| Amy Hunt | |
| Honorific Suffix: | OLY |
| Birth Date: | 15 May 2002 |
| Birth Place: | Nottingham, England |
| Country: | Great Britain |
| Sport: | Women's athletics |
| Event: | Sprint |
| Club: | Charnwood |
| Coach: | Marco Airale |
Amy Hunt (born 15 May 2002) is a British sprinter who won double gold at the 2019 European Athletics U20 Championships in both the 200 metres and 4 x 100 metres relay. She holds the world record for the Women's Under-18 200 metres, set in June 2019 with a time of 22.42s.[1] [2]
In June 2019, Hunt rose to prominence when she ran in a 200m junior race in Mannheim, Germany, in what was her fifth competitive race outdoors at that distance. Her time of 22.42s was a new world record for Under-18 women.[3]
In the summer of 2019, she won gold medals in both the 200m and 4x100m at the European Under-20 Championships. Her transition into senior athletics was disrupted by Covid-19, and then a serious leg injury in early 2022. Following surgery, she returned to the track in late 2022 for a single 200m race, but was still clearly affected by the trauma of the injury. University studies and graduation saw Amy only start training fully in early June 2023, she came 5th in the 100m final at the British Championships and was part of the winning U23 British 4 x 100m relay squad in Espoo, Finland at the U23 European Championships. Finally starting to find some form, and a switch to Coach Marco Airale, saw Amy race to 11.13s over 100m at the London Community Track in August 2023, to go 9th all time over 100m in the UK.
She finished third in the 200 metres at the 2024 Diamond League event in Stockholm in June 2024.[4]
Hunt won her first senior title as part of the Great Britain women's 4x100m team that took gold at the European Championships in Rome on 12 June 2024.[5] Later that month, she finished second in the 100 metres at the 2024 British Athletics Championships in Manchester.[6] Hunt was selected in the Great Britain 4x100 metres relay squad for the 2024 Summer Olympics[7] and helped the team win a silver medal.[8] [9]
| Competing for | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | European U20 Championships | Borås, Sweden | bgcolor=gold | 1st | 200 m | 22.94 |
| bgcolor=gold | 1st | data-sort-value="400 relay" | 4 × 100 m relay | 44.11 | ||
| 2023 | European U23 Championships | Espoo, Finland | bgcolor=gold | 1st | 4 × 100 m relay | 43.04 |
| 2024 | World Indoor Championships | Glasgow, United Kingdom | 31st (h) | 60 m | 7.29 | |
| European Championships | Rome, Italy | 7th | 100 m | 11.15 | ||
| bgcolor=gold | 1st | 4 × 100 m relay | 41.91 | |||
She was named by the British Athletics Writers' Association as the "young female athlete of 2019".
In January 2020, Hunt was listed by British Vogue as one of their "Faces Set To Define The Decade Ahead".[10]
In 2020, she started an undergraduate degree at Cambridge University.[11]