Jessie Knight (athlete)
 Jessie Knight in 2022 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 15 June 1994 Epsom, Surrey, England |
| Sport | |
| Country |  Great Britain |
| Sport | Athletics |
| Event | 400 metres hurdles |
| Club | Windsor, Slough, Eton and Hounslow Athletic Club[1] |
| Coached by | Marina Armstrong |
Medal record | |
Jessie Knight (born 15 June 1994) is an English athlete specialising in the 400 metres hurdles.[2][3]
Career
[edit]Knight became the British champion of the 400 metres hurdles event after winning at the 2020 British Athletics Championships with a time of 55.80 seconds.[4]
In May 2021, she improved on her record at the year's Golden Spike Ostrava with a personal best of 54.74 seconds.[5] She was later named to the British track and field team ahead of the 2020 Summer Olympics for the 400 metres hurdles event alongside Meghan Beesley and Jessica Turner.[6] Upon arriving in Tokyo, Knight was one of six British athletes forced to self-isolate after a passenger on her flight had tested positive for COVID-19.[5] At the Olympics, Knight stumbled in her heat race for the 400 metres hurdles event as she approached the track's first bend and crashed into the first hurdle, ending her hopes to medal in the event. Knight hoped to, but did not, race in the women's 4 x 400 metres relay.[7]
After winning the 400 metres hurdles silver medal at the 2024 British Athletics Championships, Knight was subsequently named in the Great Britain team for the 2024 Summer Olympics.[8] She went out in the semi-finals at the Games in Paris.[9]
Personal life
[edit]Knight is a primary school teacher by vocation. In 2017, she gave up athletics in favour of the profession, but returned to the sport a year later.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ "Profile". Power of 10.
- ^ "Athlete profile". World Athletics.
- ^ "Athletes". European Athletics.
- ^ "Results list". British Athletics.
- ^ a b "Jessie Knight: Team GB's 400m hurdler ready for Tokyo 2020 bow despite self-isolation". Sky Sports. 21 July 2021. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
- ^ McGuire, Jane (29 June 2021). "The British Olympic team for Tokyo has been announced". Runner's World. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
- ^ a b Ehantharajah, Vithushan (31 July 2021). "Tokyo Olympics: Britain's Jessie Knight endures cruelty of sport with fall at the first hurdle". The Independent. Archived from the original on 8 June 2022. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
- ^ "Kerr & Johnson-Thompson head GB Olympics athletics squad". BBC Sport. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
- ^ "Knight says she is to blame after missing out on 400m hurdles final". Barry and District News. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
External links
[edit]- Jessie Knight at World Athletics
- Jessie Knight at British Athletics
- Jessie Knight at Team GB
- Jessie Knight at Olympedia
- Jessie Knight at Team England
- Jessie Knight at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games
- Jessie Knight on Instagram
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