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Gemma Tutton
Personal information
NationalityBritish
Born (2004-11-08) 8 November 2004 (age 21)
Lewes, England
Sport
SportAthletics
Event
Pole Vault
Achievements and titles
Personal bestsPole vault: 4.52 m (Salem, 2026)

Gemma Tutton (born 8 November 2004) is a British pole vaulter. She won the 2026 UK Athletics Championships.[1]

Biography

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From Lewes in East Sussex,[2] Tutton is a member of Lewes Athletics Club and is coached by Richard Pilling. She also trains with the Lewes Pole Vault Group who practise in a barn at the Iford Estate Farm in Lewes, East Sussex. She has held national records at U13 and U15 level, and won the English schools intermediate field pole vault title in July 2021.[3][4][5][6]

Tutton reached the final of the 2022 World Athletics U20 Championships in Cali, Colombia, placing tenth overall with a personal best clearance of 4.10 metres.[7][8]

In May 2024, competing for Duke University, Tutton set a new personal best clearance of 4.37 metres at the AAC Championships.[9] In November 2024, she was named by British Athletics on the Olympic Futures Programme for 2025.[10]

Tutton cleared a personal best height of 4.42 metres in April 2025.[11] She was selected for the Great Britain team to compete at the 2025 European Athletics Team Championships in Madrid in June 2025, where she cleared a personal best height of 4.45 metres to place fifth overall in the first division.[12][13][14] She was named in the British team for the 2025 European Athletics U23 Championships in Bergen and was named in the British team for the 2025 Summer World University Games in Germany.[15] In October 2025, she was retained on the British Athletics Olympic Futures Programme for 2025/26.[16]

In February 2026 in Winston-Salem, Tutton jumped a personal beat 4.52 metres.[17] She subsequently qualified for the 2026 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships, placing twelfth overall.[18][19] In June, she finished ninth at the 2026 NCAA Outdoor Championships, with a clearance of 4.49 metres.[20][21] On 20 June, Tutton cleared 4.50 metres to win the 2026 UK Athletics Championships title in Birmingham.[22][23] She was selected to represent England at the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.[24]

Personal life

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Alongside her sister Maya, she founded the Our Streets Now social campaign in 2019 aimed to educate about sexual harassment and to make street harassment a criminal offence in the United Kingdom.[25][26][27]

References

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  1. ↑ "Gemma Tutton". World Athletics. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
  2. ↑ Askew, Joshua (23 July 2026). "The stories behind the South East's stars of the Commonwealth Games". BBC News. Retrieved 23 July 2026.
  3. ↑ "English Schools class of 2021 show their talent". Athletics Weekly. Jul 15, 2021. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
  4. ↑ "Sussex athletes scoop 19 medals at national School Games". Sussex Express. 11 September 2021. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
  5. ↑ Matthews, Kate (18 June 2020). "ATHLETE SPOTLIGHT – GEMMA TUTTON". Sussex Athletics. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
  6. ↑ Gray, Robin (19 June 2025). "Pole vaulter swaps barn for international stage". BBC News. Retrieved 19 June 2025.
  7. ↑ "OBAMAKINWA, ASHURST AND TUTTON AMONG THOSE TO REACH WORLD U20 FINALS". British Athletics. 2 August 2022. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
  8. ↑ "Women's Pole Vault Results: World Athletics Junior U20 Championships 2022". Watch Athletics. 4 August 2022. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
  9. ↑ Anning, Melanie (14 May 2024). "GEMMA'S THIRD COUNTY POLE VAULT RECORD OF THE YEAR". Sussex Athletics. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
  10. ↑ "2024-25 OLYMPIC FUTURES PROGRAMME ATHLETES ANNOUNCED". British Athletics. 11 November 2024. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
  11. ↑ "Duke Invitational". World Athletics. 10 April 2025. Retrieved 19 June 2025.
  12. ↑ "GB&NI Team for European Team Championships Announced". Fast Running. June 12, 2025. Retrieved 12 June 2025.
  13. ↑ "European Athletics Team Championships First Division". World Athletics. 26 June 2025. Retrieved 26 June 2025.
  14. ↑ Broadbent, Chris (26 June 2025). "Czechia's Amalie Švabikova crowned women's pole vault winner at Royal Palace in Madrid". European Athletics. Retrieved 26 June 2025.
  15. ↑ Henderson, Jason (3 July 2025). "BIG GB TEAMS FOR THE EURO U23 CHAMPS AND WORLD UNIVERSITY GAMES". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 3 July 2025.
  16. ↑ "2025-26 OLYMPIC FUTURES PROGRAMME ATHLETES ANNOUNCED". British Athletics. 23 October 2025. Retrieved 23 October 2025.
  17. ↑ "ASICS Last Chance Invitational". World Athletics. 21 Feb 2026. Retrieved 10 June 2026.
  18. ↑ "NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships". World Athletics. 13 March 2026. Retrieved 10 June 2026.
  19. ↑ "NCAA WOMEN'S FORMCHART". DyeStat.com. March 11, 2026. Retrieved 12 March 2026.
  20. ↑ "NCAA Track And Field Championships 2026 Qualifiers". Flotrack. 2 June 2026. Retrieved 9 June 2026.
  21. ↑ Merca, Paul (June 13, 2026). "NCAA Women's Pole Vault — Amanda Moll Swings Back Upward". Track and Field News. Retrieved 19 June 2026.
  22. ↑ "EMOTIONAL CLARKE-KHAN WINS UK CROWN AFTER INJURY NIGHTMARE". World Athletics. 20 June 2026. Retrieved 20 June 2026.
  23. ↑ "Hunt and Glave Reign Supreme in 100m Finals in Day One of Novuna UK Athletics Championships". British Athletics. 20 June 2026. Retrieved 21 June 2026.
  24. ↑ "On Your Marks: Team England announce athletics squad for Glasgow 2026". England Athletics. 26 June 2026. Retrieved 29 June 2026.
  25. ↑ Pike, Naomi (8 September 2020). "These Sisters Were Sick Of Being Catcalled. Now They're Fighting To Make Street Harassment A Crime". Vogue.co.uk. Retrieved 24 June 2025.
  26. ↑ "Catcalling: The sisters who are making a noise to stop street harassment of women". BBC News. 12 March 2021. Retrieved 24 June 2025.
  27. ↑ Dawson, Britt (17 March 2020). "Meet the sisters campaigning to make street harassment a crime in the UK". Dazeddigital. Retrieved 24 June 2025.
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