Adelle Tracey (born 27 May 1993) is a middle-distance runner primarily in the

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. Tracey has represented Jamaica since 2022 after formerly running for Great Britain. 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 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

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, where her British mother met her Jamaican father, who was there on a college athletics scholarship. The family lived in Jamaica before moving to

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at the age of 7 with her mother and sister. Tracey went to school at Camelsdale Primary School in Haslemere, St Batholomew’s Primary in Farnham and Midhurst Rother College. Tracey later graduated in sports science from

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. Tracey was one of the torchbearers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Opening Ceremony who, together with six other young British sport talents, lit the Olympic Cauldron. She was picked by

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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

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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

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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

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, 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

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and

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Competition record

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Tracey, Adelle 1993 births Living people Alumni of Arts University Bournemouth Alumni of St Mary's University, Twickenham English people of Jamaican descent Jamaican people of English descent Black British sportswomen Commonwealth Games competitors for England English female middle-distance runners British female middle-distance runners Jamaican female middle-distance runners 21st-century English sportswomen Competitors at the 2017 Summer Universiade Athletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Jamaica Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Olympic cauldron lighters Sportspeople with dyslexia