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| pb = '''200m''': 22.60 (Fayetteville, 2024)<br>'''400m:''' 49.5129 NR (GainesvilleParis, 2024)
| coach = Chris Johnson since 2022
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'''Amber Anning''' (born 18 November 2000)<ref name=Arkansas/> is a British sprinter. SheA isdouble theOlympic [[List_of_British_records_in_athletics|British record holder indoors over 200m]] andmedalist, she washolds part ofthe British teamsrecord that won medals in the women's 4 ×for 400 metres, relay49.29 eventsseconds, atwhich theshe [[2019took Europeanfinishing Athleticsfifth Indoorin Championships]] andthe [[2023 World Athletics Championships]]. She also won medals at the [[20172024 CommonwealthSummer YouthOlympics Games]] andWomen's the400 [[2019metres|women's European400 Athleticsmetres U20at Championships]].the Anning2024 competed in [[college athletics]] for [[LSU Tigers track and field|LSU Tigers]] and [[ArkansasParis RazorbacksOlympics]].
 
She won two bronze medals at the [[2024 Summer Olympics]] in the [[Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay|women's 4 x 400 metres relay]] and [[Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Mixed 4 × 400 metres relay|mixed 4 x 400 metres relay]].
==Personal life==
Anning was born in London, England and spent her early years in Hove and Australia. She attended [[Brighton Hove & Sussex Sixth Form College]].<ref name=Arkansas>{{cite web| url=https://arkansasrazorbacks.com/roster/amber-anning/| title=Amber Anning| publisher=[[Arkansas Razorbacks]]| accessdate=30 August 2023}}</ref> In 2020, Anning began studying at [[Louisiana State University]] on a scholarship. In 2022 she transferred to the [[University of Arkansas]].<ref name=Telegraph/> She graduated in 2024 with a degree in Advertising and Public Relations with minors in Journalism, Strategic Media and Psychology.<ref name=AK24>{{cite web| url=https://www.uatrav.com/sports/article_685fa2ba-e0b4-11ee-93e8-ef0ca671c0cf.html| title=Amber Anning prepares for professional debut| publisher=[[The Arkansas Traveler (newspaper)|The Arkansas Traveler]]| date=13 March 2024| accessdate=4 July 2024}]</ref>
 
Anning is the [[List of British records in athletics|British record holder indoors over 200m]] and was part of British teams that won medals in the women's 4 × 400 metres relay events at the [[2019 European Athletics Indoor Championships|2019 European Indoor Championships]] and [[2023 World Athletics Championships|2023 World Championship]]. She also won medals at the [[2017 Commonwealth Youth Games]] and the [[2019 European Athletics U20 Championships]]. Anning competed in [[college athletics]] for [[LSU Tigers track and field|LSU Tigers]] and [[Arkansas Razorbacks]].
==Career==
Anning has competed for Brighton & Hove Athletic Club since she was nine years old.<ref name=England>{{cite web| url=https://www.englandathletics.org/news/three-medals-for-great-britain-and-northern-ireland-on-the-final-day-at-the-world-championships/| title=Three medals for Great Britain and Northern Ireland on the final day at the World Championships| publisher=[[England Athletics]]| date=28 August 2023| accessdate=30 August 2023}}</ref> From the age of 16, until his unexpected death in 2021, she was coached by [[Lloyd Cowan]].<ref name=Arkansas/><ref name=Telegraph>{{cite news| url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/athletics/2020/07/23/amber-annings-move-united-states-will-boost-tokyo-olympics-credentials/| title=Amber Anning's move to United States will boost her Tokyo Olympics credentials| work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]| url-access=subscription| date=23 July 2023| accessdate=30 August 2023}}</ref> Anning broke the British under-15 300 metres record running 38.73 seconds and was the first, and to date, the only British under-15 to run sub 39 seconds. The previous record holder was [[Dina Asher-Smith]].<ref name=Telegraph/>
 
==Personal life==
At the [[2017 Commonwealth Youth Games]], Amber finished third in the 400 metres event and was part of the England team that finished second in the mixed 4 × 400 metres relay. She missed the [[2018 IAAF World U20 Championships]] due to injury.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sussexathletics.net/news/athlete-spotlight-amber-anning/| title=ATHLETE SPOTLIGHT – AMBER ANNING| publisher=Sussex Athletics| date=8 April 2020| accessdate=30 August 2023}}</ref>
Anning was born in London and spent her early years in Hove and Australia. Amber is the eldest of three sisters. As a child Amber participated in netball, swimming and athletics before choosing to specialise in the later.
 
