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Personal information | |||||||||||||||
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Nationality | British (English) | ||||||||||||||
Born | Brighton, England | 30 September 1998||||||||||||||
Alma mater | University College London | ||||||||||||||
Sport | |||||||||||||||
Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
Event | Sprint | ||||||||||||||
Club | Brighton AC | ||||||||||||||
Achievements and titles | |||||||||||||||
Personal best(s) | 200m: 20.22 (Clermont, 2025) 400m: 45.13 (Geneva, 2025) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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] and a 2024 Olympics bronze medallist in the 4x400m relay. [2]
From Brighton, Harries attended Westbourne House School [3] and Brighton College. [4] He graduated from University College London (UCL) in 2021 with a Bachelor of Science in Biology. [5] [6]
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. [7]
In February 2016, Harries won the men's 200m title at the 2016 British Indoor Athletics Championships in Sheffield. [8] [9]
He won the gold medal in the 200 metres at the 2017 European Athletics U20 Championships in Grosseto, Italy. [10]
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. [4] He subsequently competed for Great Britain in the 4x400m relay the 2019 World Athletics Championships in Doha. [11] [12]
He won a second British national title at the 2022 British Indoor Athletics Championships in Birmingham in February 2022. [13]
In April 2024, he was selected as part of the British team for the 2024 World Athletics Relays in Nassau, Bahamas. [14] In May 2024, he was also selected to represent Britain in the 4x400m relay at the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome. [15] He was part of the men's 4x400m relay team which won their heat to qualify for the final. [16] In July, Harries was named in the Great Britain 4x400 metres relay squad for the 2024 Summer Olympics. [17] He ran in the heats, and therefore was eligible for the bronze medal that they won. [18]
He was named in the British team for the 2025 World Athletics Relays in Guangzhou. [19] He ran in the men’s 4 x 400 metres relay, alongside Charlie Dobson, Efe Okoro and Rio Mitcham as the British quartet finished a close second to Belgium in their heat to qualify for the final and secure a place for Britain at the 2025 World Championships. [20] He was selected for the 200 metres at the 2025 European Athletics Team Championships in Madrid in June 2025, where he finished third in the 200 metres and ran a 43.6 seconds split in the mixed 4 x 400 metres, in which Britain finished third in the same time as the second-placed Italian team. [21] [22] [23]
On 3 August, placed third in the final of the 400 metres at the 2025 UK Athletics Championships in Birmingham, running 45.98 seconds. [24] [25] He was selected for the 200m and 4x400m as part of the British team for the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan. [26]
Toby trains in West London under coach David Sadkin, as part of a high-caliber training group that includes Faith Akinbileje, the 2025 100m UK bronze medalist.
Rank | Player | Country | Tournaments | Points |
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1 | Rory McIlroy | ![]() | 6 | 3,157.16 |
2 | Marco Penge | ![]() | 20 | 2,721.72 |
3 | Kristoffer Reitan | ![]() | 24 | 2,120.27 |
4 | Haotong Li | ![]() | 18 | 2,050.27 |
5 | Tyrrell Hatton | ![]() | 5 | 2,047.65 |
6 | John Parry | ![]() | 24 | 1,943.21 |
7 | Laurie Canter | ![]() | 14 | 1,699.70 |
8 | Jordan Smith | ![]() | 21 | 1,671.16 |
9 | Martin Couvra | ![]() | 20 | 1,638.78 |
10 | Robert MacIntyre | ![]() | 7 | 1,607.79 |
11 | Justin Rose | ![]() | 5 | 1,518.77 |
12 | Matt Fitzpatrick | ![]() | 7 | 1,486.02 |
13 | Keita Nakajima | ![]() | 17 | 1,354.50 |
14 | Adrien Saddier | ![]() | 19 | 1,345.58 |
15 | Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen | ![]() | 17 | 1,264.52 |
16 | Daniel Hillier | ![]() | 19 | 1,259.24 |
17 | Daniel Brown | ![]() | 16 | 1,252.79 |
18 | Rasmus Højgaard | ![]() | 9 | 1,235.06 |
19 | Thriston Lawrence | ![]() | 12 | 1,220.31 |
20 | Shaun Norris | ![]() | 10 | 1,206.83 |