British athlete Keely Hodgkinson has been awarded an MBE for her outstanding services to athletics. The 22-year-old Olympic gold medalist in the Women's 800m at the Paris 2024 Olympics, Hodgkinson was recognized for her exceptional achievements and inspiration to young athletes.
Keely Hodgkinson is among athletes picking up gongs in the King's New Year's Honours list 2025. The Atherton-born BBC Sports Personality of the Year winner has been awarded an MBE for services to Athletics .
Speaking to the Press Association, one of her coaches Jenny Meadows, who alongside husband Trevor Painter were named SPOTY coach-of-the-year winners, told the PA news agency: “Whenever anyone said to her prior to winning the gold medal, ‘you’re a role model, my young daughter watches you, etc’, she’s so nice that she doesn’t see herself in that way. But now I think she thinks, ‘OK, now I’ve won an Olympic gold, so I understand that’.
“But she’s come out of that phase now, and now she’s an Olympic champion. She’s just back to this daft girl that we’ve always known. She likes laughing, a joke, and she’s prepared to roll her sleeves up and work hard.” She is friends with Ella Anne Toone, who plays for both England and Manchester United. The Lionesses star was two years above Hodgkinson at Fred Longworth school.
Hodgkinson fought through illness to defend her title at the European championships in April, then lowered her own British 800 metres record with a statement 1:54:61 at the London Diamond League in July – making her the sixth-fastest woman in history at her signature distance.
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