Adelle Tracey

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).

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.

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