Keely Hodgkinson
Keely Nicole Hodgkinson (born 3 March 2002) is an English athlete who mainly does the 800 metres race.[4][5] She won the gold medal at the 2021 European Indoor Championships in Toruń, Poland.[6]
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Nickname(s) | The Hodge | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Atherton, England[1] | 3 March 2002||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Great Britain England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | 800 metres | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Leigh Harriers | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Olympic finals |
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Highest world ranking | 1st (800m, 2021), (800m(i) 2022) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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Updated on 30 March 2022. |
She was the British champion after she won the 800 metres event at the 2020 British Athletics Championships with a time of 2 min 03.24 sec.[7]
International competitions
2018 | European U18 Championships | Győr, Hungary | 1st | 800 m | 2:04.84 | CR |
2019 | European U20 Championships | Borås, Sweden | 3rd | 800 m | 2:03.40 | PB |
2021 | European Indoor Championships | Toruń, Poland | 1st | 800 m i | 2:03.88i | |
Olympic Games | Tokyo, Japan | 2nd | 800 m | 1:55.88 | AU20R NR | |
2022 | World Indoor Championships | Belgrade, Serbia | – | 800 m i | DNS | [a] |
Keely Hodgkinson Media
Hodgkinson won her first Diamond Trophy (800 m) in 2021. Pictured (L) at the Memorial Van Damme in Brussels.
Only 0.08 s separated the winner (C) and the runner-up (R) at Oregon 2022.
Hodgkinson won her third European title, dominating at Istanbul 2023 to extend her streak of sub-two-minute races to 19.
Keely Hodgkinson interviewed at the 2023 European Indoor Championships in Istanbul.
Notes
- ↑ Hodgkinson pulled out of the event as a precaution before the packed 2022 summer season due to injury to her right quadriceps[8]
References
- ↑ Maidment, Adam (2021-08-03). "Wigan's Keely Hodgkinson breaks Kelly Holmes' record at Tokyo Olympics". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 2021-08-03.
- ↑ Henderson, Jason (2020-10-09). "Multiple targets for Keely Hodgkinson in 2021". AW. Retrieved 2021-01-30.
- ↑ "Keely Hodgkinson – Profile". Power of 10 / thepowerof10.info. Retrieved 2021-07-01.
- ↑ "Athlete profile". World Athletics.
- ↑ "Athletes". European Athletics.
- ↑ "GB's Hodgkinson wins gold in 800m final". BBC News. 7 March 2021. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/av/athletics/56315829. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
- ↑ "Results list". British Athletics.
- ↑ Hilsum, James (2022-03-19). "Keely Hodgkinson out of World Indoor Championships with quad injury in major blow to British medal hopes". Eurosport UK. Retrieved 2022-03-19.