Jade Lally

Jade Lally

Full name

Jade Louise Lally

nation

United Kingdom of England

birthday

30th March 1987 (age 33)

place of birth

London , England

size

182 cm

Weight

88 kg

Career

discipline

Discus throw

Best performance

65.10 m (February 27, 2016 in Sydney )

society

Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers

Trainer

Andrew Neal

status

active

Medal table

Commonwealth Games	0 ×	0 ×	1 ×
U23 European Championships	0 ×	0 ×	1 ×

Commonwealth Games
bronze	Glasgow 2014	60.48 m
U23 European Championships
bronze	Kaunas 2009	54.44 m

last change: May 16, 2019

Jade Louise Lally (* the 30th March 1987 in London as Jade Nicholls ) is a British discus thrower .

Athletic career

Jade Lally gained her first international experience at the U23 European Championships 2009 in Kaunas , where she won the bronze medal with a width of 54.44 m. The following year she took part for the first time for England at the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi and finished sixth with 57.62 m. In 2012 she was eliminated from the qualification at the European Championships in Helsinki with 51.75 m and two years later won the bronze medal at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow behind Australian Dani Stevens and Seema Antil from India with a throw at 60.48 m . In 2016 she improved the British record twice and qualified for the European Championships in Amsterdam , where she finished seventh with 60.29 m in the final. So she qualified for the first time for the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro , where she was eliminated in the preliminary round with 54.06 m .

In 2017 she took part in the World Championships in London , but could not qualify for the final there with 57.71 m . The following year she was seventh at the Commonwealth Games in the Australian Gold Coast with a throw of 53.97 m and reached eleventh place in the final at the European Championships in Berlin with 57.33 m.

In 2010 and 2013 as well as from 2015 to 2018 Lally was British champion in discus throw. She graduated from St Mary's University in London with a degree in physical education and physical education .

Web links

Commons : Jade Lally - collection of images, videos and audio files

Jade Lally in the database of World Athletics (English)
Jade Lally in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
Athlete portrait at The Power of Ten
Jade Lally in the database of TOPS in athletics (English)
Official website

personal data
SURNAME	Lally, Jade
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Lally, Jade Louise (full name); Nicholls, Jade (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	British discus thrower
DATE OF BIRTH	March 30, 1987
PLACE OF BIRTH	London