Georgia Hunter Bell

Bell was a high-achieving junior competitor, winning the English Schools title at under-15 level over 800 metres, and clocking a time of 2:08.81, which placed her eighth on the UK all-time list. She also won silver in the same championships as an under-17 in 2009. She attended Cardinal Vaughan Memorial School and studied geography at the University of Birmingham.{{cite web|website=Athletics Weekly|url=https://athleticsweekly.com/featured/success-rings-again-for-georgia-bell-19570/|title= Success rings again for Georgia Bell|first=Emily|last=Moss |date= March 16, 2015 |accessdate=21 January 2024}} In 2015, after winning the BUCS (British Universities & Colleges Sport) indoor 800 metres title and silver at the England Athletics Under-23 Championships, she started at University of California, Berkeley.{{cite web|url=https://calbears.com/sports/2015/8/10/210260815|website=Calbears.com|accessdate=21 January 2024|title= Track & Field Announces Full Incoming Class|date=10 August 2015}}

A Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers athlete,{{cite web|url= https://www.dai-sport.com/gb-star-laura-muir-smashes-track-record-in-cardiff-visit/ |website=Dai-Sport|accessdate=21 January 2024|title=GB Star Laura Muir Smashes Track Record In Cardiff Visit|date=19 December 2023}} Bell returned to Britain from the United States, becoming a training partner of Keely Hodgkinson, guided by Jenny Meadows and Trevor Painter.{{cite web|url=https://www.european-athletics.com/news/mueller-steals-the-show-with-a-breakthrough-6-81m-long-jump-in-dortmund|website=European Athletics|accessdate=21 January 2024|title=Müller steals the show with a breakthrough 6.81m long jump in Dortmund|date=21 January 2024}} In April 2023, she won the Duathlon World Championships in the female 30-34 age group, in Ibiza.{{cite web|url=https://www.triathlon.org/results/result/2023_world_triathlon_duathlon_championships_ibiza/583843 |website=Triathlon.org|accessdate=21 January 2024|title=Results: 2023 World Triathlon Duathlon Championships Ibiza 30-34 Female AG|date=30 April 2023}}{{cite web|url=https://www.triathlon.org/news/article/ibiza_multisport_championships_day_31|website=Triathlon.org|accessdate=21 January 2024|title=Ibiza Multisport Championships: Day 3|first=Olalla|last=Cernuda |date=30 April 2023}}

In 2023, she improved her personal bests over 1500m, 3000m and 5000m on the track, and set a new road 10k personal best in Telford, in December 2023.{{cite web|date=10 December 2023|accessdate=21 January 2024|title=Brilliant Brits in Brussels – Weekend Round Up|first=James|last=Rhodes|website=Fast Running|url=https://www.fastrunning.com/running-athletics-news/brilliant-brits-in-brussels-weekend-round-up/36719/}}

In January 2024, Bell ran a new personal best over 1500 metres, running 4:03.54 in winning the World Athletics Indoor Tour Bronze event in Dortmund.{{cite web|website=World Athletics|url=https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-indoor-tour/news/albuquerque-200m-60m-alfred-adeleke|date=20 January 2024|accessdate=21 January 2024|title=Alfred and Adeleke among winners in Albuquerque}} The following week, Bell beat pre-race favourite Sembo Almayew for victory over 3000m in Val-de-Reuil in another lifetime best time of 8:42.16.{{cite web|website=European Athletics|accessdate=29 January 2024|url=https://www.european-athletics.com/news/caudery-vaults-to-a-world-leading-mark-of-4-83m-in-val-de-reuil|title=Caudery vaults to a world leading mark of 4.83m in Val-de-Reuil|date=28 January 2024|first=Stephen|last=Bell}} In February 2024, she lowered her 1500m personal best to 4:03.22 in Stockholm.{{cite web|url=https://www.european-athletics.com/news/european-u20-champion-furlani-opens-with-8-08m-in-stockholm|website=European Athletics|access-date=5 February 2024|title=European U20 champion Furlani opens with 8.08m in Stockholm|date=3 February 2024}} On 18 February 2024, she won the final at the 2024 British Indoor Athletics Championships in Birmingham of the 1500 metres to become British indoor champion.{{cite web|url=https://athleticsweekly.com/event-reports/jemma-reekie-sends-a-message-to-world-indoor-rivals-1039975502/|website=Athletics Weekly|accessdate=19 February 2024|title=Jemma Reekie sends a message to World Indoor rivals|first=Jason|last=Henderson |date=February 18, 2024}}{{cite web|url= https://www.watchathletics.com/page/5073/results-uk-athletics-indoor-championships-2024 |accessdate=19 February 2024|title=Results UK Athletics Indoor Championships 2024 |date=February 18, 2023|website=Watch Athletics}}

