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Abbie Ives
Personal information
Birth nameAbigail Ives
NationalityBritish
Born (2004-02-06) 6 February 2004 (age 20)
Sport
SportAthletics
EventMiddle distance running
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)800m: 1:59.92 (Belfast, 2023)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Great Britain
European U20 Championships
Silver medal – second place 2023 Jerusalem 800m

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.

Career

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. In November 2024, she was named by British Athletics on the Olympic Futures Programme for 2025.

Personal life

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

References

  1. "Abigail Ives". World Athletics. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
  2. "Claire Cornwell and Abi Ives hit gold at the Essex Cross-Country Championships". Echo-News. 4 December 2015. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
  3. "School Sport: Coopers pupils make history". Romford Recorder. 11 December 2015. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
  4. "British juniors all set for Cali". Athletics Weekly. July 20, 2022. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
  5. "WU20 Cali 22 preview: distance". World Athletics. 30 July 2022. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
  6. "Women's 800m Results: World Athletics Junior Championships 2022". watch athletics. 3 August 2022. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
  7. "Baker breaks championship record to win 1500m gold". BBC Sport. 19 February 2023. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
  8. Smythe, Steve (May 16, 2023). "Abigail Ives, 19, runs sub-2min 800m – UK track round-up inc County Champs special". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
  9. Heath, Georgie (December 26, 2023). "Abbie Ives on breaking two minutes and running quicker in 2024". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
  10. "University students triumph at BUCS Championships". Athletics Weekly. May 9, 2024. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
  11. "2024-25 OLYMPIC FUTURES PROGRAMME ATHLETES ANNOUNCED". British Athletics. 11 November 2024. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
  12. "Basildon's middle-distance runners line up against Britain's best". Echo-News. 8 July 2023. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
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