Ashleigh Nelson (born 20 February 1991) is an English
sprinter who specialises in the
100 metres
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She won a bronze medal in the 100 metres and a gold medal in the 4 × 100 m relay at the
2014 European Championships. In the 4 × 100 metres relay, she also won a bronze medal at the
2013 World Championships and a silver medal at the
2019 World Championships. Her personal bests are 11.19 secs (2014) in the 100 m and 22.85 secs (2019) in the
200 m.
Representing England, she was a gold medalist in
the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham as part of the 4 x 100 metres relay squad, running in the heats.
Personal
Nelson was born in
Stoke-on-Trent and is a cousin of footballer
Curtis Nelson. Her older brother
Alexander
Alexander is a male given name. The most prominent bearer of the name is Alexander the Great, the king of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia who created one of the largest empires in ancient history.
Variants listed here are Aleksandar, Al ...
was also a sprinter at international level as they both were selected to represent Great Britain at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
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1991 births
Living people
English female sprinters
British female sprinters
Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England
Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics
Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
World Athletics Championships athletes for Great Britain
World Athletics Championships medalists
European Athletics Championships winners
European Athletics Championships medalists
British Athletics Championships winners
Sportspeople from Stoke-on-Trent
Medallists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
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