She was selected to compete for Britain at the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Glasgow.{{cite web|url= https://www.britishathletics.org.uk/news-and-features/great-britain-and-northern-ireland-squad-selected-for-home-world-athletics-indoor-championships-glasgow-24/|website=British Athletics|date=19 February 2024|accessdate=19 February 2024|title=Great Britain and Northern Ireland Squad Selected for Home World Athletics Indoor Champs}} She qualified for the final of the women's 1500 metres race, with a time of 4:04.39. She finished fourth in the final with a time of 4:03.47.{{cite web|url=https://www.watchathletics.com/page/5133/women-s-1500m-results-world-athletics-indoor-championships-2024|website=Watch Athletics|date=1 March 2024|title=Women's 1500m Results - World Athletics Indoor Championships 2024|accessdate=2 March 2024}}

In May 2024, she finished sixth in the 1500 metres at the 2024 Doha Diamond League in a time of 4:03.72.{{cite web|url=https://athleticsweekly.com/featured/daryll-neita-and-molly-caudery-in-winning-form-in-doha-1039985745/|website=Athletics Weekly|title=Daryll Neita and Molly Caudery in winning form in Doha|first=Jasmine|last=Collett |date=May 10, 2024 |accessdate=12 May 2024}} That month she also ran a personal best 800 metres time of 1:59.93 in Andújar.{{cite web|url=https://worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results/results/7205350?eventId=10229512|website=World Athletics|accessdate=18 May 2024|date=17 May 2024|title=Meeting Jaén Paraiso Interior 2024 women’s 800 metres}} Bell ran a 4:00.41 personal best for the 1500m at the 2024 Prefontaine Classic in Eugene, Oregon.{{cite web|url=https://athleticsweekly.com/event-reports/josh-kerr-defeats-ingebrigtsen-in-a-british-mile-record-in-eugene-1039987828/|website=Athletics Weekly|accessdate=26 May 2024|title=Josh Kerr defeats Ingebrigtsen in a British mile record in Eugene|first=Jason|last=Henderson|date=May 26, 2024}}

Selected to run the 1500 metres for Britain at the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome, she won the silver medal.{{cite web|url=https://www.britishathletics.org.uk/news-and-features/reigning-world-champion-katarina-johnson-thompson-named-in-strong-gb-ni-team-for-european-athletics-championships-rome-2024/|title= KATARINA JOHNSON-THOMPSON NAMED IN STRONG GB & NI TEAM FOR EUROPEANS ROME 2024|website=British Athletics|accessdate=28 May 2024|date=28 May 2024}}{{cite web|url= https://www.theguardian.com/sport/article/2024/jun/09/dina-asher-smith-wins-100m-gold-at-european-championships|website=The Guardian|date=9 June 2024|accessdate=9 June 2024|first=Sean |last=Ingle|title= Dina Asher-Smith powers to 100m gold for first major title in five years}} Later that month, she won the 1500 metres at the 2024 British Athletics Championships in Manchester.{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/article/2024/jun/30/17-year-old-schoolgirl-phoebe-gill-in-a-dream-after-storming-to-place-in-olympic-team|first=Ben|last=Bloom|date=30 June 2024|accessdate=30 June 2024|title=17-year-old Phoebe Gill ‘in a dream’ after storming to place in Olympic team|website=The Guardian}}

