Toby Harries

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Toby Harries
Personal information
NationalityBritish
Born (1998-09-30) 30 September 1998 (age 25)
Alma mater University College London
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event Sprint
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)200m: 20.65 (Dubai, 2023)
400m: 46.04 (Brussels, 2023)

Toby Harries (born 30 September 1998) is a British track and field athlete who competes as a sprinter. He is a two-time British indoor champion over 200 metres. [1]

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Early life

From Brighton, Harries attended Brighton College. [2] He graduated from University College London (UCL) in 2021 with a Bachelor of Science in Biology. [3] [4]

Career

Harries broke the UK indoor under-17 200m record when he ran 21.46 to win the England Athletics Under-17 Indoor Championship in 2015. [5]

In February 2016, Harries won the men's 200m title at the 2016 British Indoor Athletics Championships in Sheffield. [6] [7]

He won the gold medal in the 200 metres at the 2017 European Athletics U20 Championships in Grosseto, Italy. [8]

At the 2019 British National Championships in the 400 metres he ran a personal best of 46.36s in the heats, and finished in fifth place in the final. [2] He subsequently competed for Great Britain in the 4x400m relay the 2019 World Athletics Championships in Doha. [9] [10]

He won a second British national title at the 2022 British Indoor Athletics Championships in Birmingham in February 2022. [11]

In April 2024, he was selected as part of the British team for the 2024 World Athletics Relays in Nassau, Bahamas. [12] In May 2024, he was also selected to represent Britain in the 4x400m relay at the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome. [13]

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References

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