Jade Lally

Jade Louise Lally (née Nicholls, 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,[2] and represented Great Britain at the 2016 Rio Olympics.

Jade Lally
Personal information
NationalityBritish
Born (1987-03-30) 30 March 1987
Tooting, England
Height1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Weight83 kg (183 lb)
Websitejadelally.com
Sport
CountryEngland
SportWomen's athletics
Event(s)Discus
ClubShaftesbury Barnet Harriers
Medal record
Representing  England
Commonwealth Games
2014 GlasgowDiscus throw
Updated on 3 October 2014.

Career

Born in Tooting, Greater London, 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]

Personal life

Lally is expecting her first child, due in August 2019. In April 2019 she spoke about her pregnancy as an athlete.[30]

International competitions
YearCompetitionVenuePositionNotes
Representing  Great Britain /  England
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
(q) Indicates overall position in qualifying round

References
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  2. "Glasgow 2014 profile". Retrieved 3 October 2014.
  3. "Jade Lally". www.teamgb.com. Retrieved 2016-06-08.
  4. "Jade Lally - Athlete – Discus – Personal Trainer". jadelally.com. Retrieved 2016-06-08.
  5. "ESAA National Track & Field Championships 2004". www.esaa.net. Retrieved 2016-06-08.
  6. "ESAA National Track & Field Championships 2005". www.esaa.net. Retrieved 2016-06-08.
  7. "AAA Junior Championships (Women)". www.gbrathletics.com. Retrieved 2016-06-08.
  8. "Competitions - European Under 23 Championships - History - European Athletics". european-athletics. Retrieved 2016-06-08.
  9. "Competitions - European Under 23 Championships - History - European Athletics". european-athletics. Retrieved 2016-06-08.
  10. "Results". www.thepowerof10.info. Retrieved 2016-06-08.
  11. CG 2010 Women's Discus Final Results. http://d2010results.thecgf.com/en/Root.mvc/GetPdf/ATW052101_C73S_1.0.PDF: Commonwealth Games Foundation. 2010. p. 1.CS1 maint: location (link)
  12. "Results". www.thepowerof10.info. Retrieved 2016-06-08.
  13. "Results". www.thepowerof10.info. Retrieved 2016-06-08.
  14. "Results". www.thepowerof10.info. Retrieved 2016-06-08.
  15. "Competitions - European Athletics Championships - History - European Athletics". european-athletics. Retrieved 2016-06-08.
  16. "Spikes: Jade Lally's Australian Breakthrough | Spikes powered by IAAF". spikes.iaaf.org. Retrieved 2016-06-08.
  17. "Results". www.thepowerof10.info. Retrieved 2016-06-08.
  18. "Competitions - European Athletics Team Championships - History - European Athletics". european-athletics. Retrieved 2016-06-08.
  19. "Competitions - European Athletics Team Championships - History - European Athletics". european-athletics. Retrieved 2016-06-08.
  20. "Glasgow 2014: Jade Lally relieved to make England squad". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2016-06-08.
  21. "Results - Women's Discus Throw - Athletics - Glasgow 2014 - Commonwealth Games". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2016-06-08.
  22. "Commonwealth Games bronze for Horsham athlete Jade Lally". www.wscountytimes.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-06-08.
  23. "Results". www.thepowerof10.info. Retrieved 2016-06-08.
  24. "Results". www.thepowerof10.info. Retrieved 2016-06-08.
  25. "Jade Lally breaks English discus record in Auckland - Athletics Weekly". Athletics Weekly. 2016-02-25. Retrieved 2016-06-08.
  26. "Jade Lally produces English record breaking series - England Athletics". www.englandathletics.org. Retrieved 2016-06-08.
  27. "Jade Lally breaks English discus record twice in three days". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2016-06-08.
  28. "Horsham's Jade Lally qualifies for Rio Olympics". www.wscountytimes.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-06-08.
  29. "Discus 1kg Archives - Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers". Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers. Retrieved 2016-06-08.
  30. "'I was devastated when I found out I was pregnant - am I the only one feeling this way?'". 3 April 2019 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
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