Her place at the 2024 Summer Olympics was officially confirmed when Team GB named their athletics team on 5 July 2024.{{cite web|url=https://www.britishathletics.org.uk/news-and-features/team-gb-athletics-squad-confirmed-for-paris-2024/|title=TEAM GB ATHLETICS SQUAD CONFIRMED FOR PARIS 2024|publisher=GB Athletics|accessdate=5 July 2024}} A few days later she set a 3:56.54 personal best in the 1500 metres at the 2024 Meeting de Paris, to go No.2 on the UK all-time rankings, and set an English national record.{{cite web|website=Athletics Weekly|accessdate=8 July 2024|url=https://athleticsweekly.com/event-reports/world-records-for-yaroslava-mahuchikh-and-faith-kipyegon-in-paris-1039989277/|title=World records for Yaroslava Mahuchikh and Faith Kipyegon in Paris|first=Jason |last=Henderson |date=July 7, 2024}} On 20 July 2024, she improved her 800m personal best to 1:56.28 at the London Diamond League.{{cite web|url=https://athleticsweekly.com/event-reports/keely-hodgkinson-and-matt-hudson-smith-in-record-breaking-form-in-london-1039989653/|website=Athletics Weekly|title=Keely Hodgkinson and Matt Hudson-Smith in record-breaking form in London|first=Jason|last=Henderson|date=July 20, 2024|accessdate=20 July 2024}} At the 2024 Paris Olympics, Bell won a bronze medal in the women's 1500 m. To do so, she broke Laura Muir's British record, running a time of 3:52.61.{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/olympics/olympics-georgia-bell-kipyegon-laura-muir-b2594460.html|title=Georgia Bell claims stunning bronze as Faith Kipyegon makes 1500m history|publisher=The Independent|accessdate=10 August 2024}}{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/olympics/articles/cq82qq12w00o.amp|title=Bell's brilliant bronze and relay stars boost GB medals haul|publisher=BBC Sport|accessdate=10 August 2024}} In September 2024, she finished second in the 800 metres at the Diamond League final in Brussels, and finished seventh in the 1500 metres at the same event. She later announced that she was turning professional rather than return to cyber security job after her sabbatical.{{cite web|url= https://www.thetimes.com/sport/athletics/article/times-swoty-georgia-bell-athletics-diamond-league-928pfsn2n|website=The Times|accessdate=12 October 2024|title=Parkrun to podium – now Georgia Bell quits her job to focus on running|date=15 September 2024}}

She ran a 3000m personal best of 8:36.96 at the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix on 2 February 2025.{{cite web |website=BBC Sport|accessdate=3 February 2025|url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/articles/cd0j35p1exeo.amp|title= GB's Courtney-Bryant sets 3,000m world lead}} The following

weekend she ran a personal best 4:23.35 for the indoor mile to win the Millrose Games in New York City on 8 February 2025.{{cite web|url= https://www.bbc.com/sport/athletics/articles/cj91gyly7e7o.amp|website=BBC Sport|title= Britain's Bell wins mile race at Millrose meeting|date=8 February 2025|accessdate=9 February 2025}}

On 23 February, she won the gold medal in the 1,500 metres at the British Indoor Championships for the second year in a row.{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/general/athletics/british-indoors-athletics-georgia-hunter-bell-hannah-nuttalll-b2703191.html|title=Georgia Hunter-Bell passes 'first big test' to retain title at British Indoors|publisher=The Independent|accessdate=24 February 2025}} At the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Apeldoorn, Hunter-Bell finished fourth in the 1,500 metres.{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/mar/07/european-indoor-athletics-championships|title=Georgia Hunter Bell misses out on 1500m gold after ear infection|publisher=The Guardian|accessdate=11 March 2025}} She was named in the British team for the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships in March 2025, where she won her heat to qualify for the final, before placing third to win the bronze medal in an indoor 1500 metres personal best time of 3:59.84 Close to the British Record.{{cite web|url=https://www.britishathletics.org.uk/news-and-features/gb-ni-team-selected-for-the-world-athletics-indoors-championships-2025/|website=British Athletics|date= 11 March 2025|accessdate=11 March 2025|title=

