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| Nationality | British | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 19 March 2007 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||
| Event | Multi-event | |||||||||||||||||
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Thea Brown (born 19 March 2007) is a British track and field athlete who competes as a multi-event athlete.[1]
Career[edit]
A 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 for the 2023 Commonwealth Youth Games held in Trinidad and Tobago.[3] She won a silver medal as part of the English 4x100m relay team.[4] 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.[5]
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.[6]
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.
- ^ "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.