Amy Hunt

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Amy Hunt
Amy Hunt Paris Olympics.jpg
Hunt in 2024
Personal information
Born (2002-05-15) 15 May 2002 (age 23)
Newark, Nottinghamshire, England
Education Corpus Christi College, Cambridge (BA)
Sport
SportWomen's athletics
Event Sprint
ClubCharnwood
Coached byMarco Airale
Achievements and titles
Personal bests
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Olympic Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2024 Paris 4 × 100 m relay
World Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2025 Tokyo 200 m
European Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2024 Rome 4 × 100 m relay
World Relays
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2025 Guangzhou 4 × 100 m relay
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2024 Nassau 4 × 100 m relay
Amy Hunt after victory at the 2025 UK Athletics Championships. 2025 UK Athletics Championships 20250802 191902 - Amy Hunt.jpg
Amy Hunt after victory at the 2025 UK Athletics Championships.

Amy Hunt (born 15 May 2002) is a British sprinter who won silver in the 4 x 100 m at the 2024 Summer Olympics and silver in the 200 m at the 2025 World Athletics Championships. She holds the world record for the Women's Under-18 200 metres, set in June 2019 with a time of 22.42s. [1] [2]

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Athletics career

Early career

In June 2019, Hunt rose to prominence when she ran in a 200 m junior race in Mannheim, Germany, in what was her fifth competitive race outdoors at that distance. Her time of 22.42s was a new world record for Under-18 women. [3]

In the summer of 2019, she won gold medals in both the 200 m and 4 × 100 m at the European Under-20 Championships. [3] Her transition into senior athletics was disrupted by COVID-19, and then a serious leg injury in early 2022. Following surgery, she returned to the track in late 2022 for a single 200 m race.[ citation needed ]

University studies and graduation saw Amy only start training fully in early June 2023, she came 5th in the 100 m final at the British Championships and was part of the winning U23 British 4 × 100 m relay squad in Espoo, Finland at the U23 European Championships. Finally starting to find some form, and a switch to Coach Marco Airale, saw Amy race to 11.13 s over 100 m at the London Community Track in August 2023, to go ninth all time over 100 m in the UK.[ citation needed ]

2024: Olympic Games debut

She finished third in the 200 metres at the 2024 Diamond League event in Stockholm in June 2024. [4]

Hunt won her first senior title as part of the Great Britain women's 4 × 100 m team that took gold at the European Championships in Rome on 12 June 2024. [5] Later that month, she finished second in the 100 metres at the 2024 British Athletics Championships in Manchester. [6]

Hunt was selected in the Great Britain 4 × 100 metres relay squad for the 2024 Summer Olympics [7] and helped the team win a silver medal. [8] [9]

2025: International breakthrough

She set a new 60 metres personal best of 7.18 seconds in the semi-final at the 2025 British Indoor Athletics Championships in Birmingham, on 22 February 2025, prior to finishing in fourth place overall after appearing to slip out of the blocks in the final. [10] At the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Apeldoorn, Hunt ran a new personal best of 7.09 seconds in the 60 metres semi-final, before placing sixth in the final in a time of 7.10 seconds. [11] [12] She was subsequently selected for the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Nanjing, China, [13] where she ran 7.11 seconds to finish fifth in the 60 metres final. [14]

Hunt ran 23.06 seconds to finish fifth in the 200 metres at the 2025 Xiamen Diamond League event in China, in April 2025. [15] She finished fourth in the 200 metres at the 2025 Shanghai Diamond League event in China on 3 May 2025, in a new seasons best time of 22.86 seconds. [16] Hunt was a member of the Great Britain team which won gold in the women's 4x100 metres at the World Athletics Relays Championship on 11 May 2025. [17] On 16 May, she lowered her personal best to 11.03 seconds in the 100 metres race at the 2025 Doha Diamond League to move to fourth on the UK all-time list. [18] [19] In June 2025, she finished second over 200 metres at the 2025 Golden Gala in Rome and the 2025 Meeting de Paris, both part of the 2025 Diamond League. [20] [21] She ran a 22.31 personal best to finish third in the 200m at the 2025 London Athletics Meet on 19 July. [22] On 2 August 2025, Hunt won the 100m final at the 2025 UK Athletics Championships in a new personal best of 11.02 to claim her first British senior outdoor title. [23] [24]

She ran 22.61 seconds for fifth in the women's 200m at the Diamond League Final in Zurich on 28 August. [25] She was selected for the 100 metres and 200 metres and as part of the sprint relay for the British team for the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan. [26] On 19 September 2025, Hunt took silver in 200m final, achieving her first World Championships medal. [27]

International competitions

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Competing for Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
2019 European U20 Championships Borås, Sweden 1st200 m22.94
1st4 × 100 m relay44.11
2023 European U23 Championships Espoo, Finland 1st4 × 100 m relay 43.04
2024 World Indoor Championships Glasgow, United Kingdom 31st (h)60 m 7.29
European Championships Rome, Italy 7th100 m 11.15
1st4 × 100 m relay 41.91
Olympic Games Paris, France 2nd4 × 100 m relay 41.85
2025 European Indoor Championships Apeldoorn, Netherlands 6th60 m 7.10
World Indoor Championships Nanjing, China 5th60 m 7.11
World Athletics Championships Tokyo, Japan 2nd200 m 22.14

