Keely Hodgkinson
Sign in to saveEnglish athlete specialising in the 800 metres, born 2002
Key facts
- Full name
- Keely Nicole Hodgkinson
- Born
- ( 2002-03-03 ) 3 March 2002 (age 24) , Atherton, Greater Manchester , England
- Height
- 5 ft 7 in (170 cm)
- Country
- Great Britain , England
- Sport
- Athletics
- Event s
- 800 metres , 400 m
- Club
- Leigh Harriers
- Coached by
- Trevor Painter (2019–) Margaret Galvin (–2019)
- Olympic finals
- 2020 Tokyo 800 m, Silver 2024 Paris 800 m, Gold
- World finals
- 2022 Eugene 800 m, Silver 2023 Budapest 800 m, Silver 2025 Tokyo 800 m, Bronze
- Highest world ranking
- 1st (800 m, 09.2021)
- Personal bests
- 800 m : 1:54.61 National record</span>"}]]}'>NR ( London , 2024) Indoors 600 m : 1:23.41 Indoors</span>"}]]}'>i World best</span>"}]]}'>WB i ( Manchester 2023) 800 m : 1:54.87 Indoors</span>"}]]}'>i World record</span>"}]]}'>WR i ( Liévin 2026)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Atherton
- Occupation
- athletics competitor
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Sport
- athletics
- Country for sport
- United Kingdom
- Image
- Keely Hodgkinson at 2023 European Indoor Championships2 (cropped).jpg
Show 4 more facts
- date of birth
- 2002-03-03
- Commons category
- Keely Hodgkinson
- sports discipline competed in
- 400 metres
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Encyclopedic overview
Updated on 10 October 2025
Keely Nicole Hodgkinson (born 3 March 2002) is an English middle-distance runner. She is the reigning Olympic champion at 800 m, having won the gold medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics. In total, she has won two Olympic medals having also won silver at the same distance in the 2020 Games. She is also a two-time European champion in the 800 m and has won two silver medals and a bronze in the same event at World Championship level. Hodgkinson is the world record holder over the 800 m indoors, the 2026 world champion indoors, and the British record holder over 800 m outdoors.
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