{{Short description|British athlete (born 1993)}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Georgia Hunter Bell | birth_name = Georgia Bell | image = Georgia Bell (GBR) 2024.jpg | caption = Bell in 2024 | nationality = British | sport = Athletics | event = Middle distance, Duathlon | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1993|10|17|df=yes}} | birth_place = Paris, France<ref>{{cite web|url= https://athleticsweekly.com/featured/georgia-bell-i-was-born-in-paris-so-it-feels-like-its-meant-to-be-1039990749/|website=Athletics Weekly|accessdate=6 August 2024|title= Georgia Bell: "I was born in Paris so it's meant to be"|first= Jasmine |last=Collett |date=Aug 5, 2024}}</ref> | death_date = | death_place = | club = Belgrave Harriers | height = | weight = | olympics = '''2024 Paris'''<br />1500 m, {{bronze medal}} | pb = {{ubl | '''800 m''': 1:54.90 (Tokyo, 2025) | '''1500 m''': 3:52.61 '''{{AthAbbr|NR|British}}''' (Paris, 2024) | '''Mile''': 4:23.35 (New York, 2025) | '''3000 m''': 8:36.96 (Boston, 2025) }} | medaltemplates = {{Medal|Sport|Women's athletics}} {{Medal|Country|{{GBR2}}}} {{Medal|Competition|Olympic Games}} {{Medal|Bronze|2024 Paris|1500 m}} {{Medal|Competition|World Championships}} {{Medal|Silver|2025 Tokyo|800 m}} {{Medal|Competition|World Indoor Championships}} {{Medal|Gold|2026 Toruń|1500 m}} {{Medal|Bronze|2025 Nanjing|1500 m}} {{Medal|Competition|European Championships}} {{Medal|Silver|2024 Rome|1500 m}} }}
'''Georgia Hunter Bell''' (née '''Bell'''; born 17 October 1993) is an English track and field athlete who competes as a middle distance runner, and in the duathlon. She is the reigning World Indoor Champion in the 1500 metres, having won the title in a British indoor record time at the 2026 World Indoor Championships. She won a bronze medal in the 1500 m at the 2024 Summer Olympics, running a new national record time. That year, she also won the silver medal at the 2024 European Athletics Championships and became British national champion, indoors and outdoors, in the 1500 metres. She retained her national indoors title and won the UK national outdoors title over 800 metres in 2025, and won the silver medal at that distance at the 2025 World Championships.<ref>{{cite web|title=Georgia Bell|accessdate=21 January 2024|website=World Athletics|url=https://worldathletics.org/athletes/great-britain-ni/georgia-bell-14329797}}</ref>
==Early life== Bell was a high-achieving junior competitor, winning the English Schools title at under-15 level over 800 metres, and clocking a time of 2:08.81, which placed her eighth on the UK all-time list. She also won silver in the same championships as an under-17 in 2009. She attended Cardinal Vaughan Memorial School and studied geography at the University of Birmingham.<ref>{{cite web|website=Athletics Weekly|url=https://athleticsweekly.com/featured/success-rings-again-for-georgia-bell-19570/|title= Success rings again for Georgia Bell|first=Emily|last=Moss |date= March 16, 2015 |accessdate=21 January 2024}}</ref> In 2015, after winning the BUCS (British Universities & Colleges Sport) indoor 800 metres title and silver at the England Athletics Under-23 Championships, she started at University of California, Berkeley.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://calbears.com/sports/2015/8/10/210260815|website=Calbears.com|accessdate=21 January 2024|title= Track & Field Announces Full Incoming Class|date=10 August 2015}}</ref>
==Career== Bell secured a track scholarship in the United States as a junior athlete, competing collegiately before stepping away from the sport for five years, partly due to injuries. She returned to London and worked in technology sales.