Anning was born in London, England and spent her early years in Hove and Australia. She attended [[Brighton Hove & Sussex Sixth Form College]].<ref name="Arkansas">{{cite web| url=https://arkansasrazorbacks.com/roster/amber-anning/| title=Amber Anning| date=31 December 2022| publisher=[[Arkansas Razorbacks]]| accessdate=30 August 2023}}</ref> In 2020, Anning began studying at [[Louisiana State University]] in the United States on a scholarship. In 2022, she transferred to the [[University of Arkansas]].<ref name="Telegraph" /> She graduated in 2024 with a degree in Advertising and Public Relations with minors in Journalism, Strategic Media and Psychology.<ref name="AK24">{{cite web| url=https://www.uatrav.com/sports/article_685fa2ba-e0b4-11ee-93e8-ef0ca671c0cf.html| title=Amber Anning prepares for professional debut| publisher=[[The Arkansas Traveler (newspaper)|The Arkansas Traveler]]| date=13 March 2024| accessdate=4 July 2024}]}</ref>
Aged 17, she won a bronze medal over 200m at the British Indoor Championships. A year later, at 18, she came second over 400m at the British Indoor Championships, running 53s dead to break the nearly 50-year-old British U20 Indoor record of [[Marilyn Neufville]]. With this she auto-qualified for the individual 400m and the British relay squad, which won the silver medal in the [[2019 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay|women's 4 × 400 metres relay]] at the [[2019 European Athletics Indoor Championships]].<ref name="Telegraph" />
 
==Career==
In the same year, Amber also finished second in the 400 metres event at the [[2019 European Athletics U20 Championships]], and anchored the British team to victory in the women's 4 × 400 metres relay competition at the championships.<ref name="Telegraph" />
Anning has competed for Brighton & Hove Athletic Club since she was nine years old.<ref name=England>{{cite web| url=https://www.englandathletics.org/news/three-medals-for-great-britain-and-northern-ireland-on-the-final-day-at-the-world-championships/| title=Three medals for Great Britain and Northern Ireland on the final day at the World Championships| publisher=[[England Athletics]]| date=28 August 2023| accessdate=30 August 2023}}</ref> From the age of 16, until his unexpected death in 2021, she was coached by [[Lloyd Cowan]].<ref name=Arkansas/><ref name=Telegraph>{{cite news| url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/athletics/2020/07/23/amber-annings-move-united-states-will-boost-tokyo-olympics-credentials/| title=Amber Anning's move to United States will boost her Tokyo Olympics credentials| work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]| url-access=subscription| date=23 July 2023| accessdate=30 August 2023}}</ref> Anning broke the British under-15 300 metres record running 38.73 seconds and was the first, and to date, the only British under-15 to run sub 39 seconds. The previous record holder was [[Dina Asher-Smith]].<ref name=Telegraph/>
 
At the [[2017 Commonwealth Youth Games]], Amber finished third in the 400 metres event and was part of the England team that finished second in the mixed 4 × 400 metres relay. She missed the [[2018 IAAF World U20 Championships]] due to injury.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sussexathletics.net/news/athlete-spotlight-amber-anning/| title=ATHLETE SPOTLIGHT – AMBER ANNING| publisher=Sussex Athletics| date=8 April 2020| accessdate=30 August 2023}}</ref>
In 2020, she started competing in [[college athletics]] for [[LSU Tigers track and field|LSU Tigers]],<ref name="AW">{{cite magazine| url=https://athleticsweekly.com/interviews/meet-amber-anning-and-yusuf-bizimana-1039968498/| title=Meet Amber Anning and Yusuf Bizimana| magazine=[[Athletics Weekly]]| date=7 June 2023| accessdate=30 August 2023}}</ref> where she was coached by [[Dennis Shaver]].<ref name="Telegraph" /> In August 2022, she transferred to [[Arkansas Razorbacks]].<ref name="AW" /> to work with Coach Chris Johnson.
 
