Lucy Tallon
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| Born | 2 March 2006 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||
| Event | Sprint | |||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 60m: 7.55 (2025) 100m: 11.54 (2025) 200m: 23.37 (2025) | |||||||||||||||||
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Lucy Tallon (born 2 March 2006) is a British sprinter. She was a silver medalist at the 2025 European Athletics U20 Championships in the 200 metres.[1]
Career
She is from Kent and is a member of Tonbridge Athletic Club in Kent.[2] She set a personal best of 23.55 seconds for the 200 metres whilst running at the Bauhaus Junior Gal in Mannheim, Germany, in June 2025.[3] She won the England Athletics U20 Championships title over 200 metres in Birmingham, the following month in July.[4]
She was named in the British team for the 200 metres at the 2025 European Athletics U20 Championships in Tampere, Finland.[5] At the championships, she ran the fastest time of all competetors in the heats with 23.65 seconds to qualify for the semi-finals (-1.2m/s), before lowering her personal best to 23.37 to also win her semi-final (-0.4).[6][7] In the final, she won the silver medal behind Judith Bilepo Mokobe of Germany with a time of 23.49 (-2.0), the same time as third-placed Czech Terezie Táborská.[8][9][10] Later in the championship she joined fellow-sprint medalist Mabel Akande as well as Kaya Slater and Nell Desir to win the silver medal in the 4x100 metres relay in 43.98 seconds.[11]
References
- ^ "Lucy Tallon". World Athletics. Retrieved 10 August 2025.
- ^ "Tallon sets 200m best as she shows her skills on GB under-20s duty". 4 July 2025. Retrieved 10 August 2025.
- ^ "GB&NI JUNIORS BREAK RECORDS AT MANNHEIM GALA". British Athletics. 30 June 2025. Retrieved 30 July 2025.
- ^ "England Athletics Senior & U20 Championships. Incorporating the Senior Para Championships, Powered by Citroën: Sunday's spotlight on talent". England Athletics. 27 July 2025. Retrieved 30 July 2025.
- ^ "NOVUNA GB & NI TEAM ANNOUNCED FOR THE U20 EUROPEAN ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS". British Athletics. Retrieved 30 July 2025.
- ^ "European Athletics U20 Championships". World Athletics. Retrieved 9 August 2025.
- ^ "Italian sprint stars speed through 200m heats". European Athletics. 8 August 2025. Retrieved 8 August 2025.
- ^ "THREE GOLDS FOR BRITAIN ON DAY THREE OF THE EUROPEAN U20 CHAMPS". Athletics Weekly. 9 August 2025. Retrieved 10 August 2025.
- ^ "HENRICH, BELSHAW, AND MIRFIN WIN GOLD ON SPECTACULAR SATURDAY IN TAMPERE". British Athletics. 10 August 2025. Retrieved 10 August 2025.
- ^ "Italy's Nappi and Germany's Mokobe take 200m titles". European Athletics. 9 August 2025. Retrieved 10 August 2025.
- ^ "FITZGERALD SETS CHAMPIONSHIP RECORD EN ROUTE TO SECOND GOLD". British Athletics. 10 August 2025. Retrieved 11 August 2025.