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| Born | 23 June 2002 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Long distance running | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 1500m: 4:20.69 (2025) 3000m: 9:15.84 (2025) 5000m: 15:24.63 (2025) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Phoebe Anderson (born 23 June 2002) is a British runner. She won the individual and team U23 races at the 2024 European Cross Country Championships. [1]
She was educated at Wycombe Abbey in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. [2] [3]
She was a bronze medalist in the U20 team race at the 2021 European Cross Country Championships in Dublin. [4]
She is a member of the Herne Hill Harriers. [5] She set a club senior women's record for the 5000 metres in March 2023, running 15:44.97 in Raleigh, North Carolina. [6]
Running for Columbia University she was a 4-time All-American. She won the individual Ivy League Women's Cross Country Championship in November 2024. She was second at the Northeast Regional championships before competing in the 2024 NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships, placing 26th. [7] [8] [9]
She was a gold medalist in both the individual U23 race and team U23 race at the 2024 European Cross Country Championships in Antalya, Turkey in December 2024. [10]
She was selected for the British team for the European Running Championships in Leuven, Belgium, in April 2025. [11] In the 10km race she finished in 32nd place overall, in a time of 32:52. [12] She ran a 9:15.64 over 3000 metres in Birmingham in June 2025. [13] She was named in the British team for the 2025 Summer World University Games in Germany, placing fourth over 5000 metres. [14] [15]
On 2 August, she finished eighth in the final of the 5000 metres at the 2025 UK Athletics Championships in Birmingham in 15:57.18. [16]
