Who is Amber Anning?
Amber Anning was part of the British team that won medals in the women’s 4 × 400 m relay event at the 2019 European Athletics Indoor Championships and the 2024 World Athletics Championships. She also won medals at the 2017 Commonwealth Youth Games and the 2019 European Athletics U20 Championships. At just 18 he was a GB junior and senior international medalist.
Early Life and Background
Amber Anning (born 18 November 2000) is a British runner, Anning has spent most of her life in Brighton and Hove. She is the eldest among three siblings. Anning was born in London, England and spent her early years in Hove and Australia. She began his athletic journey in Australia at the age of five, developing an early passion for track and field. After returning to Hove, England, he joined Brighton Phoenix Athletic Club before moving to Brighton and Hove Athletic Club at the age of 10.
An active child, she participated in ballet, tap and jazz, competitive swimming, hockey and netball. A talented defender, she was a county player from the age of 13 and on the England Netball regional circuit until she chose to focus on athletics at the age of 16.
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Height, Weight
Amber Anning’s height is 5’9, and her weight is not known. We will update when we know.
Education
Anning attended Hove and West Hove Junior Schools in Brighton and Hove High School for Girls. At 11, he won a scholarship to the Rhodian School in Brighton, where she achieved 10 GCSEs at A*-A. He moved to Brighton and Hove Sixth Form College (Vasvic) in 2017 and achieved 3 As in her A Levels in August 2019, two days after arriving in the US to become a student-athlete at Louisiana State University (LSU). ) Anning transferred from LSU to the University of Arkansas in 2024.
Working Life
Anning has competed for Brighton and Hove Athletics Club since the age of nine. She was coached by Lloyd Cowan from the age of 16 until his unexpected death in 2021. Anning broke the British under-15 300m record and became the first and to date only British under-15 to run 39 seconds. The U15 record was previously held by Deanna Asher-Smith. At the 2017 Commonwealth Youth Games, Anning finished third in the 400 m event and was part of the British team that finished second in the mixed 4 × 400 m relay. She missed the 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships due to injury.
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At the age of 17, Anning won a bronze medal over 200 meters at the British Indoor Championships. A year later, aged 18, she finished second over 400 meters at the British Indoor Championships, breaking Marilyn Neufville’s nearly 50-year-old British U20 indoor record. This saw her automatically qualify for the individual 400 meters and for the British relay squad, which won a silver medal in the women’s 4 × 400 meters relay at the 2019 European Athletics Indoor Championships.
In the same year, Anning also finished second in the 400m event at the 2019 European Athletics U20 Championships and led the British team to victory in the women’s 4 × 400m relay at the championships. In 2020, Anning began competing in college athletics for the LSU Tigers,[5] where she partnered Denise Shaver. She was a trainer. In August 2024, she transferred to the Arkansas Razorbacks. To work with coach Chris Johnson.
Net Worth
Anning earned six All-America team honors and multiple Academic All-America honors. At the 2024 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships, she was part of the Arkansas relay team that set the fastest women’s indoor 4 × 400 m relay time in history at 3:21.75. Anning’s time in the first leg was the fifth fastest. We don’t know his net.
Personal Life
Anning was born in London, England and spent her early years in Hove and Australia. She is not dating anyone and we don’t know any news about her boyfriend.
Conclusion
Anning was a key member of the British team that finished third in the women’s 4 × 400m relay event at the 2024 World Athletics Championships. It was his first senior world championship, and he ran the second leg of the race in 49.70 seconds in the heat and 49.82 seconds in the final.
