Phoebe Gill
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| Nationality | English | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 27 April 2007 | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
| Event | 800m | ||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 400m: 54.2 (St. Albans, 2023) 800m: 1:57.86 (Belfast, 2024) 1500m: 4:11.96 (Watford, 2023) 1500m: 4:05.87 (Watford, 2024 - mixed gender) | ||||||||||||||
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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 and in 2024 the European Under-18 record holder for 800 metres.[1]
Early life[edit]
Gill is from St Albans in Hertfordshire.[2] She was initially focused on swimming before turning her attentions towards athletics.[3] She attends St George's School, Harpenden and became a member of St Albans Athletics Club at under-11 level.[4]
Career[edit]
2022[edit]
Coached by Deborah Steer at St Albans Athletic Club,[5] 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.[6] 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.[7]
2023[edit]
Gill won the English schools title over 800m in July 2023.[8][9] In July 2023, Gill broke Warner-Judd's U17 British record for the 1500m, when she ran 4:11.96 at the BMC Watford Gold Standard meeting.[10]
Gill was selected to represent England at the 2023 Commonwealth Youth Games held in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago in August 2023.[11] 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.[12]
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.[13]
2024[edit]
On 1 January 2024, Gill took more than three seconds off of her indoor 400m personal best, running 54.82 in Lee Valley (mixed gender).[14]
On 1st May 2024 (4 days after turning 17), Gill ran 4:05.87 at 1500m in a Watford Open Graded Meeting (mixed gender), improving her personal best by over 6 seconds. This ranked her as the 3rd fastest all-time Female U20 in the UK for 1500m, behind Zola Budd (3:59.96 - 30th August 1985) and Stephanie Twell (4:05.83 - 18th July 2008) [15]
On 11th May 2024, Gill ran 1:57.86 at 800m in Belfast, to break the European Under-18 record of 1:59.65 set by East Germany’s Marion Geissler-Hübner 45 years previously. The time also met the qualifying standard for the 2024 Olympic Games and moved her to joint second place in 2024 world 800m ranking.[16]
References[edit]
- ^ "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.
- ^ Westerby, John (18 May 2024). "Phoebe Gill: the schoolgirl sensation storming into Olympic contention". The Times. Retrieved 19 May 2024.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Smythe, Steve (January 2, 2024). "Phoebe Gill in good form – indoor round-up". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
- ^ "Phoebe Gill, just 17, ran 4:05.87 for 1500m in a mixed race in Watford on Wednesday night". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 2 May 2024.
- ^ "England's Gill, 17, breaks 45-year-old 800m record". BBC Sport. 11 May 2024. Retrieved 11 May 2024.