REEKIE Jemma

Date of Birth: 6 Mar 1998

Age: 23

Gender: Female

Place of residence : GLASGOW

Residence Country:

Great Britain

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Athletics	Women's 800m	4

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Olympic Stadium - Track	Women's 800m Round 1 - Heat 6	Finished
	Olympic Stadium - Track	Women's 800m Semi-Final 1	Finished
	Olympic Stadium - Track	Women's 800m Final	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

World Athletics Championships

Year	Location	1500m
2019	Doha, QAT	Heats (4:12.51)

European Championships

Year	Location	1500m
2018	Berlin, GER	Heats (4:10.35)

Diamond League overview - Three best ranks per season and event since 2017

Year	800m	1000m	1500m	Mile
2021	1 x 2nd	-	-	-
2020	2 x 1st	1 x 4th	-	-
2019	-	-	1 x 7th, 1 x 11th	1 x 6th
2018	-	-	-	1 x 13th

Diamond League - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Location	Result
1	2020	800m	Rome, ITA	1:59.76
1	2020	800m	Stockholm, SWE	1:59.68
2	2021	800m	Monaco, MON	1:56.96
4	2020	1000m	Monaco, MON	2:31.11
6	2019	Mile	Birmingham, GBR	4:27.00
7	2019	1500m	London, GBR	4:02.09
11	2019	1500m	Zurich, SUI	4:05.34
13	2018	Mile	London, GBR	4:27.16

World Athletics Continental Tour - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location	Result
1	2021	800m	World Athletics Continental Tour	Hengelo, NED	2:00.77
1	2021	800m	World Athletics Continental Tour	Walnut, CA, USA	1:58.27
2	2021	800m	World Athletics Continental Tour	Eugene, OR, USA	2:03.26
3	2020	1500m	World Athletics Continental Tour	Ostrava, CZE	4:03.25

World Challenge - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location	Result
3	2019	1500m	World Challenge	Zagreb, CRO	4:09.21
4	2018	1000m	World Challenge	Berlin, GER	2:37.25
7	2019	1500m	World Challenge	Ostrava, CZE	4:05.82

Legend
SF - Semifinal, QF - Quarterfinal, 1R - 1st Round, Qual. - Qualification, QR - Qualification Round, DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, DQ - Disqualified, NM - No Mark, [Relay athlete without time] - Did not run in final

Walking her dogs. (athleticsweekly.com, 05 Feb 2020)

Occupation:

Languages spoken:

Kilbarchan AAC [Great Britain]

Andy Young [personal], SCO, from 2015

In late 2019 she had a sinus operation to help her breathing. (athleticsweekly.com, 05 Feb 2020)

She took up athletics at age 10. (dailyrecord.co.uk, 11 May 2020)

"My mum and dad say as soon as I started running, that was it, my heart was set on it. I had no idea actually how it could work as a job and I had no idea about money or earning a living at that kind of age. I was just saying, 'I want to be a runner' whether or not I would get paid. And I was determined about it." (dailyrecord.co.uk, 11 May 2020)

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (britishathletics.org.uk, 06 Aug 2019)

Philosophy:

"I just don't use my brain. I just push myself to the absolute limit and don't think about times. I used to overthink it when I was younger and everybody started speaking about splits and personal bests. I was like, 'You know what? I'm going to forget about that'." (thetimes.co.uk, 14 Feb 2020)

In 2020 she won the Cliff Temple Award for Female British Athlete of the Year, awarded by the British Athletics Writers' Association [BAWA]. (britishathletics.org.uk, 22 Dec 2020)

She was named Female British Athlete of the Year for 2020 by British magazine Athletics Weekly. (athleticsweekly.com, 03 Dec 2020)

She was the joint winner of Scottish Athletics' Performer of the Year award in 2020. She shared the award with training partner Laura Muir and Jake Wightman. (bbc.co.uk, 19 Oct 2020)

She took part in the Olympic torch relay ahead of the 2012 Olympic Games in London. Her leg of the relay was in Kilmarnock, Scotland. (thetimes.co.uk, 14 Feb 2020)

General Interest

General
TRAINING PARTNER
She trains with British middle-distance runner and Olympian Laura Muir. The pair share the same coach, Andy Young. "Training with Laura is amazing, I have learned so much from her. I have learned what hard work is. It is lovely, we are also great friends so when we are on camp quite a lot, Andy and Laura are like a second family to me. We haven't found any problem with it, we have always respected each other and we can help each other out a lot. It's really good that we are both good at different things, we can push each other to the limits. It is making Laura's speed better and it is making my endurance better. More athletes need to be like Laura." (runnersworld.com, 20 Feb 2020; athleticsweekly.com, 11 Jun 2020)

GROWTH SPURT
Speaking in early 2020, she said she was training and competing at a higher level than ever because she had grown physically in 2019. "People forget that I'm at that age where I can start pushing my body. When I was younger Andy [Young] would not let me do too much because I was still growing. But I grew half an inch last year and my feet grew half a shoe size. Now I can push myself to the absolute limit and know it's very unlikely I'll hurt myself." (thetimes.co.uk, 14 Feb 2020)

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Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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