Abbie Donnelly Explained

Abbie Donnelly
Nationality:Great Britain
Sport:Athletics
Event:5000m
Birth Date:2 September 1996
Pb:5000m: 15:42.65 (Milton Keynes, 2021)
10000m: 31:45.37 (London, 2024)
Half marathon: 1:09.10 (Barcelona, 2024)

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.She won gold in the team half marathon at the 2024 European Athletics Championships.[1]

Early life

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

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] She ran a 10,000 metres personal best of 31:45.37 in London in May 2024.[16] She was selected to run the half marathon for Britain at the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome.[17] She won a gold medal in the team half marathon.[18]

Personal life

Donnelly graduated in History from the University of Loughborough in 2019 and began a PHD at the University.[19]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Abbie Donnelly. World Athletics. 10 December 2023.
  2. Web site: Abbie Donnelly: Lincolnshire’s queen of athletics. Lincolnite.co.uk. 10 December 2023. 12 February 2023. Ellie. Karran.
  3. Web site: Abbie Donnelly and Mahamed Mahamed among English Schools winners. Athletics Weekly. 10 December 2023. March 14, 2015.
  4. Web site: Double European Cross joy for Ingebrigtsens. Euan. Crumley . December 9, 2018 . Athletics Weekly. 10 December 2023.
  5. Web site: Five is the magic number at European Cross . Euan. Crumley . December 8, 2019. Athletics Weekly. 10 December 2023.
  6. Web site: The Lincolnite. Abbie Donnelly fastest European at World Cross Country Championships. Ellis. Karran. 20 February 2023. 10 December 2023.
  7. Web site: Anthony. Foster. 4 September 2023. 10 December 2023. Big Half 2023 Marathon: Complete Results and UK Dominance. Track Alerts.
  8. Web site: 12 years in the making, Abbie Donnelly targets marathon momentum. Viewfromtheconcourse. 10 December 2023.
  9. Web site: Two medals for Great Britain & NI at the World Road Running Championships. England Athletics. 10 December 2023. 4 October 2023.
  10. Web site: Team bronze for Calli Thackery 30 years after dad won same colour medal. Athletics Weekly. 10 December 2023. Jason . Henderson . October 1, 2023.
  11. Web site: 10 December 2023. 10 December 2023. BBC Sport. European Cross Country Championships: Great Britain's Abbie Donnelly claims bronze.
  12. Web site: ABBIE DONNELLY AND HUGO MILNER TRIUMPH AT LONDON INTERNATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY. British Athletics. 20 January 2024. 21 January 2024.
  13. Web site: Jepkosgei and Kandie triumph in Barcelona. World Athletics. 11 February 2024. 11 February 2024.
  14. Web site: Abbie Donnelly and Calum Johnson win Inter-Counties crowns. Athletics Weekly . March 10, 2024 . March 10, 2024 .
  15. Web site: Chebet reigns supreme as GB captain Donnelly leads by example. Athletics Weekly. 31 March 2024. Jason. Henderson . March 30, 2024.
  16. Web site: Megan Keith seals Olympic selection in Night of the 10,000m PBs thriller. Jason . Henderson . May 19, 2024 . 19 May 2024. Athletics Weekly.
  17. Web site: KATARINA JOHNSON-THOMPSON NAMED IN STRONG GB & NI TEAM FOR EUROPEANS ROME 2024. British Athletics. 28 May 2024. 28 May 2024.
  18. Web site: Calli Hauger-Thackery leads Britain to European half-marathon team gold. Athletics Weekly. 9 June 2024. Jason. Henderson . June 9, 2024.
  19. Web site: Abbie Donnelly. 10 December 2023. lboro.ac.uk.

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