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Jemma Reekie

{{Short description|British middle-distance runner (born 1998)}}

{{use dmy dates|date=June 2021}}

{{Use British English|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox sportsperson

| name = Jemma Reekie

| image = Jemma Reekie at the 2021 5th Avenue Mile awards ceremony4, NYC USA (cropped).jpg

| imagesize =

| caption = Reekie at the 2021 Fifth Avenue Mile

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1998|03|6|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Beith, Ayrshire, Scotland

| education =

| height =

| weight =

| country = Great Britain & N.I.

| sport = Athletics

| event = Middle-distance running

| club = Kilbarchan AAC

| coach = Andy Young (2015–2023)
Arthur Smith (–2015)

| worlds =

| olympics = {{ubl

|2020 Tokyo

|800 m, 4th

}}

| pb = {{ubl

|Outdoors

|800 m: 1:55.61 (London 2024)

|Mile: 4:19.40 (New York 2023)

|Indoors

|800 m: 1:57.91{{AthAbbr|i|indoors}} (Glasgow 2020)

}}

| show-medals = yes

| medaltemplates =

{{Medal|Sport|Women's athletics}}

{{Medal|Country|{{GBR2}}}}

{{Medal|Competition|World Indoor Championships}}

{{Medal|Silver|2024 Glasgow|800 m}}

{{Medal|Competition|European U23 Championships}}

{{Medal|Gold|2019 Gävle|800 m}}

{{Medal|Gold|2019 Gävle|1500 m}}

{{Medal|Competition|European U20 Championships}}

{{Medal|Gold|2017 Grosseto|1500 m}}

}}

Jemma Reekie (born 6 March 1998){{cite web|title=Jemma Reekie – Profile|url=https://www.thepowerof10.info/athletes/profile.aspx?athleteid=217390|access-date=2021-01-01|website=Power of 10 / thepowerof10.info}}{{cite web|title=Jemma REEKIE – Athlete profile|url=https://www.worldathletics.org/athletes/great-britain-ni/jemma-reekie-14533469|access-date=1 January 2023|website=World Athletics}} is a Scottish middle-distance runner who competed at the 2020 and 2024 Summer Olympics.

Career

Reekie was born in Scotland in 1998.

Reekie competed at the 2017 European U20 Championships in July, winning the gold medal in the 1500 metres and finishing fourth in the 3000 metres.

At the 2018 European Championships in August, Reekie competed in the 1500 metres, failing to make the final.

Reekie competed at the 2019 European Indoor Championships in March, failing to make the final of the 1500 metres. In July, she achieved a rare double at the 2019 European U23 Championships, winning gold medals in the 800 metres and 1500 metres.{{Cite web|title=Results Book|url=https://www.european-athletics.org/mm/Document/EventsMeetings/General/01/28/81/21/ResultsBookECHU232019_v2.1_English.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200630190953/https://www.european-athletics.org/mm/Document/EventsMeetings/General/01/28/81/21/ResultsBookECHU232019_v2.1_English.pdf|archive-date=30 June 2020|access-date=6 July 2020|website=2019 European Athletics U23 Championships}} In October, she competed at the 2019 World Championships. She failed to make the final of the 1500 metres.

In February 2020, Reekie broke three British indoor records within eight days, setting a new mark for the 800 metres, and then for the mile and 1500 metres. The 1500 metres record was broken by her training partner, Laura Muir, in 2021,{{Cite web |last=Whittington |first=Jessica |date=2020-02-01 |title=Jemma Reekie breaks British indoor 800m record in Glasgow |url=https://athleticsweekly.com/event-news/reekie-british-indoor-800m-record-glasgow-1039927794/ |access-date=2020-02-01 |website=AW}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2020/feb/09/jemma-reekie-breaks-british-indoor-mile-and-1500m-records-in-new-york|title=Jemma Reekie breaks British indoor mile and 1500m records in New York|date=February 9, 2020|website=The Guardian|access-date=4 July 2021|archive-date=11 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210711055633/https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2020/feb/09/jemma-reekie-breaks-british-indoor-mile-and-1500m-records-in-new-york|url-status=live}} and the 800 metres record was broken by Keely Hodgkinson in 2022.

File:Jemma Reekie at the 2021 5th Avenue Mile, NYC USA (cropped).jpg

File:Jemma Reekie at the 2021 5th Avenue Mile awards ceremony1, NYC USA.jpg

In July and August 2021, Reekie competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics. She finished fourth in the 800 metres with a personal best time of 1:56.90.{{Cite web|date=2021-08-11|title=Watch: 'I had an Olympic dream and I hope other kids do, too' – Jemma Reekie|url=https://www.scottishathletics.org.uk/66980-2/|access-date=2021-08-11|website=Scottish Athletics}} In September, she won the 2021 Fifth Avenue Mile.{{Cite web |last=Monti |first=David |date=2021-09-12 |title=RRW: Great Day For Scotland as Jemma Reekie (4:22) & Jake Wightman (3:50) Prevail at New Balance Fifth Avenue Mile |url=https://www.letsrun.com/2021/09/rrw-great-day-for-scotland-as-jemma-reekie-jake-wightman-prevail-at-new-balance-fifth-avenue-mile/ |access-date=2022-09-11 |website=LetsRun.com |language=en}}

Reekie competed at the 2022 World Championships in July, failing to make the final of the 800 metres. In August, she competed at the 2022 Commonwealth Games. In the 800 metres, she failed to make the final. In the 1500 metres, she finished fifth. Later that month, she competed at the 2022 European Championships, where she finished fifth in the 800 metres.

