Abigail Ives

This article is about British athlete. For the Canadian Ice Hockey player, see Abbie Ives.

Abbie Ives
Personal information
NationalityBritish
Born (2004-02-06) 6 February 2004
Sport
SportAthletics
EventMiddle distance running
ClubBasildon AC
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)800m: 1:59.49 (Belfast, 2025)
1500m: 4:07.49 (Oordegem, 2025)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Great Britain
European U23 Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2025 Bergen 800m
Gold medal – first place 2025 Bergen 4x400 m relay
European U20 Championships
Silver medal – second place 2023 Jerusalem 800m

Abigail Ives (born 6 February 2004) is a British middle-distance runner.[1]

Early life

From Essex, she is a member of Basildon Athletic Club. She won her first age-group county cross-country championships for Basildon AC in 2015 when she was 13 years-old.[2] She attended Coopers' Company and Coborn School in Upminster. In 2015, she won the individual age-group title at the National finals of the Cross-Country Cup in Bedford.[3]

Career

Ives is coached by British former steeplechase runner Luke Gunn.[4]

2022

She was selected to represent Britain at the 2022 World Athletics U20 Championships.[5] She went into the championship with an 800 metres best of 2:01.88.[6] She won her semifinal with a run of 2:01.92, before going on to place sixth in the final.[7]

2023

In February 2023, she won bronze at the 2023 British Indoor Athletics Championships in Birmingham over 800 metres.[8] In May 2023, she ran a 800 metres personal best time of 1:59.92 in Belfast, becoming just the fourth British U20 athlete to break the two-minute barrier at the distance.[9] In August 2023, she won silver at the 2023 European Athletics U20 Championships in Jerusalem in the 800 metres. She was later voted the Athletics Weekly British Female Under-20 Athlete of the Year.[10]

2024

In May 2024, she won the British Universities and Colleges Sport (BUCS) 800 metres title, competing for the University of Birmingham.[11] In November 2024, she was named by British Athletics on the Olympic Futures Programme for 2025.[12]

2025

In May 2025, she lowered her personal best to 1:59.49 in winning the Belfast Milers event in Northern Ireland.[13] She ran a 400 metres personal best of 54.29 in Birmingham in June 2025.[14] She was selected for the 800 metres at the 2025 European Athletics Team Championships in Madrid on 28 June 2025, placing sixth overall on her senior international debut in a time of 2:00.48.[15][16]

She was named in the British team for the 2025 European Athletics U23 Championships in Bergen, Norway, where she reached the final with a winning time of 2:02.19 in her heat before winning the bronze medal in the final.[17][18][19] Later in the championships, she won a gold medal as part of the women’s 4 x 400 metres relay team.[20] On 3 August, she placed third in the final of the 800 metres at the 2025 UK Athletics Championships in Birmingham, finishing behind Jemma Reekie and Georgia Hunter Bell.[21]

Personal life

Her older sister Isobel Ives also competes as a middle-distance runner, combining it with work as a civil engineer in Chelmsford.[22]

References

  1. ^ "Abigail Ives". World Athletics. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
  2. ^ "Claire Cornwell and Abi Ives hit gold at the Essex Cross-Country Championships". Echo-News. 4 December 2015. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
  3. ^ "School Sport: Coopers pupils make history". Romford Recorder. 11 December 2015. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
  4. ^ "HUGHES STARS AGAIN ON DAY OF STERLING ACTION AT NOVUNA UK ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS". British Athletics. 3 August 2025. Retrieved 4 August 2025.
  5. ^ "British juniors all set for Cali". Athletics Weekly. 20 July 2022. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
  6. ^ "WU20 Cali 22 preview: distance". World Athletics. 30 July 2022. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
  7. ^ "Women's 800m Results: World Athletics Junior Championships 2022". watch athletics. 3 August 2022. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
  8. ^ "Baker breaks championship record to win 1500m gold". BBC Sport. 19 February 2023. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
  9. ^ Smythe, Steve (16 May 2023). "Abigail Ives, 19, runs sub-2min 800m – UK track round-up inc County Champs special". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
  10. ^ Heath, Georgie (26 December 2023). "Abbie Ives on breaking two minutes and running quicker in 2024". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
  11. ^ "University students triumph at BUCS Championships". Athletics Weekly. 9 May 2024. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
  12. ^ "2024-25 OLYMPIC FUTURES PROGRAMME ATHLETES ANNOUNCED". British Athletics. 11 November 2024. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
  13. ^ Ringland, Nigel (10 May 2025). "DeBues-Stafford stars at Belfast Irish Milers Meet". BBC Sport. Retrieved 10 May 2025.
  14. ^ Collett, Jasmine (14 June 2025). "EMILE CAIRESS AND MEGAN KEITH CLAIM BRITISH 10,000M TITLES". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 15 June 2025.
  15. ^ "SOLID PERFORMANCES FROM DAY THREE AT THE EUROPEAN TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS IN MADRID". British Athletics. 28 June 2025. Retrieved 30 June 2025.
  16. ^ "GB&NI Team for European Team Championships Announced". Fast Running. 12 June 2025. Retrieved 12 June 2025.
  17. ^ "SUCCESS FOR YOUNG GB&NI STARS AT DAY 1 OF U23 EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS". British Athletics. 17 July 2025. Retrieved 18 July 2025.
  18. ^ Henderson, Jason (3 July 2025). "BIG GB TEAMS FOR THE EURO U23 CHAMPS AND WORLD UNIVERSITY GAMES". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 3 July 2025.
  19. ^ Broadbent, Chris (19 July 2025). "Werro smashes championship record to win 800m gold, Mononen wins gritty steeplechase gold". European Athletics. Retrieved 19 July 2025.
  20. ^ "GB & NI FINISH SECOND OVERALL AT EUROPEAN ATHLETICS U23 CHAMPIONSHIPS IN BERGEN". British Athletics. 20 July 2025. Retrieved 20 July 2025.
  21. ^ "UK Championship". World Athletics. 2 August 2025. Retrieved 2 August 2025.
  22. ^ "Basildon's middle-distance runners line up against Britain's best". Echo-News. 8 July 2023. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
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