Phoebe Gill
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| Nationality | British | |||||||||||||
| Born | 27 April 2007 | |||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||
| Event(s) | 800m | |||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 800m: 2:01.50 (Watford, 2023) 1500m: 4.11:96 (Watford, 2023) | |||||||||||||
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Phoebe Gill (born 27 April 2007) is a British track and field athlete who competes as a middle-distance runner. In 2023, she became the British under-17 record holder over both 800 metres and 1500 metres.[1]
Early life
Gill is from St Albans in Hertfordshire.[2] She was initially focused on swimming before turning her attentions towards athletics.[3]
Career
2022
Coached by Deborah Steer at St Albans Athletic Club,[4] Gill set the fifth fastest British U17 age group 800m time in May 2022, running 2:03.74 at the Watford Open Graded Meeting. This placed her ahead of Keely Hodgkinson at the same age and was the fastest by a British U17 athlete since Jessica Warner-Judd in 2011.[5] In August 2022, Gill ran a 1500m time of 4:14.08 which became the fastest ever in the under-17 age group, ran in the UK.[6]
2023
Gill won the English schools title over 800m in July 2023.[7][8] In July 2023, Gill broke Jude-Warner’s U17 British record for the 1500m, when she ran 4:11.96 at the BMC Watford Gold Standard meeting.[9]
Gill was selected to represent England at the 2023 Commonwealth Youth Games held in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago in August 2023.[10] She clocked a time of 2:02:30 to win gold in the 800m, the fastest time by a British U17 female athlete since Jo White in 1977.[11]
Racing in Britain again later in August 2023, she set a new British U17 record for the 800 metres, running 2:01.50 in Watford.[12]
References
- ↑ "Phoebe Gill". World Athletics. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
- ↑ Metcalfe, Neil (10 November 2022). "St Albans athletes at national cross-country and NY Marathon". Hertsad.co.uk. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
- ↑ Heath, Georgie (October 5, 2023). "Phoebe Gill: "Kelly Holmes is a massive inspiration"". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 5 October 2023.
- ↑ "Trinbago 2023: The rise and rise of Phoebe Gill". Teamengland.org. 10 August 2023. Retrieved 5 October 2023.
- ↑ Bland, Gill (May 22, 2022). "Diamond League action & McColgan breaks European 10km record". Fastrunning.com. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
- ↑ Smythe, Steve (August 23, 2022). "Fast times for prodigious Phoebe Gill and Corey Campbell". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
- ↑ Adams, Tim (July 3, 2023). "Five takeaways from the English Schools Champs". Retrieved 4 July 2023.
- ↑ Metcalfe, Neil (6 July 2023). "Phoebe Gill gets England call after school championship win". Herts Advertiser. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
- ↑ Adams, Tim (July 13, 2023). "Phoebe Gill takes apart UK U17 1500m record". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
- ↑ "Team England athletes selected for Trinidad and Tobago 2023". England Athletics. 4 July 2023. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
- ↑ Adams, Tim (August 11, 2023). "Phoebe Gill stars to win Commonwealth Youth Games 800m title". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
- ↑ Rhodes, James (29 August 2023). "Brilliant Budapest – Weekend(ish) Round Up". Fastrunning.com. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
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