Thea Brown (born 19 March 2007) is a British track and field athlete who competes as a multi-event athlete.[1]
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | British |
| Born | 19 March 2007 |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
| Event | Multi-event |
Medal record | |
Career
editA Sale Harriers athlete, Brown won the 2022 English Schools heptathlon and Schools International indoor pentathlon titles. In February 2023, at the English national junior championships, she recorded a personal best in the long jump with a jump of 5.94 metres to win the U17 title. She ran a new national U17 record time of 8.39 seconds to win the 60m hurdles title.[2]
In July 2023, she was selected team captain for the 2023 Commonwealth Youth Games held in Trinidad and Tobago.[3][4] She won a silver medal as part of the English 4x100m relay team.[5] She also won silver at the games in the 100m hurdles. In September 2023, she moved to fourth place on the British all-time list for the U17 heptathlon with a score of 5147, moving ahead of international athletes Jade O'Dowda and Katarina Johnson-Thompson on the list.[6]
On 17 February 2024, she qualified for the final of the 60m hurdles at the senior UK national indoors championships in Birmingham, with a personal best time of 8.26 seconds. In the final she finished fifth in a time of 8.35 seconds.[7]
In May 2024 she finished second to Katarina Johnson-Thompson in the high jump at the Loughborough International, clearing a height of 1.83 metres.[8] She ran a time of 13.33 seconds to qualify for the final of the 100m hurdles at the 2024 British Athletics Championships in Manchester on 29 June 2024. She placed fourth in the final.[9]
In July 2024, she won silver in the heptathlon with a personal best of 5807 points at the 2024 European Athletics U18 Championships in Slovakia.[10] She also won a bronze medal as part of the medley relay at the championships.[11] She competed at the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships in Lima, Peru, reaching the semi-final of the 100 metres hurdles.[12][13] In October 2024, she was nominated by Athletics Weekly for best British female junior.[14]
References
edit- ^ "Thea Brown". World Athletics. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
- ^ Smythe, Steve (February 13, 2023). "UK 60m hurdles record for Thea Brown at England Athletics Junior Championships". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
- ^ "Thea Brown and Teddy Wilson named Team Captains for the 2023 Trinbago Commonwealth Youth Games". England Athletics. 6 August 2023. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
- ^ "Team England athletes selected for Trinidad and Tobago 2023". England Athletics. 4 July 2023. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
- ^ "Terrific Thursday for Team England at the Commonwealth Youth Games". England Athletics. 11 August 2023. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
- ^ Smythe, Steve (September 19, 2023). "Thea Brown goes No.4 all-time surpassing KJT – UK track results". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
- ^ "Live results and start lists for the 2024 British Athletics Indoor Championships". Watch Athletics. February 17, 2023. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
- ^ "KJT shows fine early season form at Loughborough". Athletics Weekly. May 20, 2024. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
- ^ "UK Championships". World Athletics. 29 June 2024. Retrieved 30 June 2024.
- ^ "An incredible race! Finland's 17-year-old great promise pounded the EC gold with a terrible result". is.fi. 19 July 2024. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
- ^ "English success at the European Athletics U18 Championships in Slovakia". England Athletics. 24 July 2024. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
- ^ "ED BIRD WINS FIRST BRITISH MEDAL OF WORLD UNDER-20S IN LIMA". British Athletics. 30 August 2024. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
- ^ "GB & NI SQUAD ANNOUNCED FOR THE WORLD ATHLETICS U20 CHAMPIONSHIPS LIMA 2024". British Athletics. 26 July 2024. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
- ^ Henderson, Jason (Oct 30, 2024). "Vote for your athletes of 2024". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 18 November 2024.