Maya Bruney

Maya Bruney (born 24 February 1998) is a British sprinter and BRIT School design graduate. Maya became the only athlete to achieve a hat-trick of medals at the 2017 European Athletics U20 Championships.[1] She became the 2017 European Junior 200m Champion, 4 x 100-metre relay bronze medalist and 4 x 400-metre relay bronze medalist, placing Britain top of the medal table at the Championships.[2] She broke Shirley Thomas's 30-year-old Surrey record for the 200 metres, running 23.04 seconds and set the 2017 European Junior 200m Leading Time.[3]

Maya Bruney
Born (1998-02-24) 24 February 1998
London, UK
Education
Occupation
  • Athlete
  • Designer
Awards
  • 2017 200m European U20 Champion
  • 2017 200m BUCS Outdoor Champion
  • 2017 200m British Indoor Championships Bronze Medalist
Websitemayabruney.com

Biography

Maya Bruney was born in London, UK and from 2012 to 2016, she attended the BRIT School in Croydon.[4] In July 2014, Maya was awarded the BRIT School excellence in design award for a trainer design. She then began studying Graphic Design at the University of East London while continuing her athletics career.[5]

Bruney's parents are Silvia and David. Silvia is her nutritionist and David is her technical coach.

Maya started athletics at 7 years old and began competing for South London Harriers at 10 years old. She competed in the Long Jump and sprint events. At 12 years old Maya transferred to Blackheath and Bromley Harriers Athletic Club where she was coached by her father, David.

During this time, she became the 2009 and 2010 Surrey Championship Champion for the Long Jump, 100-metre and 200-metre events. In 2011, Maya became the 200m English Schools' Athletics Championships Champion.[6] In 2012, she became the 100m English Schools' Athletics Championships Champion and was part of the English Schools' Athletics Championships U15 record-breaking Surrey 4 x 100-metre team, coached by her father. To this day, the team holds the British U15 Record in the 4 x 100-metre relay in a time of 47.37.[7]

In February 2017, Maya became the British Indoor Athletics Championships 200m bronze medalist. She then began her outdoor season in April with the British Universities and Colleges Sport, where she became the 200m Champion. In July, Maya became the only athlete to achieve a hat-trick of medals at the 2017 European Athletics U20 Championships. She became the 2017 European Junior 200m Champion, 4 x 100-metre relay bronze medalist and 4 x 400-metre relay bronze medalist. She broke Shirley Thomas's 30-year-old Surrey record for the 200 metres, running 23.04 seconds and set the 2017 European Junior 200m Leading Time.[8]

After her successful 2017 season Maya was nominated for the European Athlete of the Year Trophy and became the England Athletics U20 Performance Athlete of the Year at the England Athletics Hall of Fame event. She was also nominated for the Athletics Weekly U20 Female Readers Choice Awards.[6]

Maya signed with Puma at the end of her 2017 season and is currently managed Jos Hermens's agency, Global Sports Communications.[9]

Achievements
Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
2011 English Schools' Athletics Championships Gateshead, United Kingdom 1st 200 m 24.74
2012 English Schools' Athletics Championships Gateshead, United Kingdom 1st 100 m 12.10
1st 4 × 100 m relay 47.37
2016 European Clubs Junior Championships Castellón de la Plana, Spain 1st 200 m 24.04w
1st 4 × 100 m relay 46.80
2nd 4 × 400 m relay 3:53.09 (52.8 split time)
2017 British Indoor Athletics Championships Sheffield, United Kingdom 3rd 200 m indoor 24.00i
British Universities and Colleges Sport Championships Bedford, United Kingdom 1st 200 m 23.95 (−2.9)
1st 4 × 100 m relay 45.76
European U20 Championships Grosseto, Italy 1st 200 m 23.04
3rd 4 × 100 m relay 44.17
3rd 4 × 400 m relay 3:33.68 (51.7 split time)
2018 British Universities and Colleges Sport Championships Bedford, United Kingdom 1st 400m 53.1

Personal bests

Outdoors

References
  1. "Hat-trick of medals for University of East London sports scholar Maya Bruney". Newham Recorder. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
  2. "Medal rush by GB juniors in Grosseto – Athletics Weekly". Athletics Weekly. 22 July 2017. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
  3. "Croydon runner grabs gold at European Junior Athletics Championships". Croydon Guardian. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
  4. "The BRIT School – Ones To Watch (July 2017)". brittrust.co.uk. The BRIT Trust. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
  5. Anstice, Gareth. "Maya, 19, is the star of the GB under-20 team after brilliant sprinting display in Italy". University of East London. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
  6. "Athlete Profile". powerof10.info. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
  7. "Ranking List". thepowerof10.info. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
  8. "Records & Lists – European Athletics". european-athletics. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
  9. "Maya Bruney". facebook.com. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
  10. "FINAL MEDAL FLURRY SEES GB JUNIORS EQUAL THEIR BEST EVER". British Athletics. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
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