Her athletics comeback was sparked during the COVID-19 pandemic, when restrictions led her back to running.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mustafa |first=Olivia |date=July 6, 2024 |title=From local Parkrun to the Olympic track: Georgia Bell on her athletics comeback |url=https://www.itv.com/news/2024-07-26/from-local-parkrun-to-the-olympic-track-team-gbs-georgia-bell-on-her-comeback |access-date=January 9, 2026 |website=ITV News}}</ref> Participation in her local Parkrun and rapid improvements in form prompted her to reconnect with her former coach, join local club Belgrave Harriers and resume competitive racing.
She became a training partner of Keely Hodgkinson, guided by coaches Jenny Meadows and Trevor Painter.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.european-athletics.com/news/mueller-steals-the-show-with-a-breakthrough-6-81m-long-jump-in-dortmund|website=European Athletics|accessdate=21 January 2024|title=Müller steals the show with a breakthrough 6.81m long jump in Dortmund|date=21 January 2024}}</ref> In April 2023, she won the Duathlon World Championships in the female 30-34 age group, in Ibiza.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.triathlon.org/results/result/2023_world_triathlon_duathlon_championships_ibiza/583843 |website=Triathlon.org|accessdate=21 January 2024|title=Results: 2023 World Triathlon Duathlon Championships Ibiza 30-34 Female AG|date=30 April 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.triathlon.org/news/article/ibiza_multisport_championships_day_31|website=Triathlon.org|accessdate=21 January 2024|title=Ibiza Multisport Championships: Day 3|first=Olalla|last=Cernuda |date=30 April 2023}}</ref>
In 2023, she improved her personal bests over 1500 m, 3000 m and 5000 m on the track, and set a new road 10k personal best in Telford, in December 2023.<ref>{{cite web|date=10 December 2023|accessdate=21 January 2024|title=Brilliant Brits in Brussels – Weekend Round Up|first=James|last=Rhodes|website=Fast Running|url=https://www.fastrunning.com/running-athletics-news/brilliant-brits-in-brussels-weekend-round-up/36719/}}</ref>
===2024: Olympic medalist=== In January 2024, Bell ran a new personal best over 1500 metres, running 4:03.54 in winning the World Athletics Indoor Tour Bronze event in Dortmund.<ref>{{cite web|website=World Athletics|url=https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-indoor-tour/news/albuquerque-200m-60m-alfred-adeleke|date=20 January 2024|accessdate=21 January 2024|title=Alfred and Adeleke among winners in Albuquerque}}</ref> The following week, Bell beat pre-race favourite Sembo Almayew for victory over 3000 m in Val-de-Reuil in another lifetime best time of 8:42.16.<ref>{{cite web|website=European Athletics|accessdate=29 January 2024|url=https://www.european-athletics.com/news/caudery-vaults-to-a-world-leading-mark-of-4-83m-in-val-de-reuil|title=Caudery vaults to a world leading mark of 4.83m in Val-de-Reuil|date=28 January 2024|first=Stephen|last=Bell}}</ref> In February 2024, she lowered her 1500 m personal best to 4:03.22 in Stockholm.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.european-athletics.com/news/european-u20-champion-furlani-opens-with-8-08m-in-stockholm|website=European Athletics|access-date=5 February 2024|title=European U20 champion Furlani opens with 8.08m in Stockholm|date=3 February 2024}}</ref> On 18 February 2024, she won the final at the 2024 British Indoor Athletics Championships in Birmingham of the 1500 metres to become British indoor champion.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://athleticsweekly.com/event-reports/jemma-reekie-sends-a-message-to-world-indoor-rivals-1039975502/|website=Athletics Weekly|accessdate=19 February 2024|title=Jemma Reekie sends a message to World Indoor rivals|first=Jason|last=Henderson |date=February 18, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.watchathletics.com/page/5073/results-uk-athletics-indoor-championships-2024 |accessdate=19 February 2024|title=Results UK Athletics Indoor Championships 2024 |date=February 18, 2023|website=Watch Athletics}}</ref>
