Jess Bailey (born 2 August 2006) is a British runner. She won the U20 race at the 2021 World Mountain and Trail Running Championships.[1]
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| Born | 2 August 2006 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||
| Event | Long distance running | |||||||||||||||||
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Early life
editFrom Cumbria, she attended Ulverston Victoria High School in Ulverston.[2]
Career
editShe won silver over 3000 metres at the 2022 European Athletics U18 Championships in Jerusalem in July 2022.[3] She won individual and team golds in the U20 mountain races at the 2021 World Mountain and Trail Running Championships in Chiang Mai, Thailand in November 2022.[4][5]
She finished eighth in the 3000 metres at the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships in Lima, Peru in August 2024.[6] She set a new British U20 5km road record in Barrowford in November 2024, running 15:25 to take seven seconds off the previous mark set by Innes FitzGerald.[7]
On 23 November 2024, she finished runner-up to FitzGerald in the junior women’s race at the Liverpool Cross Challenge.[8] She was subsequently selected for the British U20 team for the 2024 European Cross Country Championships in Antalya, Turkey, winning silver in the individual race behind FitzGerald with both winning gold medals in the team event.[9][10][11]
Personal life
editShe attends the University of Birmingham.[12]
References
edit- ^ "Jess Bailey". World Athletics. Retrieved 23 November 2024.
- ^ "Ulverston student lands silver medal for GB at European Athletics Championships". uwemail.co.uk. 8 July 2022. Retrieved 23 November 2024.
- ^ "TRIO CROWNED EUROPEAN U18 CHAMPION ON DAY THREE IN JERUSALEM". British Athletics. 6 July 2022. Retrieved 23 November 2024.
- ^ Barden, Katy (Dec 26, 2022). "How Jess Bailey won global mountain running gold". World Athletics. Retrieved 23 November 2024.
- ^ "Furness teen lands two gold medals for Team GB at World Mountain and Trail Running Championships". uwemail. 7 November 2022. Retrieved 23 November 2024.
- ^ "World Athletics U20 Championships". World Athletics. 27 August 2024. Retrieved 23 November 2024.
- ^ Adams, Tim (Nov 10, 2024). "British U20 5km record in Barrowford". Athletics Weekly.
- ^ Collett, Jasmine (Nov 23, 2024). "Kate Axford and Tomer Tarragano take Euro trials victory in Liverpool". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 24 November 2024.
- ^ "GB & NI TEAM ANNOUNCED FOR EUROPEAN CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS IN ANTALYA". British Athletics. 26 November 2024. Retrieved 26 November 2024.
- ^ "Ingebritsen wins euro cross country title". BBC Sport. 8 December 2024. Retrieved 8 December 2024.
- ^ "U20 favourites FitzGerald and Laros live up to expectations". European Athletics. 8 December 2024. Retrieved 8 December 2024.
- ^ Henderson, Jason (Dec 9, 2024). "Birmingham University rise to the challenge in Antalya". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 10 December 2024.