Abbie Donnelly
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| Nationality | Great Britain | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 2 September 1996 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | 5000m | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 5000m: 15:42.65 (Milton Keynes, 2021) 10000m: 32:10.16 (London, 2023) Half marathon: 1:09.10 (Barcelona, 2024) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Abbie Donnelly (born 2 September 1996) is a British track and field athlete and cross country runner. She was a bronze medalist in the individual and gold medalist in the team event at the 2023 European Cross Country Championships.[1]
Early life[edit]
From Lincolnshire, Donnelly had an early start to athletics as her sister Laura were taken along as children to attend Lincoln Wellington Athletics Club by her father, who was a keen middle-distance runner.[2] She became the English schools cross country champion in 2015.[3]
Career[edit]
In 2018, Donnelly was part of the Great Britain U23 team that won the bronze medal at the 2018 European Cross Country Championships, held in Tilburg, Netherlands.[4] She then won gold as part of the British women's senior team at the 2019 European Cross Country Championships in Lisbon.[5]
Donnelly was the highest European finisher at the 2023 World Athletics Cross Country Championships in Bathurst, New South Wales, in February 2023, as she finished 24th overall.[6]
Donnelly finished third in the Big Half in London in September 2023, a result that qualified her for the World Road Running Championships in Riga later that year.[7][8] In Riga, she finished 25th overall in the half marathon, and the British team won a bronze medal in the event.[9][10]
In December 2023, Donnelly was a bronze medalist in the individual and gold medalist in the team event, at the 2023 European Cross Country Championships.[11]
On 20 January 2024, she won the London International Cross Country event.[12] She ran a new half marathon personal best time of 69:10 in Barcelona on 11 February 2024.[13] In March 2024, she won the UK Inter-Counties Cross Country Championships at Wollaton Park.[14] She finished twentieth at the 2024 World Cross Country Championships in Serbia on 30 March 2024.[15]
Personal life[edit]
Donnelly graduated in History from the University of Loughborough in 2019 and began a PHD at the University.[16]
References[edit]
- ^ "Abbie Donnelly". World Athletics. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
- ^ Karran, Ellie (12 February 2023). "Abbie Donnelly: Lincolnshire's queen of athletics". Lincolnite.co.uk. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
- ^ "Abbie Donnelly and Mahamed Mahamed among English Schools winners". Athletics Weekly. March 14, 2015. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
- ^ Crumley, Euan (December 9, 2018). "Double European Cross joy for Ingebrigtsens". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
- ^ Crumley, Euan (December 8, 2019). "Five is the magic number at European Cross". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
- ^ Karran, Ellis (20 February 2023). "Abbie Donnelly fastest European at World Cross Country Championships". The Lincolnite. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
- ^ Foster, Anthony (4 September 2023). "Big Half 2023 Marathon: Complete Results and UK Dominance". Track Alerts. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
- ^ "12 years in the making, Abbie Donnelly targets marathon momentum". Viewfromtheconcourse. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
- ^ "Two medals for Great Britain & NI at the World Road Running Championships". England Athletics. 4 October 2023. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
- ^ Henderson, Jason (October 1, 2023). "Team bronze for Calli Thackery 30 years after dad won same colour medal". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
- ^ "European Cross Country Championships: Great Britain's Abbie Donnelly claims bronze". BBC Sport. 10 December 2023. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
- ^ "ABBIE DONNELLY AND HUGO MILNER TRIUMPH AT LONDON INTERNATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY". British Athletics. 20 January 2024. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
- ^ "Jepkosgei and Kandie triumph in Barcelona". World Athletics. 11 February 2024. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
- ^ "Abbie Donnelly and Calum Johnson win Inter-Counties crowns". Athletics Weekly. March 10, 2024. Retrieved March 10, 2024.
- ^ Henderson, Jason (March 30, 2024). "Chebet reigns supreme as GB captain Donnelly leads by example". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 31 March 2024.
- ^ "Abbie Donnelly". lboro.ac.uk. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