She was selected to compete for Britain at the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Glasgow.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.britishathletics.org.uk/news-and-features/great-britain-and-northern-ireland-squad-selected-for-home-world-athletics-indoor-championships-glasgow-24/|website=British Athletics|date=19 February 2024|accessdate=19 February 2024|title=Great Britain and Northern Ireland Squad Selected for Home World Athletics Indoor Champs}}</ref> She qualified for the final of the women's 1500 metres race, with a time of 4:04.39. She finished fourth in the final with a time of 4:03.47.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.watchathletics.com/page/5133/women-s-1500m-results-world-athletics-indoor-championships-2024|website=Watch Athletics|date=1 March 2024|title=Women's 1500m Results - World Athletics Indoor Championships 2024|accessdate=2 March 2024}}</ref>
In May 2024, she finished sixth in the 1500 metres at the 2024 Doha Diamond League in a time of 4:03.72.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://athleticsweekly.com/featured/daryll-neita-and-molly-caudery-in-winning-form-in-doha-1039985745/|website=Athletics Weekly|title=Daryll Neita and Molly Caudery in winning form in Doha|first=Jasmine|last=Collett |date=May 10, 2024 |accessdate=12 May 2024}}</ref> That month she also ran a personal best 800 metres time of 1:59.93 in Andújar.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results/results/7205350?eventId=10229512|website=World Athletics|accessdate=18 May 2024|date=17 May 2024|title=Meeting Jaén Paraiso Interior 2024 women’s 800 metres}}</ref> Bell ran a 4:00.41 personal best for the 1500 m at the 2024 Prefontaine Classic in Eugene, Oregon.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://athleticsweekly.com/event-reports/josh-kerr-defeats-ingebrigtsen-in-a-british-mile-record-in-eugene-1039987828/|website=Athletics Weekly|accessdate=26 May 2024|title=Josh Kerr defeats Ingebrigtsen in a British mile record in Eugene|first=Jason|last=Henderson|date=May 26, 2024}}</ref>
Selected to run the 1500 metres for Britain at the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome, she won the silver medal.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.britishathletics.org.uk/news-and-features/reigning-world-champion-katarina-johnson-thompson-named-in-strong-gb-ni-team-for-european-athletics-championships-rome-2024/|title= Katarina Johnson-Thompson Named in Strong GB & NI Team for Europeans Rome 2024|website=British Athletics|accessdate=28 May 2024|date=28 May 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.theguardian.com/sport/article/2024/jun/09/dina-asher-smith-wins-100m-gold-at-european-championships|website=The Guardian|date=9 June 2024|accessdate=9 June 2024|first=Sean |last=Ingle|title= Dina Asher-Smith powers to 100 m gold for first major title in five years}}</ref> Later that month, she won the 1500 metres at the 2024 British Athletics Championships in Manchester.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/article/2024/jun/30/17-year-old-schoolgirl-phoebe-gill-in-a-dream-after-storming-to-place-in-olympic-team|first=Ben|last=Bloom|date=30 June 2024|accessdate=30 June 2024|title=17-year-old Phoebe Gill ‘in a dream’ after storming to place in Olympic team|website=The Guardian}}</ref>
Her place at the 2024 Summer Olympics was officially confirmed when Team GB named their athletics team on 5 July 2024.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.britishathletics.org.uk/news-and-features/team-gb-athletics-squad-confirmed-for-paris-2024/|title=Team GB Athletics Squad Confirmed for Paris 2024|publisher=GB Athletics|accessdate=5 July 2024}}</ref> A few days later she set a 3:56.54 personal best in the 1500 metres at the 2024 Meeting de Paris, to go No.2 on the UK all-time rankings, and set an English national record.<ref>{{cite web|website=Athletics Weekly|accessdate=8 July 2024|url=https://athleticsweekly.com/event-reports/world-records-for-yaroslava-mahuchikh-and-faith-kipyegon-in-paris-1039989277/|title=World records for Yaroslava Mahuchikh and Faith Kipyegon in Paris|first=Jason |last=Henderson |date=July 7, 2024}}</ref> On 20 July 2024, she improved her 800 m personal best to 1:56.28 at the London Diamond League.