Anna Purchase Explained

Anna Purchase
Nationality:	British (English)
Birth Date:	15 September 1999
Sport:	Athletics
Event:	Hammer throw
Club:	Notts AC

Anna Purchase (born 15 September 1999) is an English international athlete based in the United States.^[1] She has represented England at the Commonwealth Games.^{[1] [2]}

Biography

Purchase was educated at the University of Nebraska and then the University of California, where she trained with future-World Champion, Camryn Rogers.^[3] She started throwing at the age of 13 and became only the second British woman to break the 70 metre barrier.^[4] She finished fourth at the 2021 European U23 Championships.^{[5] [6]}

In 2022, she was selected for the women's hammer throw event at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.^{[1] [5]} She was selected for the Great Britain and Northern Ireland squad at the 2023 World Athletics Championship in Budapest,^[7] where she reached the final.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Official Commonwealth Games profile . Birmingham Organising Committee Commonwealth Games Ltd . 31 July 2022.
2. Web site: Anna Purchase . World Athletics . 31 July 2022.
3. Web site: Faraudo . Jeff . 2023-08-23 . Cal Alums Camryn Rogers and Anna Purchase Reach Hammer Throw Final at Worlds . 2023-08-24 . Sports Illustrated Cal Bears News, Analysis and More . en.
4. Web site: Chaucer Junior School, Ilkeston, had a special visitor today – hammer thrower Anna Purchase . Ilkeston Life . 31 July 2022.
5. Web site: Team England profile . Team England . 31 July 2022.
6. Web site: Anna Purchase results . The Power of 10 . 31 July 2022.
7. Web site: FINAL ADDITIONS TO GB & NI TEAM FOR WORLD ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS BUDAPEST 2023 . 2023-08-24 . British Athletics . en-GB.