Amber Anning

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Amber Anning (born 18th November 2000) is a British track and field athlete from Hove, England. She was a silver medallist in the 4 × 400 m relay at the 2019 European Indoor Championships in Glasgow, a silver medallist over 400m and a gold medallist in the 4 × 400 m relay at the 2019 European Athletics Under 20 Championships in Boras. In March 2023, she ran the opening leg for the University of Arkansas Razorback 4 × 400 m relay team, which ran a World indoor Best of 3:21.75 at the NCAA Division 1 Indoor Championship.

Athletic Career

In August 2015, at the England age group Championships, she ran 300m in 38.73 seconds to break the British under-15 record held by Dina Asher-Smith and set a then European Age 14 best. In the same year she won the English Schools Championships Junior Girls 200m title and in 2016 added the 300m Inter Girls title..

At 16, Anning made her international debut for England at the 2017 Commonwealth Youth Games in Nassau, Bahamas. She achieved bronze in the 400m and a silver in the Mixed 4 × 400 m relay. [[Athletics_at_the_2017_Commonwealth_Youth_Games.

In 2018, aged 17, Anning won bronze in the 200m at the British Indoor Championships. The following year, she won silver at the British Indoor Championships in the 400m. Her time of 53.00 seconds behind Zoey Clark, earned her a place on the European Indoor Championships team and also saw her break a nearly 50-year-old Junior indoor record set by Marilyn Neufville.

At the European Indoor Championships in Glasgow, Anning was knocked out in her individual heat. Two days later, she ran the third leg in the 4 × 400 m relay and secured a silver medal alongside teammates Laviai Neilsen, Zoey Clark, and Elidh Doyle. Later that year, she won an individual silver medal at the European U20 Championships in Boras, Sweden, and anchored the 4 × 400 m relay team to gold.

In February 2022, at the NCAA South East Conference (SEC) Indoor Championships, competing for the University of Arkansas Razorbacks, Anning ran 400m in a time of 50.68 seconds. This was the third fastest time run indoors by a British woman (behind Nicola Sanders and Katharine Merry) and ranks 11th fastest indoors or out on the All-Time British rankings. It was the fastest time run indoors by a British woman for 22 years.

In March 2022, running for the Razorbacks at the National Collegiate Indoor Championships, Anning was part of the 4 × 400 m relay that ran 3:21.75 to smash the previous world best held by Russia by almost two seconds. Her opening leg of 51.47s is the 5th fastest first leg ever run indoors. The relay time is a World Best but not a World Record as the athletes Amber 🇬🇧, Joanne Reid 🇯🇲, Rosie Effiong 🇺🇸 and Britton Wilson 🇺🇸 come from three different countries. The relay win secured the national title for the Arkansas Women's team.

Anning was coached by Lloyd Cowan MBE from the age of 16 until his death in January 2021. Since 2022, has been coached by Chris Johnson at the University of Arkansas.

Education and Personal Life

Anning attended Brighton and Hove Sixth Form College (BHASVIC) from 2017, attaining 3 As in her A Levels. She became a student-athlete at Louisiana State University (LSU) in August 2019. In 2022 Anning transferred from LSU to the University of Arkansas.

Achievements

Amber Anning's notable achievements in athletics include the following:

·World Best , 4x400m relay, NCAA Div 1 Indoor Championship (2023) ·Silver medal, 4 × 400 m relay, European Athletics Indoor Championships (2019) ·Silver medal, 400m, European U20 Championships (2019) ·Gold medal, 4 × 400 m relay, European U20 Championships (2019) ·Bronze medal, 400m, Commonwealth Youth Games (2017) ·Silver medal, Mixed 4 × 400 m relay, Commonwealth Youth Games (2017) ·[Bronze medal, 200m http://2018_British_Indoor_Athletics_Championships British Indoor Championships] (2018) ·Silver medal, 400m, British Championships (2019) ·Under 20 British Indoor record] (400m), British Indoor Championships (2019) ·Under 15 British record (300m), England Athletics Age Group Championships (2015)

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