Abigail Ives

Abigail Ives (born 9 February 2004) is a British middle distance runner.

Early life
From Essex, she is a member of Basildon Athletic Club. She won her first age-group county cross-country championships for Basildon AC in 2015 when she was 13 years-old. She attended Coopers' Company and Coborn School in Upminster. In 2015, she won the individual age-group title at the National finals of the Cross-Country Cup in Bedford.

2022
She was selected to represent Britain at the 2022 World Athletics U20 Championships. She went into the championship with an 800 metres best of 2:01.88. She won her semifinal with a run of 2:01.92, before going on to place sixth in the final.

2023
In February 2023, she won bronze at the 2023 British Indoor Athletics Championships in Birmingham over 800 metres. In May 2023, she ran a 800 metres personal best time of 1:59.92 in Belfast, becoming just the fourth British U20 athlete to break the two-minute barrier at the distance. In August 2023, she won silver at the 2023 European Athletics U20 Championships in Jerusalem in the 800 metres. She was later voted the Athletics Weekly British Female Under-20 Athlete of the Year.

2024
In May 2024, she won the British Universities and Colleges Sport (BUCS) 800 metres title, competing for the University of Birmingham.

Personal life
Her older sister Isobel Ives also competes as a middle-distance runner, combining it with work as a civil engineer in Chelmsford.