{{short description|Jamaican middle-distance runner}} {{Use British English|date=August 2024}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Adelle Tracey | image = Womens 800m Adelle Tracey (46332939175) (cropped).jpg | caption = Tracey in 2019 | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1993|5|27|df=y}}<ref name="Powerof10profile" /><ref name="WAprofile">{{cite web|title=Adelle TRACEY – Athlete profile|url=https://worldathletics.org/athletes/great-britain-ni/adelle-tracey-14941414|access-date=2021-01-01|website=[[World Athletics]]}}</ref> | birth_place = [[Seattle, Washington]], U.S.<ref name="Paris">{{Cite web|url=https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/athlete/adelle-tracey_1893252|title=TRACEY Adelle|work=[[Paris 2024 Olympics]]}}</ref> | nationality = American, British, Jamaican | country = Jamaica <small>(from 2022)</small><br>Great Britain <small>(before)</small> | height = 1.70m<ref name="Paris"/> | weight = 55kg | sport = [[Athletics (sport)|Athletics]] | event = [[800 metres]] | club = Guildford & Godalming<ref name="Powerof10profile">{{cite web|title=Adelle Tracey – Profile|url=https://www.thepowerof10.info/athletes/profile.aspx?athleteid=17091|access-date=2021-01-01|website=Power of 10 / thepowerof10.info}}</ref> | coach = [[Craig Winrow]] (2013–)<br />Sue Goode (–2013) | education = [[Arts University Bournemouth]] & [[St Mary's University, Twickenham]]<ref>[https://data.2017.gov.taipei/atos/prod/eng/zb/engzb_athletics-athlete-profile-n159882-tracey-adelle-roshumba.htm 2017 Universiade bio]</ref> | pb = {{ubl |'''[[800 metres|800 m]]:''' 1:58.41 ([[Budapest]], 2023) |'''[[1500 metres|1500 m]]:''' 3:58.77 '''{{AthAbbr|NR|Jamaican}}''' (Budapest, 2023) |''Indoors'' |'''[[1500 metres|1500 m]]:''' 4:10.14 ([[Liévin]], 2023) |'''[[Mile]]:''' 4:30.17 '''{{AthAbbr|NR|Jamaican}}''' ([[Toruń]], 2023) }} | show-medals = yes | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Women's [[Sport of athletics|athletics]]}} {{Medal|Country|{{GBR2}}}} {{MedalCompetition | [[Athletics World Cup]]}} {{MedalSilver | [[2018 Athletics World Cup|2018 London]]|800 m}} {{Medal|Country|{{JAM}}}} {{MedalCompetition | [[NACAC Championships in Athletics|NACAC Championships]]}} {{MedalSilver | [[2022 NACAC Championships|2022 Freeport]]|1500 m}} {{MedalBronze | [[2022 NACAC Championships|2022 Freeport]]|800 m}} }}
'''Adelle Tracey''' (born 27 May 1993) is a [[middle-distance runner]] primarily in the [[800 metres]]. Tracey has represented Jamaica since 2022 after formerly running for Great Britain.
She placed fourth in the event at the [[2018 European Athletics Championships]], but claimed a bronze in the North American equivalent, the [[2022 NACAC Championships]] representing her new country, Jamaica. The following day, Tracey won silver for Jamaica in the 1500 metres event in the [[2022 NACAC Championships|same championships]].
