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British discus thrower From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jade Louise Lally (born 30 March 1987) is a British track and field athlete. She won a bronze medal for England in the women's discus at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, a silver at the 2022 Commonwealth Games[2] and represented Great Britain at the 2016 Rio Olympics. Her personal best is 65.10m set at the New South Wales Open Championships (AUS) on 27 February 2016.
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Personal information | |
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Nationality | British |
Born | Tooting, England | 30 March 1987
Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[1] |
Weight | 83 kg (183 lb) |
Website | jadelally |
Sport | |
Country | England |
Sport | Women's athletics |
Event | Discus |
Club | Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers |
Medal record | |
Updated on 3 October 2014 |
Jade is also an indoor rowing competitor and world championship medalist. She finished in 2nd place at the 2022 WRICH in the 500m open sprint event with a time of 1:28.7. She currently holds the British records in the 100m, 1 minute and 500m.
Born in Tooting, Lally grew up on Phipps Bridge Estate and attended Bishopsford Community High School. Lally began athletics as a high jumper.[3] This began her interest in the sport and led to her joining her first club, Hercules Wimbledon AC, where she took up discus throwing.[4] At the English Schools' Athletics Championships, she finished sixth in 2004,[5] and seventh in 2005,[6] before going on to win the 2006 AAA Junior Championships title, with a distance of 46.60.[7]
Lally won a bronze medal at the 2009 European U23 Championships in the discus throw, with a throw of 54.44 metres.[8][9] She won the 2010 British Championships.[10] went on to represent England at that years Commonwealth Games, where she finished sixth in the discus throw.[11] In 2011, she won both the British and English Championships.[12][13]
Lally retained her English in 2012,[14] and went on to compete at that years European Championships, being knocked out in the discus throw competition in qualifying after her second-worst performance of the year, finishing 22nd.[15] This was her first senior British international competition. She was overlooked for selection to go to what would have been a home Olympics despite achieving two B standard qualifying marks and finishing in the top two at the British Championships.[16][17]
At the European Team Championships, Lally finished sixth in 2013,[18] and eighth in 2014.[19] before going on to win a bronze medal at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow in the discus throw, with a throw of 60.48 metres.[20][21][22]
After winning her fourth British and English Championship titles in 2015,[23][24] Lally broke the English discus record with a throw of 64.22 metres at the Auckland Track Challenge on 25 February 2016,[25][26] then improved it to 65.10 metres at the New South Wales Championships on 27 February 2016.[27][28] This performance ranks her second on the British all-time list behind Scotland's Meg Ritchie. She also holds the British indoor discus throw record holder, with a mark of 58.97 metres from the World Indoor Throws in Vaxjo, Sweden in 2013.[20] and holds two club records in Under 23 and Senior discus at Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers.[29]
Lally was expecting her first child, due in August 2019. In April 2019 she spoke about her pregnancy as an athlete.[30]
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Notes | |
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2009 | European Under 23 Championships | Kaunas, Lithuania | 3rd | 54.44 m | |
2010 | Commonwealth Games | Delhi, India | 6th | 57.62 m | |
2012 | European Championships | Helsinki, Finland | 22nd (q) | 51.75 m | |
2014 | Commonwealth Games | Glasgow, United Kingdom | 3rd | 60.48 m | |
2016 | European Championships | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 7th | 60.29 m | |
Olympic Games | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 28th (q) | 54.06 m | ||
2017 | World Championships | London, United Kingdom | 18th (q) | 57.71 m | |
2018 | Commonwealth Games | Gold Coast, Australia | 7th | 53.97 m | |
European Championships | Munich, Germany | 11th | 57.33 m | ||
2022 | European Championships | Berlin, Germany | 9th | 57.08 m | |
Commonwealth Games | Birmingham, England | 2nd | 58.42 m | ||
World Championships | Eugene, Oregon | 18th (q) | 58.21 m |
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