In March 2023, Reekie split from trainer Andy Young, who had coached her since 2015, after quitting a training camp in South Africa.{{Cite news |last1=Lawton |first1=Matt |last2=Broadbent |first2=Rick |date=31 March 2023 |title=Laura Muir and Jemma Reekie split with Andy Young after hire car dispute |work=The Times |url=https://www.thetimes.com/sport/athletics/article/laura-muir-and-jemma-reekie-quit-after-hire-car-dispute-389ndh9kb |url-access=subscription |access-date=31 March 2023 |issn=0140-0460}}{{Cite news |date=31 March 2023 |title=Muir and Reekie part with long-serving coach Young |work=BBC Sport |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/athletics/65137492 |access-date=31 March 2023}} In August, she competed at the 2023 World Championships, finishing fifth in the 800 metres. In September, she won the 2023 Fifth Avenue Mile.

Reekie made a successful start to the 2024 indoor season, winning the UK Indoor Athletics Championships 800m in a championship record time of 1:58.24.{{Cite news |date=18 February 2024 |title=UK Indoor Athletics Championships: Laura Muir and Jemma Reekie win gold in Birmingham |work=BBC Sport |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/68331411 |access-date=18 February 2024}}

After winning the 800 metres silver medal at the 2024 British Athletics Championships, Reekie was subsequently named in the Great Britain team for the 2024 Summer Olympics{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/articles/cd1646n46zpo |title=Kerr & Johnson-Thompson head GB Olympics athletics squad |website=BBC Sport |access-date=6 July 2024}} where she went out in the semi-finals.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/articles/c2v002p07nyo|title=Devastated Reekie misses out on Olympic final|publisher=BBC Sport|accessdate=4 August 2024}}

Achievements

=International competitions=

{{AchievementTable|Event=yes|Time=yes|NotesOff=yes}}

|+Representing {{GBR2}} / {{SCO}}

rowspan=2|2017

|rowspan=2|European U20 Championships

|rowspan=2|Grosseto, Italy

|bgcolor=gold|1st

|1500 m

|4:13.25

4th

|3000 m

|9:24.81 {{AthAbbr|PB}}

2018

|European Championships

|Berlin, Germany

|15th (h)

|1500 m

|4:10.35

rowspan=4|2019

|European Indoor Championships

|Birmingham, England

|11th (h)

|1500 m

|4:13.44 {{AthAbbr|PB}}

rowspan=2|European U23 Championships

|rowspan=2|Gävle, Sweden

|bgcolor=gold|1st

|800 m

|2:05.19

bgcolor=gold|1st

|1500 m

|4:22.81

World Championships

|Doha, Qatar

|32nd (h)

|1500 m

|4:12.51

2021

|Olympic Games

|Tokyo, Japan

|4th

|800m

|1:56:90 {{AthAbbr|PB}}

rowspan=4|2022

|World Championships

|Eugene, OR, United States

|15th (sf)

|800 m

|2:00.43

rowspan=2|Commonwealth Games

|rowspan=2|Birmingham, England

|11th (h)

|800 m

|2:00.68

5th

|1500 m

|4:05.33

European Championships

|Munich, Germany

|5th

|800 m

|2:00.31

rowspan=1|2023

|World Championships

|Budapest, Hungary

|5th

|800 m

|1:57.72

rowspan=3|2024

|World Indoor Championships

|Glasgow, Scotland

|bgcolor=silver|2nd

|800 m

|2:02.72

European Championships

|Rome, Italy

|5th

|1500 m

|4:06.17

Olympic Games

|Paris, France

|8th (sf)

|800 m

|1:58.01

=Personal bests=

  • 800 metres – 1:55.61 (London 2024)
  • 800 metres indoor – 1:57.91 (Glasgow 2020)
  • 1500 metres – 3:58.65 (Chorzów 2023)
  • 1500 metres indoor – 4:00.52{{AthAbbr|+|intermediate}} (New York 2020)
  • One mile – 4:19.40 (New York 2023)
  • One mile indoor – 4:17.88 (New York 2020) {{AthAbbr|NR|British}}

=Circuit wins and national titles=

Awards

References

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External links

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  • {{Power of 10}}
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  • {{Olympedia}}
  • {{Olympics.com profile}}
  • [https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/athlete/jemma-reekie_1924483 Jemma Reekie] at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics
  • {{2022 Commonwealth Games profile|52905}}
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{{Footer U23 European Champions 800m Women}}

{{Footer U23 European Champions 1500m Women}}

{{British Athletics Championships women's 800 metres champions}}

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Category:1998 births

Category:Living people

Category:Scottish female middle-distance runners

Category:British female middle-distance runners

Category:Olympic athletes for Great Britain

Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics

Category:Commonwealth Games competitors for Scotland

Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2022 Commonwealth Games

Category:British Athletics Championships winners

Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer Olympics

Category:21st-century Scottish sportswomen