==Early life and education== Tracey was born in the [[Seattle]], [[United States]], where her British mother met her Jamaican father, who was there on a college athletics scholarship.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/commonwealth-games/62340043 |title=Commonwealth Games 2022: Jamaica's ex-GB athlete Adelle Tracey ruled out of Games |work=BBC News |date=28 July 2022 |first=Mike |last=Henson}}</ref> The family lived in Jamaica before moving to [[Surrey]], [[England]] at the age of 7 with her mother and sister.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.jamaicaobserver.com/sports/jamaican-to-the-bone-2/ |title=Jamaican to the bone |work=Jamaica Observer |date=20 March 2016 }}</ref> Tracey went to school at Camelsdale Primary School in Camelsdale, on the outskirts of Haslemere, as well as St Batholomew's Primary in Haslemere and [[Midhurst Rother College]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.haslemereherald.com/news/adelle-on-the-plane-to-oz-185968 |title=Adelle on the plane to Oz |work=Haslemere Herald |date=3 November 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.haslemereherald.com/news/adelle-traceys-inspirational-visit-to-her-old-school-192480 |title=Adelle Tracey's inspirational visit to her old school |work=Haslemere Herald |date=14 April 2019}}</ref> Tracey later graduated in sports science from [[St Mary's University, Twickenham]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.ealingtimes.co.uk/sport/15402634.athletics-star-traceys-olympic-spirit-burning-brighter-than-ever-ahead-of-bucs-world-university-games/ |title=Athletics star Tracey's Olympic spirit burning brighter than ever ahead of BUCS World University Games |work=Ealing Times |date=11 July 2017}}</ref>
Tracey was one of the torchbearers at the [[2012 Summer Olympics Opening Ceremony]] who, together with six other young British sport talents, lit the Olympic Cauldron. She was picked by [[Kelly Holmes]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitioninfo/76426aa7-b7a9-4ff0-a3de-bd8c2f198281.pdf|title=2014 WIC handbook}}</ref>
==Career== ===Great Britain=== Tracey won the British indoor 800 metres title in 2016, and went on to run a personal best of 2:00.04 on 7 September in Watford (mixed races).<ref name="WAprofile" /> At the [[2017 World Championships in Athletics|2017 World Championships]] in London, she ran 2:00.28 in her heat to qualify for the semifinals, where she was sixth in 2:00.26.<ref name="WAprofile" /> After finishing second in the 800m at the [[Athletics World Cup]] in London in July 2018, she went on to improve her 800m best by breaking the two-minute barrier for the first time with 1:59.86 in the semifinals at the [[2018 European Athletics Championships|European Championships]] in Berlin, going on to finish fourth in the final.<ref name="WAprofile" />
On 9 November 2019, Adelle set the female course record at Cheltenham parkrun in 16:58.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2022-02-15|title=Cheltenham parkrun website / event statistics |url=https://www.parkrun.org.uk/cheltenham/|access-date=2022-02-15|website=[[Wayback Machine]]|publisher=ParkRun.org.uk|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220215110342/https://www.parkrun.org.uk/cheltenham/|archive-date=15 February 2022|url-status=dead}}</ref>
Tracey won her second national title after indoor [[2016 British Indoor Athletics Championships|800m victory]] in 2016, contesting the [[1500 metres]] at the [[2022 British Indoor Athletics Championships|2022 British Indoor Championships]].<ref>{{Cite news|date=2022-02-26|title=Tracey wins as Hodgkinson reaches final|work=[[BBC Sport]]|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/athletics/60536687|access-date=2022-02-27}}</ref>
Tracey was included in World Class Programme under British Athletics for the years 2016 to 2019.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://athleticsweekly.com/featured/british-athletics-funding-lists-for-2016-17-announced-53049/ |title=British Athletics funding lists for 2016-17 announced |work=Athletics Weekly |date=2 November 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.britishathletics.org.uk/news-and-features/british-athletics-announce-20172018-world-class-programme/ |title=British Athletics Announces 2017/2018 World Class Programme |publisher=British Athletics |date=10 November 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishathletics.org.uk/news-and-features/european-medallists-progress-to-world-class-programme-2018-2019/ |title=European Medallists Progress to World Class Programme 2018-2019 |work=British Athletics |date=13 November 2018}}</ref>
===Jamaica=== In June 2022, Tracey switched her country of allegiance under World Athletics from Great Britain to Jamaica.
