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Georgia Bell

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Georgia Bell
Personal information
NationalityBritish
Born (1993-10-17) 17 October 1993 (age 30)
Paris, France[1]
Sport
SportAthletics
Event(s)Middle distance, Duathlon
Achievements and titles
Olympic finals2024 Paris
1500 m,  Bronze
Personal bests800m: 1:56.28 (London, 2024)
1500m: 3:52.61 NR (Paris, 2024)
3000m: 8:42.16 (Val-de-Reuil, 2024)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Great Britain
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Paris 1500 m
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 2024 Rome 1500 m

Georgia Bell (born 17 October 1993) is an English track and field athlete who competes as a middle distance runner, and in the duathlon. In 2024, she won a bronze medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics in the 1500 metres, running a new national record time. That year, she also won the silver medal at the 2024 European Athletics Championships and became British national champion, indoors and outdoors, in the 1500 metres.[2]

Early life

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Bell was a high-achieving junior competitor, winning the English Schools title at under-15 level over 800 metres, and clocking a time of 2:08.81, which placed her eighth on the UK all-time list. She also won silver in the same championships as an under-17 in 2009. She attended Cardinal Vaughan Memorial School and studied geography at the University of Birmingham.[3] In 2015, after winning the BUCS (British Universities & Colleges Sport) indoor 800 metres title and silver at the England Athletics Under-23 Championships, she started at University of California, Berkeley.[4]

Career

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A Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers athlete,[5] Bell returned to Britain from the United States, becoming a training partner of Keely Hodgkinson, guided by Jenny Meadows and Trevor Painter.[6] In April 2023, she won the Duathlon World Championships in the female 30-34 age group, in Ibiza.[7][8]

In 2023, she improved her personal bests over 1500m, 3000m and 5000m on the track, and set a new road 10k personal best in Telford, in December 2023.[9]

In January 2024, Bell ran a new personal best over 1500 metres, running 4:03.54 in winning the World Athletics Indoor Tour Bronze event in Dortmund.[10] The following week, Bell beat pre-race favourite Sembo Almayew for victory over 3000m in Val-de-Reuil in another lifetime best time of 8:42.16.[11] In February 2024, she lowered her 1500m personal best to 4:03.22 in Stockholm.[12] On 18 February 2024, she won the final at the 2024 British Indoor Athletics Championships in Birmingham of the 1500 metres to become British indoor champion.[13][14]

She was selected to compete for Britain at the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Glasgow.[15] She qualified for the final of the women's 1500 metres race, with a time of 4:04.39. She finished fourth in the final with a time of 4:03.47.[16]

In May 2024, she finished sixth in the 1500 metres at the 2024 Doha Diamond League in a time of 4:03.72.[17] That month she also ran a personal best 800 metres time of 1:59.93 in Andújar.[18] Bell ran a 4:00.41 personal best for the 1500m at the 2024 Prefontaine Classic in Eugene, Oregon.[19]

Selected to run the 1500 metres for Britain at the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome, she won the silver medal.[20][21] Later that month, she won the 1500 metres at the 2024 British Athletics Championships in Manchester.[22]

Her place at the 2024 Summer Olympics was officially confirmed when Team GB named their athletics team on 5 July 2024.[23] A few days later she set a 3:56.54 personal best in the 1500 metres at the 2024 Meeting de Paris, to go No.2 on the UK all-time rankings, and set an English national record.[24] On 20 July 2024, she improved her 800m personal best to 1:56.28 at the London Diamond League.[25] At the 2024 Paris Olympics, Bell won a bronze medal in the women's 1500 m. To do so, she broke Laura Muir's British record, running a time of 3:52.61.[26][27]

Personal life

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She previously worked for a London-based firm that studies cyber attacks.[28] She is the daughter of political journalist Andy Bell and Angela Bell, a school PE teacher. She has two sisters.[29][30][31]

