Isabelle Boffey
Isabelle Boffey (born 13 April 2000) is a British middle-distance runner. - highly successful junior athlete and British indoor champion over 800 metres, she competed for Great Britain at the 2023 World Athletics Championships.
Career
A member of Enfield & Haringey athletics club, she was a successful junior athlete, she completed a "clean sweep" of gold medals in the 800 metres at each of the three age-grade championships in European Athletics – at the 2021 European Under-23 Championships held in Tallinn, the 2019 European U20 Championships in Boras and the 2016 European U18 Championships in Tbilisi. She was also part of the England Team at the 2017 Commonwealth Youth Games in the Bahamas.
She first competed for her country as a senior in the women's 800 metres event at the 2021 European Indoor Championships held in Toruń, Poland, finishing sixth. In February 2022, she won the 1000 metres at the Birmingham Indoor Grand Prix.
In February 2023, as a 22-year-old, she claimed a maiden national title, winning the 800 m at the British Indoor Championships. She competed at the 2023 European Athletics Indoor Championships, but did not make the final. She set a new personal best for the 800 metres in running 1:59.30 in Madrid on 22 July 2023. She competed for Great Britain at the 2023 World Athletics Championships, in Budapest, Hungary. A grade-two hamstring tear ruled her out of action for the majority of the 2024 season.
She won the women's 800 metres at the inaugural Keeley Klassic in Birmingham on 15 February 2025. She won the final of the 800 metres at the 2025 British Indoor Athletics Championships, in Birmingham, having also been the quickest qualifier. She was selected for the British team for the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Apeldoorn, Netherlands. Competing in the 800 metres at the championships, she ran a time of 2:04.28 in her qualifying heat to finish in fourth place and did not progress to the semi-finals.
