Adelle Tracey (born 27 May 1993) is an American-born

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 ...

competing for

Jamaica Jamaica (; ) is an island country situated in the Caribbean Sea. Spanning in area, it is the third-largest island of the Greater Antilles and the Caribbean (after Cuba and Hispaniola). Jamaica lies about south of Cuba, and west of His ...

since 2022, having previously represented Great Britain, where she grew up. Tracey competes primarily in the

800 metres The 800 metres, or meters ( US spelling), is a common track running event. It is the shortest commonly run middle-distance running event. The 800 metres is run over two laps of an outdoor (400-metre) track and has been an Olympic event since t ...

. She placed fourth in the event at the

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, but claimed a bronze in the North American equivalent, the

2022 NACAC Championships The 2022 North American, Central American and Caribbean Championships were a regional track and field competition held at Grand Bahama Sports Complex in Freeport, Bahamas, from August 19–21, 2022. It was the fourth edition of a senior track and f ...

representing her new country, Jamaica. The following day, Tracey won silver for Jamaica in the 1500 metres event in the same championships.

Career

Tracey was one of the torchbearers at the

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who, together with six other young British sport talents, lit the Olympic Cauldron. She was picked by

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. She is the second of the seven torchbearers to transfer allegiance after Katie Kirk, selected from Northern Ireland by Dame Mary Peters, transferred to

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. 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

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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. Her 800 metres personal best of 1:59.50 (

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, May 2021) ranks her equal 18th on the UK all-time list. Her indoor best is 2:00.23 (Glasgow 2020). On 9 November 2019, Adelle set the female course record at Cheltenham parkrun in 16:58. In February 2022, she won her second national title after indoor 800m victory in 2016, contesting the

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 Athle ...

at the British Indoor Championships. On 28 June 2022, Tracey became eligible to race for Jamaica, and announced her transfer of allegiance on the same day.

Personal life

Tracey was born in the United States to a Jamaican father and English mother, and moved to England at the age of 7.

Competition record

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Tracey, Adelle 1993 births Living people Sportspeople from Seattle Jamaican female middle-distance runners British female middle-distance runners American female middle-distance runners Jamaican people of English descent English sportspeople of Jamaican descent American sportspeople of Jamaican descent American people of English descent Alumni of Arts University Bournemouth Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Olympic cauldron lighters Competitors at the 2017 Summer Universiade Commonwealth Games competitors for England