodgkinson was in her specialist event European under-18 champion in 2018, and under-20 bronze medallist in 2019.
Career[edit]
At the age of 10, Hodgkinson preferred swimming to running, and competed in the former for her school. Her father, however, advised her to run.[8]In 2020, she became British champion after winning the 800 metres at the British Championships with a time of 2m 3.24s.[9]
2021[edit]
On 30 January, Hodgkinson became the first British woman to set a world under-20 record for 36 years, breaking the 800m indoor mark in a time of 1:59.03 in Vienna.[10] Her record, however, stood for less than a month before being improved upon by Athing Mu with her time of 1:58.40, making Hodgkinson's record a European one.On 7 March, she became the youngest ever 800m European indoor champion in Toruń, Poland, clocking 2:03.88. She was younger at that time than fellow Briton Jane Colebrook, who took a gold medal at the 1977 European Indoor Championships in Spain.[7][11]
On 19 May, the 19-year-old broke by almost a second the UK's long-standing U20 outdoor record, winning the event in a time of 1:58.89 at the Golden Spike meet in Ostrava, Czech Republic.[12] On 4 July, Hodgkinson further lowered her PB to 1:57.51, finishing fourth at the Diamond League meet in Stockholm. She set her consecutive UK U20 record, country's U23 record, and became the second fastest European under-20 woman of all time.[13][14]
At the delayed 2020 Tokyo Olympics in August, she took almost two seconds off her PB and almost six seconds off her 2020's PB with a time of 1m 55.88s to take a silver medal behind only Athing Mu. Hodgkinson broke the 1995 Kelly Holmes' British senior record and a European U20 record, becoming the fourth fastest under-20 woman of all time.[15]
Achievements[edit]
All information taken from World Athletics profile.Keely Nicole Hodgkinson
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| Nickname(s) | "The Hodge" |
| Born | 3 March 2002 (age 19) Wigan, Greater Manchester, England[1] |
| Home town | Manchester |
| Sport | Athletics |
| Event(s) | 800 metres |
| Club | Leigh Harriers |
| Coached by | Trevor Painter[2] |
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