Phoebe Gill

Phoebe Gill (born 27 April 2007) is a British track and field athlete who competes as a middle-distance runner. In 2023, she became the British under-17 record holder over both 800 metres and 1500 metres and in 2024 the European Under-18 record holder for 800 metres.[1]

Phoebe Gill
Personal information
NationalityEnglish
Born (2007-04-27) 27 April 2007
Sport
SportAthletics
Event800m
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)400m: 54.2 (St. Albans, 2023)
800m: 1:57.86 (Belfast, 2024)
1500m: 4:11.96 (Watford, 2023)
1500m: 4:05.87 (Watford, 2024 - mixed gender)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Great Britain
Commonwealth Youth Games
2023 Port of Spain800 m

Early life

Gill is from St Albans in Hertfordshire.[2] She was initially focused on swimming before turning her attentions towards athletics.[3] She attends St George's School, Harpenden and became a member of St Albans Athletics Club at under-11 level.[4]

Career

2022

Coached by Deborah Steer at St Albans Athletic Club,[5] Gill set the fifth fastest British U17 age group 800m time in May 2022, running 2:03.74 at the Watford Open Graded Meeting. This placed her ahead of Keely Hodgkinson at the same age and was the fastest by a British U17 athlete since Jessica Warner-Judd in 2011.[6] In August 2022, Gill ran a 1500m time of 4:14.08 which became the fastest ever in the under-17 age group, ran in the UK.[7]

2023

Gill won the English schools title over 800m in July 2023.[8][9] In July 2023, Gill broke Warner-Judd's U17 British record for the 1500m, when she ran 4:11.96 at the BMC Watford Gold Standard meeting.[10]

Gill was selected to represent England at the 2023 Commonwealth Youth Games held in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago in August 2023.[11] She clocked a time of 2:02:30 to win gold in the 800m, the fastest time by a British U17 female athlete since Jo White in 1977.[12]

Racing in Britain again later in August 2023, she set a new British U17 record for the 800 metres, running 2:01.50 in Watford.[13]

2024

On 1 January 2024, Gill took more than three seconds off of her indoor 400m personal best, running 54.82 in Lee Valley (mixed gender).[14]

On 1st May 2024 (4 days after turning 17), Gill ran 4:05.87 at 1500m in a Watford Open Graded Meeting (mixed gender), improving her personal best by over 6 seconds. This ranked her as the 3rd fastest all-time Female U20 in the UK for 1500m, behind Zola Budd (3:59.96 - 30th August 1985) and Stephanie Twell (4:05.83 - 18th July 2008) [15]

On 11th May 2024, Gill ran 1:57.86 at 800m in Belfast, to break the European Under-18 record of 1:59.65 set by East Germany’s Marion Geissler-Hübner 45 years previously. The time also met the qualifying standard for the 2024 Olympic Games and moved her to joint second place in 2024 world 800m ranking.[16] She was invited to run for Britain at the 2024 European Championships in June 2024 but declined, opting to study for her exams instead.[17]

References
  1. "Phoebe Gill". World Athletics. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
  2. Metcalfe, Neil (10 November 2022). "St Albans athletes at national cross-country and NY Marathon". Hertsad.co.uk. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
  3. Heath, Georgie (October 5, 2023). "Phoebe Gill: "Kelly Holmes is a massive inspiration"". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 5 October 2023.
  4. Westerby, John (18 May 2024). "Phoebe Gill: the schoolgirl sensation storming into Olympic contention". The Times. Retrieved 19 May 2024.
  5. "Trinbago 2023: The rise and rise of Phoebe Gill". Teamengland.org. 10 August 2023. Retrieved 5 October 2023.
  6. Bland, Gill (May 22, 2022). "Diamond League action & McColgan breaks European 10km record". Fastrunning.com. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
  7. Smythe, Steve (August 23, 2022). "Fast times for prodigious Phoebe Gill and Corey Campbell". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
  8. Adams, Tim (July 3, 2023). "Five takeaways from the English Schools Champs". Retrieved 4 July 2023.
  9. Metcalfe, Neil (6 July 2023). "Phoebe Gill gets England call after school championship win". Herts Advertiser. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
  10. Adams, Tim (July 13, 2023). "Phoebe Gill takes apart UK U17 1500m record". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
  11. "Team England athletes selected for Trinidad and Tobago 2023". England Athletics. 4 July 2023. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
  12. Adams, Tim (August 11, 2023). "Phoebe Gill stars to win Commonwealth Youth Games 800m title". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
  13. Rhodes, James (29 August 2023). "Brilliant Budapest – Weekend(ish) Round Up". Fastrunning.com. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
  14. Smythe, Steve (January 2, 2024). "Phoebe Gill in good form – indoor round-up". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
  15. "Phoebe Gill, just 17, ran 4:05.87 for 1500m in a mixed race in Watford on Wednesday night". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 2 May 2024.
  16. "England's Gill, 17, breaks 45-year-old 800m record". BBC Sport. 11 May 2024. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
  17. Broadbent, Rick (28 May 2024). "Phoebe Gill turns down European Championships to study for exams". The Times. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
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