Aged 17, she won a bronze medal over 200m at the British Indoor Championships. A year later, at 18, she came second over 400m at the British Indoor Championships, running 53s dead to break the nearly 50-year-old British U20 Indoor record of [[Marilyn Neufville]]. With this she auto-qualified for the individual 400m and the British relay squad, which won the silver medal in the [[2019 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay|women's 4 × 400 metres relay]] at the [[2019 European Athletics Indoor Championships]].<ref name="Telegraph" /> In the same year, Amber also finished second in the 400 metres event at the [[2019 European Athletics U20 Championships]], and anchored the British team to victory in the women's 4 × 400 metres relay competition at the championships.<ref name="Telegraph" />
Amber has received 12 [[All-America]] team honours and multiple Academic All-America honours.<ref name="Arkansas" /> At the [[2023 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 metres relay time in history of 3:21.75. Anning's time on the first leg was the fifth fastest ever.<ref name="AW" />
 
In 2020, she started competing in [[college athletics]] for [[LSU Tigers track and field|LSU Tigers]],<ref name="AW">{{cite magazine| url=https://athleticsweekly.com/interviews/meet-amber-anning-and-yusuf-bizimana-1039968498/| title=Meet Amber Anning and Yusuf Bizimana| magazine=[[Athletics Weekly]]| date=7 June 2023| accessdate=30 August 2023}}</ref> where she was coached by [[Dennis Shaver]].<ref name="Telegraph" /> In August 2022, she transferred to [[Arkansas Razorbacks]].<ref name="AW" /> to work with Coach Chris Johnson.
Anning was a key member of the British team that finished third in the [[2023 World Athletics Championships – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay|women's 4 × 400 metres relay]] event at the [[2023 World Athletics Championships]]. It was her first senior World Championships, and she ran the second leg of the race splitting 49.70 seconds in the heat and 49.82 seconds in the final.<ref name=England/>
 
At the [[2023 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 metres relay time in history of 3:21.75. Anning's time on the first leg was athe keyfifth fastest ever.<ref name="AW" /> Anning was a member of the British team that finished third in the [[2023 World Athletics Championships – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay|women's 4 × 400 metres relay]] event at the [[2023 World Athletics Championships]]. It was her first senior World Championships, and she ran the second leg of the race splitting 49.70 seconds in the heat and 49.82 seconds in the final.<ref name=England/>
 
In January 2024, Amber broke [[Katharine Merry]]'s 25-year-old 200m [[List of British records in athletics|British Indoor record]], clocking 22.60 at Fayetteville, Arkansas, USA.<ref>{{cite news|url=
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/68215538|title=Amber Anning: Paris 2024 Olympics would be 'icing on cake' for record-breaking Team GB sprinter|work=[[BBC Sport]]|date=6 February 2024|accessdate=6 February 2024}}</ref>
 
