Jemma Reekie (born 6 March 1998) is a Scottish

middle-distance runner Middle-distance running events are track races longer than sprints, up to 3000 metres. The standard middle distances are the 800 metres, 1500 metres and mile run, although the 3000 metres may also be classified as a middle-distance event. The 1 ...

. She placed fourth in the

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at the

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, narrowly missing out on the bronze medal. Reekie achieved a rare double at the 2019 European U23 Championships, winning both the 800m and

1500 metres The 1500 metres or 1,500-metre run (typically pronounced 'fifteen-hundred metres') is the foremost middle distance track event in athletics. The distance has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896 and the World Championships in Athletic ...

events. At age 19, she took the 1500m title at the 2017 European under-20 Championships, when she also finished fourth in the

3000 metres The 3000 metres or 3000-metre run is a track running event, also commonly known as the "3K" or "3K run", where 7.5 laps are run around an outdoor 400 m track, or 15 laps around a 200 m indoor track. It is debated whether the 3000m shoul ...

. Reekie is the British record holder for the indoor

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. She won two British titles, and four titles at junior level.

Career

In February 2020, Reekie broke three British indoor records within eight days, setting new mark for the

, and then for the

and

along the way. The 1500m record was taken back by her Scottish training partner,

Laura Muir Laura Muir (born 9 May 1993) is a Scottish middle- and long-distance runner. She is the 2020 Tokyo Olympic silver medallist in the 1500 metres, having previously finished seventh in the event at the 2016 Rio Olympics. Muir won the bronze meda ...

, in 2021. The 800m record was bettered by

Keely Hodgkinson Keely Nicole Hodgkinson (born 3 March 2002) is an English athlete specialising in the 800 metres. 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. She is the 2022 W ...

in 2022. In September 2021, she won the

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in New York. It was a Scottish sweep as

Jake Wightman Jake Wightman (born 11 July 1994) is a British middle-distance runner competing primarily in the 1500 metres. He won the gold medal at the 2022 World Championships, the first global gold in a middle distance event for a British male since Seb ...

took victory in the men's race.

Achievements

International competitions

Circuit wins

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(2): Stockholm Bauhaus-galan (800 m), Rome Golden Gala (800 m) * World Indoor Tour **

(2): Glasgow Indoor Grand Prix (1500 m), Liévin Meeting International (800 m)

Personal bests

– 1:56.90 (Tokyo 2021) ** 800 metres indoor – 1:57.91 (Glasgow 2020) (the then-fastest world mark since 2006) *

1000 metres The 1000 metres is an uncommon middle-distance running event in track and field competitions. The 1000 yards, an imperial alternative, was sometimes also contested. All-time top 25 *h = hand timed *i = indoor performance *A = affected by ...

– 2:31.11 (Monaco 2020) *

– 4:02.09 (London 2019) ** 1500 metres indoor – 4:00.52 (New York 2020) * One mile – 4:27.00 (Birmingham 2019) ** One mile indoor – 4:17.88 (New York 2020) *

– 9:24.81 (Grosseto 2017; also in mixed races: 9:11.20 Manchester 2017) ** 3000 metres indoor – 9:16.48 (Glasgow 2019)

Awards

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** Performer of the Year: 2020 (with

and

) *

British Athletics Writers' Association The British Athletics Writers' Association (BAWA) is an organisation of British journalists who cover athletics. BAWA was founded in 1963 to represent the press covering the sport. It organises the BAWA Awards and is recognised by the Internatio ...

** Cliff Temple Award for British Female Athlete of the Year: 2020

Gallery

Laura Muir and Jemma Reekie at the 2020 Triveneto Meeting in Trieste, Italy.jpg, Reekie (left) and

at the 2020 Triveneto Meeting in Trieste, Italy Jemma Reekie at the 2021 5th Avenue Mile, NYC USA (cropped).jpg, Jemma Reekie at the

in 2021 Jemma Reekie at the 2021 5th Avenue Mile awards ceremony1, NYC USA.jpg, Reekie at the

awards ceremony in 2021 Jemma Reekie at the 2021 5th Avenue Mile awards ceremony2, NYC USA.jpg, Reekie at the

awards ceremony in 2021

References

External links

* 1998 births Living people Scottish female middle-distance runners British female middle-distance runners Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of Great Britain {{UK-athletics-bio-stub