2026 Onyx Rips Track and FieldAUTHENTIC AUTOGRAPHKEELY HODGKINSONGreat BritainMid-Distances
Keely Nicole Hodgkinson (born 3 March 2002 in Atherton, Greater Manchester, England) is a middle-distance runner specializing in the 800 meters. Over this distance, she won gold medals at the 2024 Summer Olympics and the 2026 World Indoor Championships. She is also a two-time European champion and has won silver and bronze medals at World Championships. Hodgkinson is the world record holder over 800 meters indoors and the British record holder over 800 meters outdoors.
At the age of 19, she won the silver medal at the delayed 2020 Summer Olympics, breaking the British record set by Kelly Holmes in 1995. Hodgkinson proceeded to win silver medals at the 2022 and 2023 World Championships, as well as the 2022 Commonwealth Games. Hodgkinson became a European champion in 2022 and 2024 and a European indoor champion in 2021 and 2023. She was also the 2021 Diamond League finals 800 meter champion.
At the 2024 Summer Olympics, Hodgkinson led the final from near the start, and then broke away in the last 100 meters to cross the line ahead of Tsige Duguma and Mary Moraa. Hodgkinson was voted BBC Sports Personality of the Year for 2024, and was awarded an MBE for contribution to athletics in the 2025 New Year Honours list.
Personal bests Long track:400 meter: 51.14 (2026)800 meter: 1:54.33 (2026, NR)Short track:400 meter: 51.49 i (2026)600 meter: 1:23.41 i (2023, WB)800 meter: 1:54.87 i (2026, WR) |