On 9In March 2024, she won the 400m at the [[2024 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships]] in Boston in 50.79 seconds, leading her teammates [[Nickisha Pryce]] and [[Rosey Effiong]] to an historic podium as Arkansas became the first women's program to have a 1–2–3 finish in the 400 at the NCAA Indoor meet.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://flashresults.ncaa.com/Indoor/2024/019-2.pdf| title=NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships: Women's 400 M| publisher=[[National Collegiate Athletic Association]]| date=9 March 2024|access-date=3 July 2024}}</ref> The [[Arkansas Razorbacks track and field|Arkansas Razorbacks]], led for the first time by Head Coach, Chris 'Captain' Johnson, also won the women's team title for the second year in a row.<ref>{{cnCite web|date=July 2024-03-09|title=Arkansas women's track and field wins second straight NCAA indoor title {{!}} OnWhole Hog Sports|url=https://www.wholehogsports.com/news/2024/mar/09/arkansas-womens-track-and-field-wins-second-straight-ncaa-indoor-title/|access-date=2024-07-08|website=www.wholehogsports.com|language=en}}</ref> 11In May 2024, Anning ran 49.51 seconds over 400m at the [[SEC Track and Field Championships]], to move to third place on the British All-Time list, behind [[Christine Ohuruogu]] and [[Kathy Smallwood-Cook|Kathy Smallwood]].<ref>{{cite web| url= https://www.sussexathletics.net/news/an-astonishing-49-51-for-amber-anning-now-3-on-gb-400m-all-time-list/| title= AN ASTONISHING 49.51 FOR AMBER ANNING, NOW #3 ON GB 400M ALL-TIME LIST| publisher=Sussex Athletics| date=14 May 2024| accessdate=3 July 2024}}</ref> At the [[2024 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships]] Amber won the bronze medal over 400m, running 49.59 seconds, in an historic race in which the Razorbacks achieved a 'super sweep' of the top four places.<ref>{{cite magazine| url=https://www.runnersworld.com/news/a61004588/2024-ncaa-outdoor-track-and-field-results/|title=2024 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championship Results|magazine=[[Runner's World]]|date=8 June 2024|access-date=3 July 2024}}</ref> In the women's 4 x 400 metres relay, Anning, Effiong, Pryce and [[Kaylyn Brown]] set a collegiate record time of 3:17.96 to win the event for Arkansas.<ref>{{Cite web|last=AP|first=AP|date=9 June 2024|title=Arkansas wins NCAA women's outdoor track and field team title|url=https://www.espn.co.uk/college-sports/story/_/id/40308224/arkansas-wins-ncaa-women-outdoor-track-field-team-title|access-date=8 July 2024|website=ESPN}}</ref> In her combined college athletics career, Anning won [[All-America]] honours on five occasions. She became a fully professional athlete in 2024 after graduating from Arkansas.<ref name=AK24/>
 
On 8 June 2024, at the [[2024 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships]] Amber won the bronze medal over 400m, running 49.59 seconds, in an historic race in which the Razorbacks achieved a 'super sweep' of the top four places.<ref>{{cite magazine| url=https://www.runnersworld.com/news/a61004588/2024-ncaa-outdoor-track-and-field-results/| title=2024 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championship Results| magazine=[[Runner's World]]| date=8 June 2024| access-date=3 July 2024}}</ref> The four athletes Anning, Effiong, Pryce and [[Kaylyn Brown]] then combined to set a collegiate record of 3:17.96 to win the 4x400m relay and clinch Arkansas the team title.{{cn|date=July 2024}}
 
Later in the year2024, Anning won the 400 metres event at the [[2024 British Athletics Championships]], and qualified for the [[2024 Summer Olympics]] as a result.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/articles/cd1j3ddnjg2o| title=Asher-Smith reaches Olympics as young GB stars shine| publisher=[[BBC Sport]]| date=30 June 2024| access-date=3 July 2024}}</ref> She was part of the [[Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Mixed 4 × 400 metres relay|mixed 4x400 team]] which won a bronze medal in a new national record of 3:08.01.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/articles/c6p22m323m6o|title=Great Britain win mixed 4x400m relay bronze|publisher=BBC Sport|accessdate=3 August 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/olympics/paris-team-gb-united-states-dutch-b2590777.html|title=Team GB secure first athletics medal in Paris in relay race thriller|work=The Independent|accessdate=3 August 2024}}</ref> In the individual event, she reached the final and finished fifth in 49.23 seconds, a national record and only three hundredths of a second from bronze,
 
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