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Jess Bailey (born 2 August 2006) is a British runner. She won the U20 race at the 2021 World Mountain and Trail Running Championships.[1]

Esrly life

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From Cumbria, she attended Ulverston Victoria High School in Ulverston.[2]

Career

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She won silver over 3000 metres at the 2022 European Athletics U18 Championships in Jerusalem in July 2022.[3] She won individual and team golds in the U20 mountain races at the 2021 World Mountain and Trail Running Championships in Chiang Mai, Thailand in November 2022.[4][5]

She finished eighth in the 3000 metres at the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships in Lima, Peru in August 2024.[6] On 23 November 2024, she finished runner-up to Innes FitzGerald in the junior women’s race at the Liverpool Cross Challenge.

References

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  1. ^ "Jess Bailey". World Athletics. Retrieved 23 November 2024.
  2. ^ "Ulverston student lands silver medal for GB at European Athletics Championships". uwemail.co.uk. 8 July 2022. Retrieved 23 November 2024.
  3. ^ "TRIO CROWNED EUROPEAN U18 CHAMPION ON DAY THREE IN JERUSALEM". British Athletics. 6 July 2022. Retrieved 23 November 2024.
  4. ^ Barden, Katy (Dec 26, 2022). "How Jess Bailey won global mountain running gold". World Athletics. Retrieved 23 November 2024.
  5. ^ "Furness teen lands two gold medals for Team GB at World Mountain and Trail Running Championships". uwemail. 7 November 2022. Retrieved 23 November 2024.
  6. ^ "World Athletics U20 Championships". World Athletics. 27 August 2024. Retrieved 23 November 2024.