Adelie Tracey is pictured during the final of the women's
800 metres, in which she set a new personal best, at the
age of 30.
2023 World Championships in Budapest, Hungary
Final women's 800m.
1st Mary Moraa Kenya (KEN) 1:56.03 PB
2nd Keely Hodgkinson Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 1:56.34
3rd Athing Mu United States (USA) 1:56.61 SB
4th Raevyn Rogers United States (USA) 1:57.45
5th Jemma Reekie Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 1:57.72
6th Nia Akins United States (USA) 1:57.73
7th Adelle Tracey Jamaica (JAM) 1:58.41 PB
8th Halimah Nakaayi Uganda (UGA) 1:59.18
In 2009, representing Great Britain, she won the silver medal
at the European Youth Olympic Festival in Finland and in 2018, again
for Great Britain, she finshed 4th in the European Championship 800m
in Berlin. On 28 June 2022, Tracey became eligible to race for Jamaica
and announced her transfer of allegiance on the same day.
Just to confuse matters she was born in the U.S.A.
Explanation > Mum is English, Dad Jamaican, by birth.