 Amber Simpson at the 2025 UK Athletics Championships | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | British (Welsh) |
| Born | 3 January 1999 |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
| Event | Hammer throw |
| Club | Wrexham AC |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal best(s) | Hammer: 70.21m (Champaign, 2024) |
Amber Simpson (born 3 January 1999) is a Welsh hammer thrower. The Welsh national record holder, she finished fifth at the 2022 Commonwealth Games. [1]
She is from Shotton, Flintshire and joined Deeside Athletics Club, initially as a track runner before transitioning into throwing events. She attended College at the University of Memphis and competed for Memphis Tigers track and field, in Tennessee, on a scholarship from 2019. After five years in Memphis she transferred to the University of Illinois. [2] [3] [4]
She won the hammer title at the Welsh Athletics Championships in June 2022. [5] She finished fifth overall at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, representing Wales with a distance of 66.52 metres. [6] [7] [8] She joined Wrexham Athletics Club at the end of 2022. [9]
She threw a distance of 67.08m in March 2023 to break the Welsh hammer record that had stood since 2014. Later that year, she retained her Welsh national title. [10]
In April 2024, she set a new personal best of 70.21 metres competing in Illinois. [11] coached by J.C.Lambert and Deanna Price. That summer, she finished in eighth place at the NCAA Championship with a throw of 67.73 meters to become the Fighting Illini's first All-American in the event. [12] [13]
She was named for her British debut for the 2025 European Throwing Cup in Cyprus. [14] On 2 August, she placed third in the hammer throw at the 2025 UK Athletics Championships in Birmingham with 65.64 metres. [15]