GB & NI TEAM SELECTED FOR THE WORLD ATHLETICS INDOORS CHAMPIONSHIPS 2025}}{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/videos/c05mqlp3y76o|title=Dominant Hunter-Bell wins 1500m heat to reach final|accessdate=21 March 2025|date=21 March 2025|website=BBC Sport}}{{cite web|url= https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-indoor-championships/nanjing25/news/report/nanjing-25-women-1500m-report |website=World Athletics|date=23 March 2025|accessdate=23 March 2025|title= Tsegay runs championship record to win 1500m title in Nanjing

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In May 2025, she was named as a challenger for the short distance category at the 2025 Grand Slam Track event in Philadelphia, placing fourth in the 1500 metres race and a close runner-up to overall slam winner Diribe Welteji in the 800 metres in a time of 1:58.94.{{cite web|url=https://athleticsweekly.com/news/masterful-matt-hudson-smith-wins-over-400m-in-philadelphia-1040001917/|website=Athletics Weekly|date=1 June 2025|accessdate=1 June 2025|first=Tim|last=Adams|title= MASTERFUL MATT HUDSON-SMITH WINS OVER 400M IN PHILADELPHIA}}{{cite web|url=https://citiusmag.com/articles/grand-slam-track-full-athletes-field-philadelphia-racers-challengers|website=Citiusmag.com|access-date=28 May 2025|title= Grand Slam Track Announces Full Athletes Field For Philadelphia: Full Racers, Challengers Competing|first=Chris|last=Chavez|date=May 23, 2025}}{{cite web|url=https://athleticsweekly.com/news/melissa-jefferson-wooden-runs-historic-100m-at-grand-slam-track-1040001938/|website=Athletics Weekly|accessdate=2 June 2025|title= MELISSA JEFFERSON-WOODEN RUNS HISTORIC 100M AT GRAND SLAM TRACK|first=Jasmine|last=Collett|date=2 June 2025}} She won the 800 metres in 1:57.66 at the 2025 BAUHAUS-galan event in Stockholm, part of the 2025 Diamond League.{{cite web|title=Duplantis breaks pole vault record in Stockholm|date=15 June 2025|url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/articles/clyny1zv6vpo |website=BBC Sport|access-date=16 June 2025}}

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She previously worked for a London-based firm that studies cyber attacks.{{cite web|url=https://athleticsweekly.com/interviews/georgia-bell-ive-got-nothing-to-lose-in-the-sport-1039992673/|title=Georgia Bell: “I’ve got nothing to lose in the sport”|website=Athletics Weekly|last=Adams|first=Tim|date=17 September 2024|access-date=17 September 2024}} She is the daughter of political journalist Andy Bell and Angela Bell, a school PE teacher. She has two sisters.{{cite web|website=The Daily Telegraph|accessdate=23 June 2024|title=‘I did a Parkrun in 16 minutes 8 seconds – and now I could be heading to the Olympics’|first=Guy|last=Kelly|date=22 June 2024|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/2024/06/22/georgia-bell-paris-olympics-2024-team-gb-parkrun/}}{{cite web|website=The Daily Telegraph|first=Jeremy|last=Wilson|accessdate=29 February 2024|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/athletics/2024/02/28/georgia-bell-olympics-paris-2024-parkrun-cyber-security/|title= From Parkrun to Paris: British athlete, 30, targets Olympics after stunning run in Bushy Park|date=28 February 2024}}{{cite web |last=Sean |first=Ingle |title=Georgia Bell: from AI and parkrun to a Team GB place, and the Olympics? |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2024/feb/28/georgia-bell-ai-parkrun-team-gb-place-olympics-world-indoor-championships-athletics |website=theguardian.com |date=28 February 2024|access-date=1 March 2024}} She married George Hunter in West Sussex on 19 October 2024.{{cite web|url= https://www.chiswickw4.com/default.asp?section=leisure&page=spgeorgiabell006.htm|website=Chiswick4.com|accessdate=21 February 2025|title= Sun shines on yet another special day for Chiswick Olympian|date=3 November 2024}}

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