Georgia Hunter Bell 2024-2026
The past two years have been a whirlwind Georgia Hunter Bell.
the history of Georgia Bell it is remarkable. A talented teenager, the top-ranked 800m under-15 and under-17 runner in the UK, he won a scholarship to the University of California, Berkeley. Looking back, he has two main memories: getting hurt a lot and not being able to improve on his PR. In hindsight, he believes that “the philosophy of running high there didn’t work very well for me”, adding: “When I finished my college career there, I just stopped running. I never thought I’d ever get back on track again.” He graduated in politics and pursued a career in online security. She became a recreational cyclist.
Between 2018 and 2021, according to his World Athletics page, he ran 7 times, running 4:48 for the 1,500. In 2022, he ran six different distances, from the 1500 to the 5K. Running UK Park Runs, a Saturday morning 5K fun run for runners of all standards, began to raise questions in his mind. He contacted his old coach, Trevor Painter (whose band includes Keely Hodgkinson). The progress he has made is remarkable. She described her first year back with Trevor as “I just saw a really big impact really quickly.”
Read a more complete history of Georgia’s development here
The Amazing Story of Georgia Bell – runblogrun
In 2024 he ran at the GB Indoor Champs; he won it in 4:09.66. He was selected for the World Indoors and finished fourth (4:03.47). Even then I remember a highly respected British athletics coach telling me he had no chance of making the Olympic team. He did.
In the summer of 2024, he finished second in the 1500m at the European Championships and then third in the Olympic 1500m final in 3:52.61. He was second in the 800 at the Diamond League finals and seventh in the 1,500 the next day.
In 2025, she won two Diamond Leagues, won at Millrose, was second in the Diamond League Finals and was third at the World Indoors in the 800 to 1,500 relay. At the World Championships in Tokyo, she cheekily chose to run the 800 against her training partner Keely Hodkinson. Lilian Odira (Kenya) was the surprise winner, Georgia was second (1:54.90) and Keeley was third, one-hundredth of a second behind.
This year, Georgia took the 1,500 at the World Indoors in Torun, winning comfortably in 3:58.53, leaving the 800 to give Keel and coach Trevor Painter a double win to celebrate. In fact, he has been nominated five times in four countries this year. winning every time.
Remember, too, that it’s only March and the England athlete has the Commonwealth Games, the European Championships and the Diamond League circuit to look forward to, as well as more mountains to climb. Watch this space.
