Alexandra Bell (athlete)

Alexandra Bell (born 4 November 1992)[1] is a British athlete who competed for England at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia.

Alexandra Bell
Personal information
Born( 1992-11-04)4 November 1992
Leeds, England
Height166 cm (5 ft 5 in)[1]
Weight55 kg (121 lb)[1]
Sport
Country England
Sport800 metres

Career

Bell competes for Pudsey & Bramley Athletics Club.[2] In 2016, Bell competed at her first Diamond League fixture, finishing seventh, and was the fifth fastest British 800 metres runner.[3] In 2018, she competed for the first time at the Great Edinburgh International Cross Country.[4]

Bell finished fifth in the 800 metres at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia.[5][6] In May 2018, Bell became the first British woman to run 800 metres in under 2 minutes at the British Milers’ Club Grand Prix.[5] In July 2018, Bell was not selected for the 800 metre event at the 2018 European Championships, despite having run faster than two of the athletes selected.[6]

In September 2019 Bell won the 800m representing Europe in "The Match", a team competition against the USA, Minsk, Belarus.

Bell reached the semi final of the 800m 2019 World Athletics Championships in Doha, setting a personal best time of 1:59.82.

In December 2019, Bell was critical of UK Athletics after not being included on the elite lottery funding list.[7]

References
  1. "Alexandra Bell". Team England. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
  2. "Alexandra Bell". Team England. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
  3. "Weekend Interview: Time for Leeds's Alex Bell to step up the pace". Yorkshire Post. 21 November 2016. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
  4. "Four Scots picked for GB for Edinburgh XC". Scottish Athletics. 14 December 2017. Retrieved 19 December 2017.
  5. "Alexandra Bell breaks BMC GP 800m best in Watford". Athletics Weekly. 27 May 2018. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
  6. "Alexandra Bell feels 'let down' after not being selected by British Athletics". BBC Sport. 29 July 2018. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
  7. Sobot, Lee. "Aalexandra Bell Slams british athletics and barry fudge for omission from lottery funding". yorkshirepost.co.uk. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
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