Adelle Tracey (born 27 May 1993) is a middle-distance runner primarily in the 800 metres. Tracey has represented Jamaica since 2022 after formerly running for Great Britain.
She placed fourth in the event at the 2018 European Athletics Championships, but claimed a bronze in the North American equivalent, the 2022 NACAC Championships representing her new country, Jamaica. The following day, Tracey won silver for Jamaica in the 1500 metres event in the same championships.
Early life and education Tracey was born in the Seattle, United States, where her British mother met her Jamaican father, who was there on a college athletics scholarship. The family lived in Jamaica, and Tracey moved with her mother and sister to Surrey, England when she was 7. Tracey went to school at Camelsdale Primary School in Camelsdale, on the outskirts of Haslemere, as well as St Batholomew's Primary in Haslemere and Midhurst Rother College. Tracey later graduated in sports science from St Mary's University, Twickenham.
Tracey, with six other young British sportspeople, was one of the torchbearers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Opening Ceremony who lit the Olympic Cauldron. She was picked by Kelly Holmes.
Career Great Britain Tracey won the British indoor 800 metres title in 2016, and went on to run a personal best of 2:00.04 on 7 September in Watford (mixed races). At the 2017 World Championships in London, she ran 2:00.28 in her heat to qualify for the semifinals, where she was sixth in 2:00.26. After finishing second in the 800m at the Athletics World Cup in London in July 2018, she went on to improve her 800m best by breaking the two-minute barrier for the first time with 1:59.86 in the semifinals at the European Championships in Berlin, going on to finish fourth in the final.
On 9 November 2019, Adelle set the female course record at Cheltenham parkrun in 16:58.
Tracey won her second national title after indoor 800m victory in 2016, contesting the 1500 metres at the 2022 British Indoor Championships.
Tracey was included in World Class Programme under British Athletics for the years 2016 to 2019.
Jamaica In June 2022, Tracey switched her country of allegiance under World Athletics from Great Britain to Jamaica.
At the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Tracey reached the semi-final of the 1500m where she set a new Jamaican record but failed to qualify for the final. Later at the Championships, Tracey qualified for the final of the 800m, finishing in 7th in a new personal best of 1:58.41.
In 2024, after finishing 2nd in the 1500m at the Jamaican Championships, Tracey was named in the Jamaican team for the 2024 Paris Olympics, she didn't make it past the repechage round in both the 800m and 1500m.
Personal life Tracey has both dyslexia and dyscalculia.
Competition record Representing 2009European Youth Olympic FestivalTampere, Finland800 m2:09.922015European U23 ChampionshipsTallinn, Estonia4th800 m2:01.662016World Indoor ChampionshipsPortland, United States15th (h)800 m2:07.05European ChampionshipsAmsterdam, Netherlands24th (h)800 m2:05.412017World ChampionshipsLondon, United Kingdom11th (sf)800 m2:00.26UniversiadeTaipei, Chinese Taipei5th800 m2:03.722018Commonwealth GamesGold Coast, Australia18th (h)800 m2:02.03World CupLondon, United Kingdom800 m2:01.05European ChampionshipsBerlin, Germany4th800 m2:00.862019European Indoor ChampionshipsGlasgow, United Kingdom7th (sf)800 m2:03.26Representing 2022World ChampionshipsEugene, United States12th (sf)800 m2:00.2118th (sf)1500 m4:06.96NACAC ChampionshipsFreeport, Bahamas800 m1:59.541500 m4:08.422023World ChampionshipsBudapest, Hungary7th800m1:58.4113th (sf)1500m3:58.772024Olympic GamesParis, France24th (rep)800 m2:03.6722nd (rep)1500 m4:14.522025World ChampionshipsTokyo, Japan39th (h)800 m2:01.7046th (h)1500 m4:11.872026Commonwealth GamesGlasgow, United Kingdom10th (sf)800 m2:01.54World Road Running ChampionshipsCopenhagen, Denmark6thRoad mile4:29.30
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