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://athleticsweekly.com/event-reports/keely-hodgkinson-and-matt-hudson-smith-in-record-breaking-form-in-london-1039989653/|website=Athletics Weekly|title=Keely Hodgkinson and Matt Hudson-Smith in record-breaking form in London|first=Jason|last=Henderson|date=July 20, 2024|accessdate=20 July 2024}}</ref> At the 2024 Paris Olympics, Bell won a bronze medal in the women's 1500 m. To do so, she broke Laura Muir's British record, running a time of 3:52.61.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/olympics/olympics-georgia-bell-kipyegon-laura-muir-b2594460.html|title=Georgia Bell claims stunning bronze as Faith Kipyegon makes 1500m history|publisher=The Independent|accessdate=10 August 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/olympics/articles/cq82qq12w00o.amp|title=Bell's brilliant bronze and relay stars boost GB medals haul|publisher=BBC Sport|accessdate=10 August 2024}}</ref> In September 2024, she finished second in the 800 metres at the Diamond League final in Brussels, and finished seventh in the 1500 metres at the same event. She later announced that she was turning professional rather than return to her cyber security job after her sabbatical.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.thetimes.com/sport/athletics/article/times-swoty-georgia-bell-athletics-diamond-league-928pfsn2n|website=The Times|accessdate=12 October 2024|title=Parkrun to podium – now Georgia Bell quits her job to focus on running|date=15 September 2024}}</ref>
===2025: World Championships medalist===
{{Easy CSS image crop |Image = Georgia Hunter Bell waving to the crowd.jpg |desired_width = 198 |crop_left_perc = 10 |crop_right_perc = 20 |crop_top_perc = 5 |crop_bottom_perc = 45 | align = centre }} She ran a 3000 m personal best of 8:36.96 at the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix on 2 February 2025.<ref>{{cite web |publisher=BBC Sport|access-date=3 February 2025|url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/articles/cd0j35p1exeo|title= GB's Courtney-Bryant sets 3,000m world lead}}</ref> The following weekend she ran a personal best 4:23.35 for the indoor mile to win the Millrose Games in New York City on 8 February 2025.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.bbc.com/sport/athletics/articles/cj91gyly7e7o.amp|publisher=BBC Sport|title= Britain's Bell wins mile race at Millrose meeting|date=8 February 2025|accessdate=9 February 2025}}</ref>
On 23 February, she won the gold medal in the 1,500 metres at the British Indoor Championships for the second year in a row.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/general/athletics/british-indoors-athletics-georgia-hunter-bell-hannah-nuttalll-b2703191.html|title=Georgia Hunter-Bell passes 'first big test' to retain title at British Indoors|publisher=The Independent|accessdate=24 February 2025}}</ref> At the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Apeldoorn, Hunter-Bell finished fourth in the 1,500 metres.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/mar/07/european-indoor-athletics-championships|title=Georgia Hunter Bell misses out on 1500m gold after ear infection|publisher=The Guardian|accessdate=11 March 2025}}</ref> She was named in the British team for the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships in March 2025, where she won her heat to qualify for the final, before placing third to win the bronze medal in an indoor 1500 metres personal best time of 3:59.84 Close to the British Record.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.britishathletics.org.uk/news-and-features/gb-ni-team-selected-for-the-world-athletics-indoors-championships-2025/|website=British Athletics|date= 11 March 2025|accessdate=11 March 2025|title= GB & NI Team Selected for the World Athletics Indoors Championships 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/videos/c05mqlp3y76o|title=Dominant Hunter-Bell wins 1500m heat to reach final|accessdate=21 March 2025|date=21 March 2025|publisher=BBC Sport}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-indoor-championships/nanjing25/news/report/nanjing-25-women-1500m-report |website=World Athletics|date=23 March 2025|accessdate=23 March 2025|title= Tsegay runs championship record to win 1500m title in Nanjing }}</ref>
