Debbie Peel

{{short description|English middle-distance runner}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Use British English|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox sportsperson | headercolor = | name = Debbie Peel | image = | image_size =  | caption = | nationality = British (English) | birth_date = 19 August 1958<ref>{{cite web|url=https://worldathletics.org/athletes/great-britain-ni/deborah-peel-14385128|title=Athletes profile|website=World athletics|access-date=15 March 2025 }}</ref> | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | sport = Athletics | event = middle distance | height = | weight = | club = Crawley AC | pb = }}

'''Deborah Ann Peel''' (born 19 August 1958) is a female former athlete who competed for England.

== Biography == Peel, a data control clerk at the time, became the British 3,000 metres champion after winning the British WAAA Championships at the 1982 WAAA Championships.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0004941/19820801/583/0027 |title=It's agony for Sonia |work=Sunday Express |date=1 August 1982 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=15 March 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0005227/19820722/469/0044 |title=National win brings international date |work=Crawley and District Observer |date=22 July 1982|via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=15 March 2025}}</ref> Shortly afterwards Peel represented England in the 3,000 metres, at the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane, Australia.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/brisbane-1982/athletes|title=1982 Athletes|website=Team England}}</ref>

Peel retained the 3,000 metres title and finished third behind Gillian Green in the 1500 metres at the 1983 WAAA Championships<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/waaa.htm |title=AAA Championships (women) |website=GBR Athletics |access-date=15 March 2025 }}</ref> and then won a third consecutive 3,000 WAAA title at the 1984 WAAA Championships.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0004941/19840617/545/0031 |title=Plucky Win for Fatima |work=Sunday Express |date=17 June 1984 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=20 March 2025}}</ref><ref>{{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=15 March 2025}}</ref>

Peel represented England again in the 3,000 metres event, at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/edinburgh-1986/athletes|title=1986 Athletes|website=Team England}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/398575|title=Athletes and results|website=Commonwealth Games Federation}}{{Dead link|date=January 2026 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}</ref>

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Peel, Debbie}} Category:English women middle-distance runners Category:British women middle-distance runners Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1982 Commonwealth Games Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1986 Commonwealth Games Category:Commonwealth Games athletes for England Category:20th-century English sportswomen Category:1958 births Category:Living people