Hayley Tullett
{{short description|Welsh middle-distance runner}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2022}}
{{Use British English|date=May 2012}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| name = Hayley Tullett
née Parry
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| nationality = British (Welshh)
| sport = Athletics
| event = middle-distance
| club = Swansea Harriers
| birth_date = 17 February 1973
| birth_place = Swansea, Wales
| death_date =
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| height =165 cm
| weight =55 kg
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| medaltemplates=
{{MedalCountry|{{GBR2}}}}
{{MedalSport | Athletics}}
{{Medal|Competition | World Championships }}
{{Medal|Bronze | 2003 Paris | 1500 m }}
{{Medal|Country | {{WAL}} }}
{{Medal|Competition|Commonwealth Games}}
{{Medal|Silver|2002 Manchester|1500 m}}
{{Medal|Bronze | 2006 Melbourne | 1500 m}}
}}
Hayley Tullett (née Parry, born 17 February 1973) is a Welsh former middle-distance runner who competed at two Olympic Games.{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/tu/hayley-tullett-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418025451/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/tu/hayley-tullett-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |publisher=Sports Reference LLC |accessdate=5 June 2013 |title=Hayley Tullett Bio, Stats and Results}}
Biography
Born Hayley Parry in Swansea in 1973, she married pole vaulter Ian Tullett in 1999. During the same year, she became the British 1500 metres champion after winning the British AAA Championships title at the 1999 AAA Championships.{{cite web|url=https://www.nuts.org.uk/Champs/AAA/index.htm |title=AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists |website=National Union of Track Statisticians |access-date=2 April 2025}}
Tullett retained her AAA title at the 2000 AAA Championships{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000578/20000814/516/0027 |title=Athletics |work=Aberdeen Press and Journal |date=14 August 2000 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=4 April 2025}}{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/waaa.htm |title=AAA Championships (women) |website=GBR Athletics |access-date=2 April 2025 }} before representing Great Britain at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney.{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/86933 |title=Biographical Information |website=Olympedia |access-date=1 April 2025}}
Tullett regained the 1500 AAA title at the 2003 AAA Championships,{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000578/20030728/590/0027 |title=Athletics |work=Aberdeen Press and Journal |date=28 July 2003 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=6 April 2025}} the same year that she won a bronze medal in the 1500m final at the 2003 World Championships. Further success arrived the following year with her fourth AAA Title before she appeared in her second Olympic Games, where Tullett competed in the 1500 metres again representing Great Britain at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens.
Tullett won a silver medal behind Kelly Holmes at the 2002 Commonwealth Games and a bronze medal for Wales at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne.
Personal bests
- 800 metres – 2:00.49 (2003)
- 1500 metres – 3:59.95 (2004)
- 3000 metres – 8:45.39 (2000)
Achievements
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2000
|Sydney, Australia |11th (fell) |1500 m |
2002
|bgcolor="silver"| 2nd |1500 m |
rowspan=2|2003
|bgcolor="cc9966"| 3rd |1500 m |
World Athletics Final
|bgcolor="cc9966"| 3rd |1500 m |4:01.60 |
2004
|Athens, Greece |20th (sf) |1500 m |
2006
|bgcolor="cc9966"| 3rd |1500 m |
References
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External links
- {{World Athletics}}
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Category:Sportspeople from Morriston
Category:Welsh female middle-distance runners
Category:British female middle-distance runners
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
Category:Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Wales
Category:Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Wales
Category:Olympic athletes for Great Britain
Category:World Athletics Championships medalists
Category:World Athletics Championships athletes for Great Britain