In May 2025, she was named as a challenger for the short distance category at the 2025 Grand Slam Track event in Philadelphia, placing fourth in the 1500 metres race and a close runner-up to overall slam winner Diribe Welteji in the 800 metres in a time of 1:58.94.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://athleticsweekly.com/news/masterful-matt-hudson-smith-wins-over-400m-in-philadelphia-1040001917/|website=Athletics Weekly|date=1 June 2025|accessdate=1 June 2025|first=Tim|last=Adams|title= Masterful Matt Hudson-Smith Wins Over 400m in Philadelphia}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://citiusmag.com/articles/grand-slam-track-full-athletes-field-philadelphia-racers-challengers|website=Citiusmag.com|access-date=28 May 2025|title= Grand Slam Track Announces Full Athletes Field For Philadelphia: Full Racers, Challengers Competing|first=Chris|last=Chavez|date=May 23, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://athleticsweekly.com/news/melissa-jefferson-wooden-runs-historic-100m-at-grand-slam-track-1040001938/|website=Athletics Weekly|accessdate=2 June 2025|title= Melissa Jefferson-Wooden Runs Historic 100m at Grand Slam Track|first=Jasmine|last=Collett|date=2 June 2025}}</ref> She won the 800 metres in 1:57.66 at the 2025 BAUHAUS-galan event in Stockholm, part of the 2025 Diamond League.<ref>{{cite web|title=Duplantis breaks pole vault record in Stockholm|date=15 June 2025|url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/articles/clyny1zv6vpo |publisher=BBC Sport|access-date=16 June 2025}}</ref> She ran a season's best of 3:54.76 for the 1500 metres to finish fourth at the 2025 Prefontaine Classic on 5 July.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://athleticsweekly.com/news/world-records-for-beatrice-chebet-and-faith-kipyegon-in-eugene-1040002456/ |website= Athletics Weekly|accessdate=6 July 2025|title= World Records for Beatrice Chebet and Faith Kipyegon in Eugene |date=5 July 2025}}</ref>
On 19 July 2025, she won the 800 metres at the London Diamond League Meeting in a time of one minute 56.74 seconds.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/articles/cz09z1081ydo|title=Hunter Bell, Dobson and Lake claim wins in London|publisher=BBC Sport|accessdate=19 July 2025}}</ref> On 3 August 2025, she became the British 800 metres champion after winning the 800 metres title at the 2025 UK Athletics Championships in Birmingham.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/articles/cy40m40e09jo|publisher=BBC Sport|accessdate=3 August 2025|date=3 August 2025|title= Asher-Smith and Hughes break records at UK Champs|first=Harry|last=Poole }}</ref> Amid ongoing speculation over her decision whether to run the 800 metres, 1500 metres, or both at the upcoming world championships,<ref>{{cite web|first=Ben|last=Bloom|accessdate=19 August 2025|url= https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/aug/01/hunter-bells-dilemma-over-audacious-bid-for-double-world-athletics-glory|website=The Guardian|title= Hunter Bell’s dilemma over audacious bid for double world athletics glory}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Hunter Bell not ruling out 800 and 1500 m double|first=Harry|last=Poole|date=14 August 2025|publisher=BBC Sport|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/articles/c2061rzx7k1o}}</ref> she placed third in 3:56.00 over 1500 metres at the Diamond League event in Silesia on 16 August 2025.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://athleticsweekly.com/news/faith-kipyegon-narrowly-fails-to-beat-wang-junxias-world-3000m-record-1040007057/|first=Jason|last=Hemderson|date=16 August 2025 |title= Faith Kipyegon Narrowly Fails to Beat Wang Junxia's World 3000m Record |website=Athletics Weekly|accessdate=19 August 2025}}</ref> On the 20 August, she finished third behind Keely Hodgkinson and Audrey Werro over 800 m in 1:57.55 at the 2025 Athletissima event in Lausanne.