Abbie Donnelly
Personal information
NationalityGreat Britain
Born (1996-09-02) 2 September 1996
Sport
SportAthletics
Event5000m
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)5000m: 15:42.65 (Milton Keynes, 2021)
10000m: 32:10.16 (London, 2023)
Half marathon: 1:10.31 (London, 2023)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Great Britain
World Road Running Championships
Bronze medal – third place2023 RigaHalf marathon team
European Cross Country Championships
Bronze medal – third place2023 BrusselsIndividual
Gold medal – first place2023 BrusselsTeam
Gold medal – first place2019 LisbonTeam
Bronze medal – third place2018 TilburgU23 Team

Abbie Donnelly (born 2 September 1996) is a British track and field athlete and cross country runner. She was a bronze medalist in the individual and gold medalist in the team event at the 2023 European Cross Country Championships.[1]

Early life

From Lincolnshire, Donnelly had an early start to athletics as her sister Laura were taken along as children to attend Lincoln Wellington Athletics Club by her father, who was a keen middle-distance runner.[2] She became the English schools cross country champion in 2015.[3]

Career

In 2018, Donnelly was part of the Great Britain U23 team that won the bronze medal at the 2018 European Cross Country Championships, held in Tilburg, Netherlands.[4] She then won gold as part of the British women's senior team at the 2019 European Cross Country Championships in Lisbon.[5]

Donnelly was the highest European finisher at the 2023 World Athletics Cross Country Championships in Bathurst, New South Wales, in February 2023, as she finished 24th overall.[6]

Donnelly finished third in the Big Half in London in September 2023, a result that qualified her for the World Road Running Championships in Riga later that year.[7][8] In Riga, she finished 25th overall in the half marathon, and the British team won a bronze medal in the event.[9][10]

In December 2023, Donnelly was a bronze medalist in the individual and gold medalist in the team event, at the 2023 European Cross Country Championships.[11]

Personal life

Donnelly graduated in History from the University of Loughborough in 2019 and began a PHD at the University.[12]

References

  1. ↑ "Abbie Donnelly". World Athletics. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
  2. ↑ Karran, Ellie (12 February 2023). "Abbie Donnelly: Lincolnshire's queen of athletics". Lincolnite.co.uk. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
  3. ↑ "Abbie Donnelly and Mahamed Mahamed among English Schools winners". Athletics Weekly. March 14, 2015. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
  4. ↑ Crumley, Euan (December 9, 2018). "Double European Cross joy for Ingebrigtsens". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
  5. ↑ Crumley, Euan (December 8, 2019). "Five is the magic number at European Cross". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
  6. ↑ Karran, Ellis (20 February 2023). "Abbie Donnelly fastest European at World Cross Country Championships". The Lincolnite. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
  7. ↑ Foster, Anthony (4 September 2023). "Big Half 2023 Marathon: Complete Results and UK Dominance". Track Alerts. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
  8. ↑ "12 years in the making, Abbie Donnelly targets marathon momentum". Viewfromtheconcourse. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
  9. ↑ "Two medals for Great Britain & NI at the World Road Running Championships". England Athletics. 4 October 2023. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
  10. ↑ Henderson, Jason (October 1, 2023). "Team bronze for Calli Thackery 30 years after dad won same colour medal". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
  11. ↑ "European Cross Country Championships: Great Britain's Abbie Donnelly claims bronze". BBC Sport. 10 December 2023. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
  12. ↑ "Abbie Donnelly". lboro.ac.uk. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
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