References

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  1. ^ Collett, Jasmine (Aug 5, 2024). "Georgia Bell: "I was born in Paris so it's meant to be"". athletics weekly. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
  2. ^ "Georgia Bell". World Athletics. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
  3. ^ Moss, Emily (March 16, 2015). "Success rings again for Georgia Bell". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
  4. ^ "Track & Field Announces Full Incoming Class". Calbears.com. 10 August 2015. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
  5. ^ "GB Star Laura Muir Smashes Track Record In Cardiff Visit". Dai-Sport. 19 December 2023. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
  6. ^ "Müller steals the show with a breakthrough 6.81m long jump in Dortmund". European Athletics. 21 January 2024. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
  7. ^ "Results: 2023 World Triathlon Duathlon Championships Ibiza 30-34 Female AG". Triathlon.org. 30 April 2023. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
  8. ^ Cernuda, Olalla (30 April 2023). "Ibiza Multisport Championships: Day 3". Triathlon.org. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
  9. ^ Rhodes, James (10 December 2023). "Brilliant Brits in Brussels – Weekend Round Up". Fast Running. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
  10. ^ "Alfred and Adeleke among winners in Albuquerque". World Athletics. 20 January 2024. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
  11. ^ Bell, Stephen (28 January 2024). "Caudery vaults to a world leading mark of 4.83m in Val-de-Reuil". European Athletics. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
  12. ^ "European U20 champion Furlani opens with 8.08m in Stockholm". European Athletics. 3 February 2024. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
  13. ^ Henderson, Jason (February 18, 2024). "Jemma Reekie sends a message to World Indoor rivals". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
  14. ^ "Results UK Athletics Indoor Championships 2024". Watch Athletics. February 18, 2023. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
  15. ^ "Great Britain and Northern Ireland Squad Selected for Home World Athletics Indoor Champs". British Athletics. 19 February 2024. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
  16. ^ "Women's 1500m Results - World Athletics Indoor Championships 2024". Watch Athletics. 1 March 2024. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
  17. ^ Collett, Jasmine (May 10, 2024). "Daryll Neita and Molly Caudery in winning form in Doha". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
  18. ^ "Meeting Jaén Paraiso Interior 2024 women's 800 metres". World Athletics. 17 May 2024. Retrieved 18 May 2024.
  19. ^ Henderson, Jason (May 26, 2024). "Josh Kerr defeats Ingebrigtsen in a British mile record in Eugene". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
  20. ^ "KATARINA JOHNSON-THOMPSON NAMED IN STRONG GB & NI TEAM FOR EUROPEANS ROME 2024". British Athletics. 28 May 2024. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
  21. ^ Ingle, Sean (9 June 2024). "Dina Asher-Smith powers to 100m gold for first major title in five years". The Guardian. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
  22. ^ Bloom, Ben (30 June 2024). "17-year-old Phoebe Gill 'in a dream' after storming to place in Olympic team". The Guardian. Retrieved 30 June 2024.
  23. ^ "TEAM GB ATHLETICS SQUAD CONFIRMED FOR PARIS 2024". GB Athletics. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
  24. ^ Henderson, Jason (July 7, 2024). "World records for Yaroslava Mahuchikh and Faith Kipyegon in Paris". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
  25. ^ Henderson, Jason (July 20, 2024). "Keely Hodgkinson and Matt Hudson-Smith in record-breaking form in London". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 20 July 2024.
  26. ^ "Georgia Bell claims stunning bronze as Faith Kipyegon makes 1500m history". The Independent. Retrieved 10 August 2024.
  27. ^ "Bell's brilliant bronze and relay stars boost GB medals haul". BBC Sport. Retrieved 10 August 2024.
  28. ^ Adams, Tim (17 September 2024). "Georgia Bell: "I've got nothing to lose in the sport"". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 17 September 2024.
  29. ^ Kelly, Guy (22 June 2024). "'I did a Parkrun in 16 minutes 8 seconds – and now I could be heading to the Olympics'". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
  30. ^ Wilson, Jeremy (28 February 2024). "From Parkrun to Paris: British athlete, 30, targets Olympics after stunning run in Bushy Park". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
  31. ^ Sean, Ingle (28 February 2024). "Georgia Bell: from AI and parkrun to a Team GB place, and the Olympics?". theguardian.com. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
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