Keely Hodgkinson

Keely Hodgkinson
OLY
Hodgkinson at the 2023 European Indoor Championships in Istanbul, Turkey
Personal information
Full nameKeely Nicole Hodgkinson
Born (2002-03-03) 3 March 2002 (age 22)
Atherton, Greater Manchester, England[1]
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[2]
Sport
CountryGreat Britain
England
SportAthletics
Event(s)800 metres, 400 m
ClubLeigh Harriers
Coached by
Achievements and titles
Olympic finals
World finals
Highest world ranking1st (800 m, 09.2021)
Personal bests
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Great Britain
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2024 Paris 800 m
Silver medal – second place 2020 Tokyo 800 m
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2022 Eugene 800 m
Silver medal – second place 2023 Budapest 800 m
Diamond League
First place 2021 800 m
First place 2023 800 m
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2022 Munich 800 m
Gold medal – first place 2024 Rome 800 m
European Indoor Championships
Gold medal – first place 2021 Toruń 800 m
Gold medal – first place 2023 Istanbul 800 m
European U23 Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Espoo 400 m
European U20 Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Borås 800 m
European U18 Championships
Gold medal – first place 2018 Győr 800 m
Representing  England
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal – second place 2022 Birmingham 800 m
Updated on 5 August 2024

Keely Nicole Hodgkinson OLY[citation needed] (born 3 March 2002)[4][5] is an English middle-distance runner. She won the gold medal in the 800 metres at the 2024 Paris Olympics.[6]

At the age of 19, she won the silver medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, breaking the British record set by Kelly Holmes in 1995.[7] Hodgkinson proceeded to win silver medals at several championships; the 2022 and 2023 World Championships, as well as the 2022 Commonwealth Games. Continentally, Hodgkinson went one step higher, becoming a two-time European champion from 2022 and 2024 and a two-time European indoor champion from 2021 and 2023. She also holds the world indoor best for the 600 metres and was the 2021 and 2023 Diamond League 800 m champion, her first 'global' titles.

At the 2024 Paris Olympics she won Gold in the Women’s 800m. Defending champion Athing Mu of the United States failed to qualify for the Games. In the final, Hodgkinson led the race from early on, breaking away in the final 100 metres, and beating Ethiopia’s Tsige Duguma and Kenya’s reigning World and Commonwealth Games champion, Mary Moraa.

She is a four-time British national senior champion.

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  2. ^ "HODGKINSON Keely". Paris 2024 Olympics. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
  3. ^ Henderson, Jason (9 October 2020). "Multiple targets for Keely Hodgkinson in 2021". AW. Archived from the original on 24 October 2021. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
  4. ^ a b "Keely Hodgkinson – Profile". Power of 10 / thepowerof10.info. Archived from the original on 25 October 2020. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
  5. ^ "Keely HODGKINSON – Athlete profile". World Athletics. Archived from the original on 6 June 2021. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
  6. ^ Ingle, Sean (5 August 2024). "Keely Hodgkinson storms to 800m gold for GB's first athletics triumph in Paris". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
  7. ^ "Tokyo 2020 Olympics: Keely Hodgkinson wins 800m silver and breaks Kelly Holmes' British record". Sky Sports. Retrieved 5 August 2024.