Amy Hunt

Amy Hunt
Hunt at the 2026 Weltklasse Zürich
Personal information
Born (2002-05-15) 15 May 2002 (age 24)
Newark, Nottinghamshire, England
EducationCorpus Christi College, Cambridge (BA)
Sport
SportWomen's athletics
Event(s)Sprint
ClubCharnwood
Coached byMarco Airale

Amy Hunt (born 15 May 2002) is an English sprinter. She won the gold medal in the 100 metres, 200 metres, 4 × 100 metres relay, and 4 × 100 metres mixed relay at the 2026 European Championships. She is the first athlete to win four gold medals at a single European Championship.

Hunt won silver in the 4 × 100 m at the 2024 Summer Olympics and silver in the 200 m at the 2025 World Athletics Championships. She holds the world record for the women's under-18 200 metres, set in June 2019 with a time of 22.42s.

2024 Olympics

Hunt was picked to the Great Britain 4 × 100 metres relay squad for the 2024 Summer Olympics, and helped the team win a silver medal.

Personal life

Hunt studied at Barnby Road Academy and then Kesteven and Grantham Girls' School. In 2023, she earned a BA in English from Corpus Christi College in Cambridge University.

Hunt lives in Padua, Italy, where she trains under coach Marco Airale.

References

  1. ↑ "Amy Hunt wins record fourth gold medal at the European Athletics Championships". Sky News. Sky UK. Retrieved 16 August 2026.
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  3. ↑ "U18 Outdoor 200 Metres Women". All time Top lists. World Athletics. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
  4. ↑ "Team GB Athletics Squad Confirmed for Paris 2024". GB Athletics. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
  5. ↑ "Newark's Amy Hunt wins a silver medal at the Olympic Games in Paris". Newark Advertiser. 9 August 2024. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
  6. ↑ "Olympics 2024: Team GB win 4x100m relay silver, bronze double". ESPN. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
  7. ↑ "Amy Hunt column: 'So many people have tried to race me!'". BBC Sport. BBC Sport. 20 November 2020. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
  8. ↑ Denny, Sophie (10 August 2024). "Cambridge alum wins silver in Paris Olympics". Varsity. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
  9. ↑ "Warner, Edmond William, (born 17 Aug. 1963), Chairman, UK Athletics, since 2007", Who's Who, Oxford University Press, 2008-12-01, retrieved 2026-09-14
  10. ↑ "Warner, Edmond William, (born 17 Aug. 1963), Chairman, UK Athletics, since 2007", Who's Who, Oxford University Press, 2008-12-01, retrieved 2026-09-14

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