Jade Louise Lally (born 30 March 1987) is a British track and field athlete. She won a bronze medal for England in the women's discus at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, a silver at the 2022 Commonwealth Games[2] and represented Great Britain at the 2016 Rio Olympics. Her personal best is 65.10m set at the New South Wales Open Championships (AUS) on 27 February 2016.
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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | British |
| Born | 30 March 1987 Tooting, England |
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[1] |
| Weight | 83 kg (183 lb) |
| Website | jadelally |
| Sport | |
| Country | England |
| Sport | Women's athletics |
| Event | Discus |
| Club | Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers |
Medal record | |
| Updated on 3 October 2014 | |
Jade is also an indoor rowing competitor and world championship medalist. She finished in 2nd place at the 2022 WRICH in the 500m open sprint event with a time of 1:28.7. She currently holds the British records in the 100m, 1 minute and 500m.
Career
editBorn in Tooting, Lally grew up on Phipps Bridge Estate and attended Bishopsford Community High School. Lally began athletics as a high jumper.[3] This began her interest in the sport and led to her joining her first club, Hercules Wimbledon AC, where she took up discus throwing.[4] At the English Schools' Athletics Championships, she finished sixth in 2004,[5] and seventh in 2005,[6] before going on to win the 2006 AAA Junior Championships title, with a distance of 46.60.[7]
Lally won a bronze medal at the 2009 European U23 Championships in the discus throw, with a throw of 54.44 metres.[8][9] She won the 2010 British Championships.[10] went on to represent England at that years Commonwealth Games, where she finished sixth in the discus throw.[11] In 2011, she won both the British and English Championships.[12][13]
Lally retained her English in 2012,[14] and went on to compete at that years European Championships, being knocked out in the discus throw competition in qualifying after her second-worst performance of the year, finishing 22nd.[15] This was her first senior British international competition. She was overlooked for selection to go to what would have been a home Olympics despite achieving two B standard qualifying marks and finishing in the top two at the British Championships.[16][17]
At the European Team Championships, Lally finished sixth in 2013,[18] and eighth in 2014.[19] before going on to win a bronze medal at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow in the discus throw, with a throw of 60.48 metres.[20][21][22]
After winning her fourth British and English Championship titles in 2015,[23][24] Lally broke the English discus record with a throw of 64.22 metres at the Auckland Track Challenge on 25 February 2016,[25][26] then improved it to 65.10 metres at the New South Wales Championships on 27 February 2016.[27][28] This performance ranks her second on the British all-time list behind Scotland's Meg Ritchie. She also holds the British indoor discus throw record holder, with a mark of 58.97 metres from the World Indoor Throws in Vaxjo, Sweden in 2013.[20] and holds two club records in Under 23 and Senior discus at Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers.[29]
Personal life
editLally was expecting her first child, due in August 2019. In April 2019 she spoke about her pregnancy as an athlete.[30]
International competitions
edit| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Representing  Great Britain /  England
| |||||
| 2009 | European Under 23 Championships | Kaunas, Lithuania | 3rd | 54.44 m | |
| 2010 | Commonwealth Games | Delhi, India | 6th | 57.62 m | |
| 2012 | European Championships | Helsinki, Finland | 22nd (q) | 51.75 m | |
| 2014 | Commonwealth Games | Glasgow, United Kingdom | 3rd | 60.48 m | |
| 2016 | European Championships | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 7th | 60.29 m | |
| Olympic Games | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 28th (q) | 54.06 m | ||
| 2017 | World Championships | London, United Kingdom | 18th (q) | 57.71 m | |
| 2018 | Commonwealth Games | Gold Coast, Australia | 7th | 53.97 m | |
| European Championships | Munich, Germany | 11th | 57.33 m | ||
| 2022 | European Championships | Berlin, Germany | 9th | 57.08 m | |
| Commonwealth Games | Birmingham, England | 2nd | 58.42 m | ||
| World Championships | Eugene, Oregon | 18th (q) | 58.21 m | ||
References
edit- ^ "2018 CWG bio". Retrieved 28 April 2018.
- ^ "Glasgow 2014 profile". Retrieved 3 October 2014.
- ^ "Jade Lally". www.teamgb.com. Retrieved 8 June 2016.
- ^ "Jade Lally - Athlete – Discus – Personal Trainer". jadelally.com. Retrieved 8 June 2016.
- ^ "ESAA National Track & Field Championships 2004". www.esaa.net. Retrieved 8 June 2016.
- ^ "ESAA National Track & Field Championships 2005". www.esaa.net. Retrieved 8 June 2016.
- ^ "AAA Junior Championships (Women)". www.gbrathletics.com. Retrieved 8 June 2016.
- ^ "Competitions - European Under 23 Championships - History - European Athletics". european-athletics. Retrieved 8 June 2016.
- ^ "Competitions - European Under 23 Championships - History - European Athletics". european-athletics. Retrieved 8 June 2016.
- ^ "Results". www.thepowerof10.info. Retrieved 8 June 2016.
- ^ CG 2010 Women's Discus Final Results (PDF). Commonwealth Games Foundation. 2010. p. 1.
- ^ "Results". www.thepowerof10.info. Retrieved 8 June 2016.
- ^ "Results". www.thepowerof10.info. Retrieved 8 June 2016.
- ^ "Results". www.thepowerof10.info. Retrieved 8 June 2016.
- ^ "Competitions - European Athletics Championships - History - European Athletics". european-athletics. Retrieved 8 June 2016.
- ^ "Spikes: Jade Lally's Australian Breakthrough | Spikes powered by IAAF". spikes.iaaf.org. Retrieved 8 June 2016.
- ^ "Results". www.thepowerof10.info. Retrieved 8 June 2016.
- ^ "Competitions - European Athletics Team Championships - History - European Athletics". european-athletics. Retrieved 8 June 2016.
- ^ "Competitions - European Athletics Team Championships - History - European Athletics". european-athletics. Retrieved 8 June 2016.
- ^ a b "Glasgow 2014: Jade Lally relieved to make England squad". BBC Sport. Retrieved 8 June 2016.
- ^ "Results - Women's Discus Throw - Athletics - Glasgow 2014 - Commonwealth Games". BBC Sport. Retrieved 8 June 2016.
- ^ "Commonwealth Games bronze for Horsham athlete Jade Lally". www.wscountytimes.co.uk. Retrieved 8 June 2016.
- ^ "Results". www.thepowerof10.info. Retrieved 8 June 2016.
- ^ "Results". www.thepowerof10.info. Retrieved 8 June 2016.
- ^ "Jade Lally breaks English discus record in Auckland - Athletics Weekly". Athletics Weekly. 25 February 2016. Retrieved 8 June 2016.
- ^ "Jade Lally produces English record breaking series - England Athletics". www.englandathletics.org. Retrieved 8 June 2016.
- ^ "Jade Lally breaks English discus record twice in three days". BBC Sport. Retrieved 8 June 2016.
- ^ "Horsham's Jade Lally qualifies for Rio Olympics". www.wscountytimes.co.uk. Retrieved 8 June 2016.
- ^ "Discus 1kg Archives - Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers". Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers. Retrieved 8 June 2016.
- ^ "'I was devastated when I found out I was pregnant - am I the only one feeling this way?'". 3 April 2019 – via www.bbc.co.uk.