Keely Nicole Hodgkinson is an English athlete specializing in the 800 meters. At the age of 19, she won the silver medal at the Tokyo Olympics, breaking the British record set by Kelly Holmes in 1995.
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Hodgkinson opened her indoor season on 19 February 2022 racing 800m with a clear win in 1:57.20 to set the British record, all-comers’ record, the fastest time anywhere for 20 years, the fastest ever mark by a teenager, and the sixth-fastest mark all-time at the Birmingham Indoor Grand Prix.
No woman had run faster indoors since the precise day she was born when the world record was set.
Going into the World Indoor Championships Belgrade 22 in March Hodgkinson was a strong gold medal favorite. However, she had to withdraw from the event due to a quad injury.
She opened her summer season on 21 May at the Birmingham Diamond League, winning her specialist event. She then won Eugene DL, Oslo DL, and came second in Stockholm DL.
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Keely Hodgkinson Net Worth
Keely Nicole Hodgkinson is an English athlete specializing in the 800 meters who has an estimated Net Worth of $1 million in 2022.
Hodgkinson became British champion when winning the 800 meters event at the 2020 British Athletics Championships with a time of 2m 3.24s.
On 30 January 2021, she set the world under-20 indoor record running 1:59.03 sec in Vienna, which stood for less than a month before being improved upon by Athing Mu with her mark of 1:58.40, making Hodgkinson’s record a European one.


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