Izzy Fry
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| Birth name | Isobel Fry | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | British | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 4 May 2000 | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Track and field | ||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Middle distance, long distance running | ||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 1500m: 4:17.07 (Watford, 2021) 3000m: 8:52.15 (Boston, 2024) 5000m: 15:05.66 (Rome, 2024) 5km: 16:06 (Barrowford, 2019) 10km: 35:26 (London (2020) | ||||||||||||||
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Izzy Fry (born 4 May 2000) is a British track and field athlete and cross country runner.[1]
Early life
[edit]Fry attended Park House School in Newbury, Berkshire.[2]
Career
[edit]A member of Newbury Athletic Club,[3] Fry finished fourth in the 5000m at the 2019 European Athletics U20 Championships in Boras, Sweden in 2019. In March 2020, she reached the number one in the world junior cross country rankings and straddled that with top-10 finishes at the 2019 and 2021 European Cross Country Championships in the age-group category events, winning gold as part of the women's U20 team in Lisbon in 2019. She also finished fourth at the 2020 UK National Championships over 5000m.[4][2]
2022
[edit]Fry became World University Cross Country champion in March 2022, in Aveiro, Portugal.[5] She was also part of a gold medal-winning a British squad in the team event.[6] Later that year, she finished third at the NI International Cross Country event, in Belfast.[7]
2023
[edit]Fry's 2023 was severely hampered by a serious foot injury which she received in the spring and missed the entire track season.[8] She was selected for the 2023 European Cross Country Championships in Brussels in December 2023.[9] She finished tenth overall, and won gold as part of the successful British squad which won the team event.[10][11]
2024
[edit]In February 2024, in Boston, Massachusetts, Fry ran a new personal best over 3000 metres, running 8:52.15.[12] The following week she lowered her 5000m personal best to 15:07.76 in Boston.[13]
In May 2024, she was selected to run the 5000 metres for Britain at the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome.[14] she finished ninth in the 5000m final with a new pb of 15:05.66.[15] In 2024, she finished third in the 5000m at the 2024 British Athletics Championships in Manchester.[16]
References
[edit]- ^ "Izzy Fry". World Athletics. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
- ^ a b Bosely, Sarah (18 September 2020). "Breakthrough year for rising star Izzy". Newbury Today. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
- ^ Stelling, Robbie (23 December 2022). "The future is bright for Fry". Newbury Today. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
- ^ Hill, Brian (21 October 2022). "World Champion Izzy Fry among the favourites at Bobby Rea International Cross Country event". Belfast Telegraph. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
- ^ Webb, Ralph (16 March 2022). "Newbury Athletics Club's Izzy Fry is crowned World University Champshionships Cross Country champion". Newbury Today. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
- ^ Smythe, Steve (15 March 2022). "British women dominate World Universities Champs – weekly round-up". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
- ^ Mullan, Damian (25 October 2022). "Nick Griggs and Izzy Fry excel at NI International Cross Country". Retrieved 10 December 2023.
- ^ Stelling, Robbie (26 October 2023). "Newbury Athletic Club star Izzy is back in blue and red as she turns to old friends on the road to recovery". Newbury Today. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
- ^ "40-STRONG GB & NI TEAM BRUSSELS BOUND FOR THE 2023 EUROPEAN CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS". British Athletics. 28 November 2023. Retrieved 28 November 2023.
- ^ "European Cross Country Championships: Great Britain's Abbie Donnelly claims bronze". BBC Sport. 10 December 2023. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
- ^ "Grøvdal becomes one of the European cross country greats with third successive win". European-Athletics. 10 December 2023. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
- ^ Henderson, Jason (5 February 2024). "Jake Wightman runner-up to Hobbs Kessler in track comeback". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
- ^ "MICHAELA ROSE, FLOMENA ASEKOL AND DORIS LEMNGOLE ACHIEVE TOP THREE COLLEGIATE ALL-TIME INDOOR MARKS AT BOSTON UNIVERSITY". dyestat. 10 February 2024. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
- ^ "KATARINA JOHNSON-THOMPSON NAMED IN STRONG GB & NI TEAM FOR EUROPEANS ROME 2024". British Athletics. 28 May 2024. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
- ^ Henderson, Jason (7 June 2024). "Brilliant Battocletti out-kicks gritty Grøvdal to win Euro 5000m gold". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 8 June 2024.
- ^ "UK ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS AND OLYMPIC TRIALS 2024: ALL RESULTS - COMPLETE LIST". Olympics.com. 29 June 2024. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
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