Alyson Bell
British athlete (born 2003)
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Alyson Bell (born 9 November 2003) is a British track and field athlete who competes as a sprinter. She became British indoor champion, and Scottish national indoor record holder, over 200 metres in 2025.[1]
100m: 11.31 (Geneva, 2023)
200m: 23.12 (Birmingham, 2025)
Early life
Bell runs for Giffnock North Athletic Club and attended Edinburgh University.[2] At University, she shared a flat with fellow Scottish international athlete Megan Keith, and the triathlete Isla Britton.[3]
Career
Bell won gold as part of the 4 × 100 m relay team at the 2021 European Athletics U20 Championships in Tallinn.[4] She also won a gold as part of the 4 × 100 m relay team at the 2023 European U23 Athletics Championships in Espoo.[5]
She was chosen to represent Great Britain at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest in August 2023.[6] In October 2023, Bell was included in the World Class Programme by UK Athletics for the first time.[7]
On 17 February 2024, she qualified for the final at the British national indoor championships in the 60 metres event, running 7.41 in the final in Birmingham to finish seventh.[8]
In April 2024, she was selected as part of the British team for the 2024 World Athletics Relays in Nassau, Bahamas.[9] In November 2024, she was named by British Athletics on the Olympic Futures Programme for 2025.[10] She was chosen to represent Scotland at the 2024 Loughborough International in May 2024.[11]
She set a Scottish indoor record of 23.12 seconds to win the Senior national title at the 2025 British Indoor Athletics Championships in Birmingham, on 23 February 2025, breaking the previous mark set by Zoey Clark.[12][13]
She was named in the British team for the 2025 European Athletics U23 Championships in Bergen, winning a gold medal as part of the women’s 4 x 100 metres relay team which won in a championship record time of 42.92 seconds.[14][15] In October 2025, she was retained on the British Athletics Olympic Futures Programme for 2025/26.[16]
Bell was a finalist in the 60 metres at the 2026 British Indoor Athletics Championships in Birmingham, on 14 February 2026, placing sixth overall.[17] Bell also qualified for the final of the 200 metres the following day, but did not run in the final.[18]
Bell was named in the British squad for the 4 x 100 metres relay at the 2026 World Athletics Relays in Gaborone, Botswana.[19]