Nominations

She was named by the British Athletics Writers' Association as the "young female athlete of 2019". [3]

In January 2020, Hunt was listed by British Vogue as one of their "Faces Set To Define The Decade Ahead". [3] [28]

Education

Hunt attended Kesteven and Grantham Girls' School. In 2020, she started an undergraduate degree at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge University. [29] She graduated with a degree in English in 2023. [30]

References

  1. ↑ "Nottinghamshire runner is fastest under-18 in the world". BBC News. BBC. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
  2. ↑ "U18 Outdoor 200 Metres Women". All time Top lists. World Athletics . Retrieved 12 May 2020.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Henson, Mike (12 May 2020). "Amy Hunt: The British teenager who is faster than Dina Asher-Smith". BBC Sport . Retrieved 12 May 2020.
  4. ↑ Johnson, Robert (2 June 2024). "2024 Stockholm Diamond League Results – 2024 Bauhaus Galan Results". LetsRun.com . Retrieved 3 June 2024.
  5. ↑ "Double Gold Delight on Final Night at European Athletics Championships". British Athletics. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
  6. ↑ "UK Athletics Championships and Olympic Trials 2024: All Results - Complete List". Olympics.com. 29 June 2024. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
  7. ↑ "Team GB Athletics Squad Confirmed for Paris 2024". GB Athletics. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
  8. ↑ "Newark's Amy Hunt wins a silver medal at the Olympic Games in Paris". Newark Advertiser. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
  9. ↑ "Olympics 2024: Team GB win 4x100m relay silver, bronze double". ESPN. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
  10. ↑ Adams, Tim (22 February 2025). "Azu and Williams storm to scintillating 60m titles". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 24 February 2025.
  11. ↑ "GB win three silvers on final day of European Indoors". BBC Sport. 9 March 2025. Retrieved 9 March 2025.
  12. ↑ "SUPER SILVER MEDALS FOR MILLS, COURTNEY-BRYANT & BRITAIN'S WOMEN'S 4X400M TEAM AS CURTAIN". British Athletics. Retrieved 11 March 2025.
  13. ↑ "GB & NI TEAM SELECTED FOR THE WORLD ATHLETICS INDOORS CHAMPIONSHIPS 2025". British Athletics. 11 March 2025. Retrieved 11 March 2025.
  14. ↑ "Anning wins brilliant 400m gold for GB & NI at World Athletics Indoor Championships". British Athletics. Retrieved 25 March 2025.
  15. ↑ "Results - Xiamen Diamond League 2025". Watch Athletics. 26 April 2025. Retrieved 2 May 2025.
  16. ↑ "Results - Shanghai/Suzhou Diamond League 2025". Watch Athletics. 3 May 2025. Retrieved 5 May 2025.
  17. ↑ "Eduan powers GB women to 4x100m relay gold". BBC Sport. Retrieved 11 May 2025.
  18. ↑ "Caudery wins pole vault at Diamond League in Doha". BBC Sport. 16 May 2025. Retrieved 16 May 2025.
  19. ↑ Henderson, Jason (16 May 2025). "MOLLY CAUDERY ENJOYS DIAMOND LEAGUE WIN IN DOHA" . Retrieved 17 May 2025.
  20. ↑ "GB's Hunt second in 200m at Rome Diamond League meet". BBC Sport. 6 June 2025. Retrieved 6 June 2025.
  21. ↑ "Habz, Benjamin, Paulino and Stark storm to meeting records in Paris". World Athletics. 20 June 2025. Retrieved 21 June 2025.
  22. ↑ "Hunter Bell, Dobson and Lake claim wins in London". BBC Sport. 19 July 2025. Retrieved 19 July 2025.
  23. ↑ "Amy Hunt takes dramatic 100m gold at UK Champs". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 2 August 2025.
  24. ↑ "Hughes and Hunt win British 100m titles". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2 August 2025.
  25. ↑ "Hunter Bell, Asher-Smith & Burgin impress in Zurich". BBC Sport. 28 August 2025. Retrieved 29 August 2025.
  26. ↑ Henderson, Jason (26 August 2025). "BRITISH TEAM NAMED FOR WORLD CHAMPS IN TOKYO". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 26 August 2025.
  27. ↑ "Amy Hunt wins 200m silver at World Championships in Tokyo". The Independent. Retrieved 19 September 2025.
  28. ↑ "British Vogue Introduces An Electric Cast Of Faces Set To Define The Decade Ahead". British Vogue. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
  29. ↑ "Amy Hunt column: 'So many people have tried to race me!'". BBC Sport. 20 November 2020. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
  30. ↑ Denny, Sophie (10 August 2024). "Cambridge alum wins silver in Paris Olympics". Varsity . Retrieved 8 September 2024.
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