Isabelle Boffey
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| Born | 13 April 2000 Enfield, England[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Great Britain England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | 800 metres | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Isabelle Boffey (born 13 April 2000) is a British middle-distance runner. - highly successful junior athlete and British indoor champion over 800 metres, she competed for Great Britain at the 2023 World Athletics Championships.[2]
Career
[edit]A member of Enfield & Haringey athletics club, she was a successful junior athlete, she completed a "clean sweep" of gold medals in the 800 metres at each of the three age-grade championships in European Athletics – at the 2021 European Under-23 Championships held in Tallinn, the 2019 European U20 Championships in Boras and the 2016 European U18 Championships in Tbilisi. She was also part of the England Team at the 2017 Commonwealth Youth Games in the Bahamas.[3][4]
She first competed for her country as a senior in the women's 800 metres event at the 2021 European Indoor Championships held in Toruń, Poland, finishing sixth.[5] In February 2022, she won the 1000 metres at the Birmingham Indoor Grand Prix.[6]
In February 2023, as a 22-year-old, she claimed a maiden national title, winning the 800 m at the British Indoor Championships.[7] She competed at the 2023 European Athletics Indoor Championships, but did not make the final.[8] She set a new personal best for the 800 metres in running 1:59.30 in Madrid on 22 July 2023.[9] She competed for Great Britain at the 2023 World Athletics Championships, in Budapest, Hungary.[10] A grade-two hamstring tear ruled her out of action for the majority of the 2024 season.[8]
She won the women's 800 metres at the inaugural Keeley Klassic in Birmingham on 15 February 2025. [11] She won the final of the 800 metres at the 2025 British Indoor Athletics Championships, in Birmingham, having also been the quickest qualifier.[12][13] She was selected for the British team for the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Apeldoorn, Netherlands.[14][15] Competing in the 800 metres at the championships, she ran a time of 2:04.28 in her qualifying heat to finish in fourth place and did not progress to the semi-finals.[16]
References
[edit]- ^ "Isabelle Boffey – Profile". British Athletics. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
- ^ Truscott, James (3 April 2018). "Ones to watch: Isabelle Boffey has wisdom and experience beyond her years". Vinco Sport. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
- ^ "Issy Boffey reflects on the 2017 Commonwealth Youth Games". England Athletics. 9 August 2023. Retrieved 15 April 2025.
- ^ "BOFFEY COMPLETES CLEAN SWEEP OF EUROPEAN AGE GROUP 800M TITLES". British Athletics. 10 July 2021.
- ^ "Heats results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 March 2021. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
- ^ Rowbottom, Mike (19 February 2022). "Duplantis misses world record by whisker in Birmingham as Hodgkinson excels". Inside the Games. Retrieved 21 February 2022.
- ^ "Baker breaks championship record to win 1500m gold". BBC Sport. 19 February 2023. Retrieved 19 February 2023.
- ^ a b Rhodes, James (5 March 2025). "A Happy Return – Issy Boffey's Indoor Season". Fast Running.
- ^ Smythe, Steve (25 July 2023). "World qualifiers in Europe for Isabelle Boffey and Ama Pipi". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 15 April 2025.
- ^ "World Athletics Championships, Budapest 2023". World Athletics. 19 August 2023. Retrieved 15 April 2025.
- ^ Henderson, Jason (15 February 2025). "British records fall at the Keely Klassic". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 15 February 2025.
- ^ "WILLIAMS AND AZU CLAIM 60M TITLES IN BIRMINGHAM". British Athletics. 22 February 2025. Retrieved 22 February 2025.
- ^ Adams, Tim (22 February 2025). "Azu and Williams storm to scintillating 60m titles". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 24 February 2025.
- ^ "GB & NI Team Selected for the European Indoor Championships 2025". British Athletics. 26 February 2025. Retrieved 26 February 2025.
- ^ Henderson, Jason (26 February 2025). "Molly Caudery leads British team for European Indoor Champs". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 26 February 2025.
- ^ "European Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 6 March 2025. Retrieved 12 April 2025.
External links
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European Athletics U23 Championships champions in women's 800 metres | |
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