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://worldathletics.org/news/report/hodgkinson-hoey-athletissima-lausanne-2025 |website=World Athletics|accessdate=21 August 2025|date=20 August 2025|title= Hodgkinson and Hoey highlight soaking and surprising night in Lausanne }}</ref> She ran a 800 m personal best 1:55.96 to finish behind Werro in second at the Diamond League Final in Zurich on 28 August to move to third on the British all-time list.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/articles/clyjqgz0yjxo |publisher=BBC Sport|accessdate=29 August 2025|date=28 August 2025|title= Hunter Bell, Asher-Smith & Burgin impress in Zurich}}</ref> She chose to be selected only for the 800 metres as part of the British team for the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan,<ref>{{cite web|url= https://athleticsweekly.com/news/british-team-named-for-world-champs-in-tokyo-1040007211/|website=Athletics Weekly|accessdate=29 August 2025|title= British Team Named for World Champs in Tokyo|first=Jason|last=Henderson|date=26 August 2025}}</ref> where she secured a silver medal with a personal best time of 1:54.90 finishing ahead of Hodgkinson and behind Lilian Odira of Kenya.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results/results/7190593?eventId=10229512 |website=World Athletics|accessdate=21 September 2025|title=World Athletics Championships, Tokyo 2025|date=21 Sep 2025 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/general/athletics/georgia-hunter-bell-keely-hodgkinson-world-athletics-championships-gb-medals-b2830834.html|title=Georgia Hunter Bell delighted to beat roommate Keely Hodgkinson at Worlds amid GB gloom at no golds|publisher=The Independent|accessdate=22 September 2025}}</ref> On 10 October, she finished runner-up to Keeley Hodgkinson over 800 metres at the 2025 Athlos meet in New York.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.runnerspace.com/gprofile.php?mgroup_id=44531&do=news&news_id=673177 |title=Brittany Brown Sparkles at Second Athlos Meet in New York City|website=Runnerspace|accessdate=11 October 2025|date=10 Oct 2025}}</ref>
===2026=== Hunter Bell began her 2026 indoor season with wins over 1500 metres in February on the World Athletics Indoor Tour in Karlsruhe (4:00.04) and Liévin (4:00.21), but missed the British Indoor Championships with illness.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://athleticsweekly.com/news/keely-hodgkinson-smashes-world-indoor-800m-record-in-lievin-1040009989/|website=Athletics Weekly|date=19 Feb 2026|accessdate=19 Feb 2026|title= KEELY HODGKINSON SMASHES WORLD INDOOR 800M RECORD IN LIÉVIN|first=Jason|last=Henderson}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title= Hunter Bell clocks world-leading 1500m in Karlsruhe as Mahuchikh clears 2.01m|date=8 Feb 2026|url= https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-indoor-tour/news/hunter-bell-mahuchikh-indoor-karlsruhe-2026|access-date=8 Feb 2026|website=World Athletics}}</ref> On 1 March in Glasgow, she ran her first indoor 800 m since 2015, running an indoor personal best of 1:57.80 to break the Scottish all-comers' 800 m record and move third on the British all-time list.<ref>{{Cite web |url= https://athleticsweekly.com/news/hodgkinson-has-eyes-on-relay-after-400m-pb-1040010100/ |title= KEELY HODGKINSON HAS EYES ON RELAY AFTER OUTRIGHT 400M PB |access-date=2 March 2026| website=Athletics Weekly}}</ref> Competing at the 2026 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Toruń, Poland, she advanced to the final of the 1500 m after winning her heat.<ref>{{cite web|website=Runnerspace|url= https://worldindoor.runnerspace.com/eprofile.php?event_id=39&do=news&news_id=674476-Brutal-Middle-Distance-Qualifying-Races-On-First-Day-Of-World-Athletics-Indoor-Championships-RRW|accessdate=20 March 2026|date=20 March 2026|title= BRUTAL MIDDLE DISTANCE QUALIFYING RACES ON FIRST DAY OF WORLD ATHLETICS INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS|first=David |last=Monti}}</ref> Hunter won gold in the final on 22 March, finishing with a British indoor record time of 3:58.53, surpassing Laura Muir's record.