Jill Cherry
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| Born | 1 March 1998 Glasgow, Scotland | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Track and Field | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | 400m, 800m | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Jill Cherry (born 1 March 1998) is a Scottish middle-distance runner. She was a bronze medalist at the 2022 Commonwealth Games 4 x 400 metres relay, running for Scotland. She won a bronze medal at the 2017 European Athletics U20 Championships running for Great Britain.
Early life
From Airdrie, Cherry attended St Margaret’s High School.[1] She attended Scotland's National Academy in 2016, where her peers included Erin Wallace and Alisha Rees.[2]
Career
She has been coached from a young age by Allan Scott. She runs for the Victoria Park City of Glasgow (VP-Glasgow) athletics club in Scotland.[3][4] She won the U20 women’s 400 metres race at the England Athletics Age Group Championships in Sheffield in February 2017.[5] She won a bronze medal at the 2017 European Athletics U20 Championships in the 4 x 400 metres relay after running the heats for the British team in Grosseto, Italy,[6]
Cherry placed fourth overall in the 2022 British Indoor Athletics Championships over 800 metres.[7] At the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England, Cherry ran in the 4 x 400 metres relay for the Scottish team, winning the bronze medal alongside Zoey Clark, Beth Dobbin and Nicole Yeargin. She was a travelling reserve for the relay, and had been drafted in to run the day before the race following an injury to her teammate Carys McAulay.[1][3][8]
She was a finalist in the 800 metres at the 2023 British Indoor Athletics Championships.[9] She was chosen to represent Scotland at the 2024 Loughborough International in May 2024.[10] She won the 400 metres at the Scottish Championships in August 2024 in a personal best time.[11]
References
- ^ a b "'Unexpected' Commonwealth Games medal has Airdrie athlete on cloud nine". Daily Record. 21 August 2022. Retrieved 24 February 2023.
- ^ "'Academy can help make us better' – Cherry". Scottish Athletics. 17 December 2016. Retrieved 13 April 2025.
- ^ a b "Jill Cherry". Teamscotland.Scot. Retrieved 13 April 2025.
- ^ "Cherry GB; Snowdon hills; Waite; Club jobs". Scottish Athletics. 13 July 2017. Retrieved 13 April 2025.
- ^ "Harkins hails young Scots in Sheffield". Scottishathletics. 27 February 2017. Retrieved 13 April 2025.
- ^ "European U20 Championships". Worldathletics.org. 23 July 2017. Retrieved 13 April 2025.
- ^ "800 Metres – Women – Final". UK Athletics. Archived from the original on 1 March 2022. Retrieved 1 March 2022.
- ^ "XXII Commonwealth Games". World Athletics. 7 August 2022. Retrieved 13 April 2025.
- ^ Rhodes, James (16 February 2024). "British Indoor Championships Preview". Fast Running. Retrieved 13 April 2025.
- ^ "Picked for Scotland! Team named for Loughborough International". Scottishathletics. 14 May 2024. Retrieved 13 April 2025.
- ^ "Scottish titles for Nick, Zoey and Jill – and a few more – at Eric Liddell Seniors". Scottish athletics. 17 August 2024. Retrieved 13 April 2025.