At the [[2023 World Athletics Championships]] in [[Budapest]], Tracey reached the semi-final of the [[2023 World Athletics Championships – Women's 1500 metres|1500m]] where she set a new [[List of Jamaican records in athletics|Jamaican record]] but failed to qualify for the final. Later at the Championships, Tracey qualified for the final of the 800m, finishing in 7th in a new personal best of 1:58.41.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/7138987/AT-800-W-f----.RS6.pdf|title=800 Metres Women - Final|website=[[World Athletics]]|date=27 August 2023|access-date=29 August 2024}}</ref>
In 2024, after finishing 2nd in the 1500m at the Jamaican Championships, Tracey was named in the Jamaican team for the [[2024 Paris Olympics]], she didn't make it past the repechage round in both the 800m and 1500m.<ref name="WAprofile" /><ref>{{cite news |url=https://sportsmax.tv/athletics/regional-athletics/adelle-tracey-determined-to-bounce-back-after-injury-setback-at-paris-olympics |title=Adelle Tracey determined to bounce back after injury setback at Paris Olympics |work=Sportsmax |date=8 September 2024 |first=Leighton |last=Levy}}</ref>
==Personal life== Tracey has both [[dyslexia]] and [[dyscalculia]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cdn.bdadyslexia.org.uk/uploads/documents/About/APPG/APPG-Minutes-16.03.22.pdf?v=1673022898/|title=Minutes of the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) Dyslexia and Specific Learning Difficulties}}</ref>
==Competition record== {| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes}} |- !colspan="7"|Representing {{GBR2}} |- |2009 |[[Athletics at the 2009 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival|European Youth Olympic Festival]] |[[Tampere]], Finland |bgcolor=silver|{{silver02}} |800 m |2:09.92 |- |2015 |[[2015 European Athletics U23 Championships|European U23 Championships]] |[[Tallinn]], Estonia |4th |800 m |[[2015 European Athletics U23 Championships – Women's 800 metres|2:01.66]] |- |rowspan=2|2016 |[[2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships|World Indoor Championships]] |[[Portland, Oregon|Portland]], United States |15th (h) |800 m |[[2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 800 metres|2:07.05]] |- |[[2016 European Athletics Championships|European Championships]] |[[Amsterdam]], Netherlands |24th (h) |800 m |[[2016 European Athletics Championships – Women's 800 metres|2:05.41]] |- |rowspan=2|2017 |[[2017 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]] |[[London]], United Kingdom |11th (sf) |800 m |[[2017 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 800 metres|2:00.26]] |- |[[Athletics at the 2017 Summer Universiade|Universiade]] |[[Taipei]], Chinese Taipei |5th |800 m |[[Athletics at the 2017 Summer Universiade – Women's 800 metres|2:03.72]] |- |rowspan=3|2018 |[[Athletics at the 2018 Commonwealth Games|Commonwealth Games]] |[[Gold Coast, Australia|Gold Coast]], Australia |18th (h) |800 m |[[Athletics at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Women's 800 metres|2:02.03]] |- |[[2018 Athletics World Cup|World Cup]] |[[London]], United Kingdom |bgcolor=silver|{{silver02}} |800 m |2:01.05 |- |[[2018 European Athletics Championships|European Championships]] |[[Berlin]], Germany |4th |800 m |[[2018 European Athletics Championships – Women's 800 metres|2:00.86]] |- |2019 |[[2019 European Athletics Indoor Championships|European Indoor Championships]] |[[Glasgow]], United Kingdom |7th (sf) |800 m |[[2019 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 800 metres|2:03.26]] |- !colspan="7"|Representing {{JAM}} |- |rowspan=4| 2022 |rowspan=2|[[2022 World Athletics Championships|World Championships]] |rowspan=2|[[Eugene, Oregon|Eugene]], United States |12th (sf) |800 m |[[2022 World Athletics Championships – Women's 800 metres|2:00.21]] |- |18th (sf) |1500 m |[[2022 World Athletics Championships – Women's 1500 metres|4:06.96]] |- |rowspan=2|[[2022 NACAC Championships|NACAC Championships]] |rowspan=2|[[Freeport, The Bahamas|Freeport]], Bahamas |bgcolor=CD7F32|{{bronze03}} |800 m |[[2022 NACAC Championships – Results#800 meters 2|1:59.54]] |- |bgcolor=silver|{{silver02}} |1500 m |[[2022 NACAC Championships – Results#1500 meters 2|4:08.42]] |- |rowspan=2|2023 |rowspan=2|[[2023 World Athletics Championships|World Championships]] |rowspan=2|[[Budapest]], Hungary |7th |800m |[[2023 World Athletics Championships – Women's 800 metres|1:58.41]] |{{AthAbbr|PB}} |- |13th (sf) |1500m |[[2023 World Athletics Championships – Women's 1500 metres|3:58.77]] |{{AthAbbr|NR}} |- |rowspan=2|2024 |rowspan=2|[[Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]] |rowspan=2|[[Paris]], France |24th (rep) |800 m |[[Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's 800 metres|2:03.67]] |- |22nd (rep) |1500 m |[[Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's 1500 metres|4:14.52]] |- |rowspan=2|2025 |rowspan=2|[[2025 World Athletics Championships|World Championships]] |rowspan=2|[[Tokyo, Japan]] |39th (h) |800 m |[[2025 World Athletics Championships – Women's 800 metres|2:01.70]] |- |46th (h) |1500 m |[[2025 World Athletics Championships – Women's 1500 metres|4:11.87]] |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{World Athletics}} * {{Diamond League}} * {{Olympics.com|adelle-tracey}} * {{Olympedia}}
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