<ref>{{Cite news |date=22 March 2026 |title=Hunter Bell claims first global title with 1500m gold in Kujawy Pomorze |url=https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-indoor-championships/kujawypomorze26/news/report/wic-kujawy-pomorze-26-report-womens-1500m |access-date=22 March 2026 |work=World Athletics}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url= https://athleticsweekly.com/news/golden-georgia-hunter-bell-judges-1500m-finish-to-perfection-in-torun-1040010500/|date=22 March 2026 |title= GOLDEN GEORGIA HUNTER BELL JUDGES 1500M FINISH TO PERFECTION IN TORUŃ |access-date=22 March 2026| website=Athletics Weekly}}</ref> Hunter finished in second in the 1500 m at the Maurie Plant Meet in Melbourne, Australia on 27 March 2026, finishing with a time of 4:01.52, 0.22 seconds behind Claudia Hollingsworth.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Nelson |first=Craig |date=28 March 2026 |title=World indoor champion Hunter Bell beaten in Melbourne |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/athletics/articles/c2034npl14vo |access-date=3 April 2026 |work=BBC Sport}}</ref>
== Competition results == === International competitions === {| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes}} |- !colspan="6"|Representing {{GBR2}} |- |rowspan=3|2024 |World Indoor Championships |Glasgow, United Kingdom |4th |1500 m |4:03.47 |- |European Championships |Rome, Italy |bgcolor=silver|2nd |1500 m |4:05.33 |- |Olympic Games |Paris, France |bgcolor=cc9966|3rd |1500 m |3:52.61 |- |rowspan=3|2025 |European Indoor Championships |Apeldoorn, Netherlands |4th |1500 m |4:08.45 |- |World Indoor Championships |Nanjing, China |bgcolor=cc9966|3rd |1500 m |3:59.84 |- |World Championships |Tokyo, Japan |bgcolor=silver|2nd |800 m |1:54.90 |- |2026 |World Indoor Championships |Toruń, Poland |bgcolor=gold|1st |1500 m |3:58.53 |}
===Circuit performances=== {{Grand Slam Track}}
==Personal life== She previously worked for a London-based firm that studies cyber attacks.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://athleticsweekly.com/interviews/georgia-bell-ive-got-nothing-to-lose-in-the-sport-1039992673/|title=Georgia Bell: “I’ve got nothing to lose in the sport”|website=Athletics Weekly|last=Adams|first=Tim|date=17 September 2024|access-date=17 September 2024}}</ref> She is the daughter of political journalist Andy Bell and Angela Bell, a school PE teacher. She has two sisters.<ref>{{cite web|website=The Daily Telegraph|accessdate=23 June 2024|title='I did a Parkrun in 16 minutes 8 seconds – and now I could be heading to the Olympics'|first=Guy|last=Kelly|date=22 June 2024|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/2024/06/22/georgia-bell-paris-olympics-2024-team-gb-parkrun/}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|website=The Daily Telegraph|first=Jeremy|last=Wilson|accessdate=29 February 2024|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/athletics/2024/02/28/georgia-bell-olympics-paris-2024-parkrun-cyber-security/|title= From Parkrun to Paris: British athlete, 30, targets Olympics after stunning run in Bushy Park|date=28 February 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Sean |first=Ingle |title=Georgia Bell: from AI and parkrun to a Team GB place, and the Olympics? |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2024/feb/28/georgia-bell-ai-parkrun-team-gb-place-olympics-world-indoor-championships-athletics |website=theguardian.com |date=28 February 2024|access-date=1 March 2024}}</ref> She married George Hunter in West Sussex on 19 October 2024.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.chiswickw4.com/default.asp?section=leisure&page=spgeorgiabell006.htm|website=Chiswick4.com|accessdate=21 February 2025|title= Sun shines on yet another special day for Chiswick Olympian|date=3 November 2024}}</ref>
== References == {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{World Athletics}} * {{Power of 10|17035}} * {{Team GB|georgia-bell/1f65BO35xw9PPm4Denafm8}} * {{Olympics.com|georgia-bell}} * {{Instagram}}
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