Abigail Pawlett (born 14 January 2003) is a British track and field athlete who competes as a multi-event athlete. In 2024, she became the English national indoors pentathlon champion.[1]
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Abigail Pawlett |
| Nationality | British |
| Born | 14 January 2003 |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
| Event(s) | Heptathlon, Pentathlon, 100 metres hurdles |
Early life
editFrom Chester, she attended Tarporley High School. She shared athletics at eight years-old at West Cheshire Athletics Club. She broke the British Indoor Under-17 heptathlon record in 2019 and broke the north-west girls’ heptathlon record as an Under-17 athlete, which had been held previously by Katarina Johnson-Thompson.[2]
Career
editPawlett races for Trafford AC.[3] In 2021 she competed in Tallinn at the European U20 Championships in the heptathlon competition.[4]
In June 2023, she made her debut in a senior British vest, selected for the British team for the 2023 European Athletics Team Championships held in Chorzów, Silesia, Poland between 20 and 25 June 2023, in the 100 metres hurdles.[5]
Having won England combined events gold in every age group previously,[6] in January 2024, she became the English national indoors pentathlon senior champion.[7] During the competition she broke a 25 year-old English national record held by Julia Bennett in the 800 metres and a championship record tally of 4325 points.[8]
On 17 February 2024, she qualified for the final at the British national indoor championships in the 60 metres hurdles event, running 8.24 in the final in Birmingham to finish second behind Cindy Sember. On the same day she competed in the long jump and finished seventh overall.[9] She was subsequently selected for the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Glasgow, in which she finished ninth overall.[10][11]
She set a new heptathlon personal best of 6011 at Götzis in May 2024.[12] In November 2024, she was named by British Athletics on the Olympic Futures Programme for 2025.[13]
Personal life
editHer sister Emily is an England Netball youth international.[14] She began at Loughborough University in 2022.[15]
References
edit- ^ "Abigail Pawlett". World Athletics. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
- ^ "Young heptathlon star Abi Pawlett hoping to follow in the footsteps of her heroes". The Northern Echo. 22 July 2021. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
- ^ Moss, Emily (6 February 2018). "Abi Pawlett's winning habit". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
- ^ "Review: 2021 European U20 Heptathlon, Tallinn". Decathletes of Europe. 20 July 2021. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
- ^ "BRITISH SQUAD ANNOUNCED FOR THE 2023 EUROPEAN TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS". British Athletics. 7 June 2023. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
- ^ "England Athletics Senior and U20 Combined Event Championships". England Athletics. 25 May 2023. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
- ^ "Athletes unaware UK Combined Events Champs title was at stake in Sheffield". Athletics Weekly. 11 January 2024. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
- ^ "Champs record for Pawlett – Day 2: England Athletics Senior and U20 Indoor Combined Events". Englandathletics.org. 7 January 2024. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
- ^ "Live results and start lists for the 2024 British Athletics Indoor Championships". Watch Athletics. February 17, 2023. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
- ^ "British team enjoys boost in size ahead of World Indoors". Athletics Weekly. February 22, 2024. Retrieved 22 February 2024.
- ^ "Women's Pentathlon Results - World Athletics Indoor Championships 2024". Watch Athletics. 1 March 2024. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
- ^ "Damian Warner and Anouk Vetter reign in Götzis". Athletics Weekly. May 20, 2024. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
- ^ "2024-25 OLYMPIC FUTURES PROGRAMME ATHLETES ANNOUNCED". British Athletics. 11 November 2024. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
- ^ Reid, James. "Excited' Emily set to fly the flag at youth Games". The Free Library. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
- ^ "Our 2022/23 Scholars". lboro.ac.uk. Retrieved 11 January 2024.