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| Born | 23 June 2002 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Long distance running | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best | 5000m: 15:29.02 (2024) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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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 won the individual Ivy League Women's Cross Country Championship in November 2024. She also won the Northeast Regional championships before competing in the NCAA cross country championships. [7] [8]
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. [9]
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