Emily Newnham
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| Nationality | British | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 19 May 2004 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 400m: 50.84 (Madrid, 2025) 400m hurdles: 54.49 (Geneva, 2025) | |||||||||||||||||
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Emily Newnham (born 19 May 2004) is a track and field athlete who competes internationally for Great Britain as a sprinter and a hurdler.[1]
Career
She was English Schools Champion over 400 metres hurdles in 2020, Running a time of 59.22 seconds in Manchester.[2]
2023
She won the British Universities and College (BUCS) indoors 400 metres title in February 2023.[3]
She won the British U20 400m hurdles title in Chelmsford in June 2023 with a time of 58.54 seconds.[4] She was a bronze medalist in the 400m hurdles at the 2023 British Athletics Championships in Manchester in 2023, running a 57.13 personal best.[5] She finished fourth in the 400m hurdles at the 2023 European Athletics U20 Championships in Jerusalem.[6]
She made her Diamond League debut at the 2023 Weltklasse Zürich on 31 August 2023.[7]
2024
In February 2024, she won the British Universities and College (BUCS) indoors 400m in a championship record time of to 53.06.[8]
In April 2024, she was selected as part of the British team for the 2024 World Athletics Relays in Nassau, Bahamas.[9] She ran in the final of the event as the British 4 × 400 m team finished fourth overall.[10] She was selected to run the 4x400 metres for Britain at the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome.[11]
In November 2024, she was named by British Athletics on the Olympic Futures Programme for 2025.[12]
2025
She ran an indoors personal best of 52.16 seconds to finish third in the 400 metres at the 2025 British Indoor Athletics Championships in Birmingham, on 23 February 2025.[13] She was selected for the British 4 × 400 m relay team for the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Apeldoorn, winning a bronze medal in the mixed 4 × 400 m relay.[14][15] She won a silver medal in the women’s 4x400 metres relay alongside Lina Nielsen, Amber Anning and Hannah Kelly, with the quartet setting a new national record of three minutes, 24.89 seconds.[16]
She was named in the British team for the 2025 World Athletics Relays in Guangzhou in May 2025.[17] She ran in the mixed 4 x 400 metres relay, alongside Josh Faulds, Sam Lunt and Nicole Yeargin as the British quartet won their heat to qualify for the final and secure a place for Britain at the 2025 World Championships.[18] On the second day of the competition she ran in the Women's 4 × 400 metres relay and also helped the British team qualify in that event.[19] Later that month, she lowered her personal best to 51.45 for the 400 metres and also ran a 400m hurdles personal best of 55.20, whilst competing in Brussels.[20] In June 2025, she ran a 54.49 400m hurdles race in Geneva.[21] She was selected for the 400 metres at the 2025 European Athletics Team Championships, where she ran a personal best 50.84 seconds on 28 June 2025.[22][23] The following day, she also competed in the mixed 4 x 400 metres, in which Britain finished in third place, in the same time as the second-placed Italian team.[24] She was named in the British team for the 2025 European Athletics U23 Championships in Bergen.[25]
Personal life
She is from Kent.[26] She is a student at Loughborough University.[27]
References
- ^ "Emily Newnham". World Athletics. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
- ^ Smythe, Steve (July 11, 2022). "Young athletes shine at English Schools Champs". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
- ^ "BUCS National Results 2023". Studentsportscompany. 1 March 2023. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
- ^ "Full of promise for the future – day 2 of U23 and U20 champs". England Athletics. 19 June 2023. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
- ^ Crumley, Euan (Jul 9, 2023). ""There are no limits to what I can do"". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
- ^ "European Athletics U20 Championships". World Athletics. 7 August 2023. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
- ^ "Women's 400m Results: Weltklasse Zurich Diamond League 2023". Watch Athletics. 31 August 2023. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
- ^ Smythe, Steve (February 27, 2024). "Abigail Pawlett set for Glasgow after PBs at BUCS Indoor Champs". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
- ^ "Ujah returns to British squad for world relays". BBC Sport. 11 April 2024. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
- ^ "GB & NI TEAM SECURE FINAL OLYMPIC SPOT AND 4X100M BRONZE AT WORLD ATHLETICS RELAYS BAHAMAS". British Athletics. 6 May 2024. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
- ^ "KATARINA JOHNSON-THOMPSON NAMED IN STRONG GB & NI TEAM FOR EUROPEANS ROME 2024". British Athletics. 28 May 2024. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
- ^ "2024-25 OLYMPIC FUTURES PROGRAMME ATHLETES ANNOUNCED". British Athletics. 11 November 2024. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
- ^ Henderson, Jason (23 Feb 2025). "George Mills leads Euro qualifiers at UK Indoor Champs". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 24 February 2025.
- ^ "GB & NI TEAM SELECTED FOR THE EUROPEAN INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS 2025". British Athletics. 26 Feb 2025. Retrieved 26 Feb 2025.
- ^ "GB win mixed 4 x 400 metres relay bronze at European Indoors". BBC Sport. 6 March 2025. Retrieved 6 March 2025.
- ^ "George Mills wins 3,000m silver at European Indoor Championships". The Independent. 9 March 2025. Retrieved 9 March 2025.
- ^ "GB & NI TEAM SELECTED FOR THE WORLD ATHLETICS RELAYS 2025". British Athletics. 18 March 2025. Retrieved 18 March 2025.
- ^ "GB & NI SECURE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP SPOTS ON CRUCIAL FIRST DAY AT WORLD ATHLETICS RELAYS". British Athletics. 10 May 2025. Retrieved 10 May 2025.
- ^ "Women's 4x400 Metres Relay - World Athletics Relays Championships 2025". Watch Athletics. 11 May 2025. Retrieved 13 May 2025.
- ^ Mills, Steven (26 May 2025). "Over 72 metres again! 72.11m for Ceh in Ptuj". European Athletics. Retrieved 28 May 2025.
- ^ "Atleticageneve - EAP". World Athletics. 21 June 2025.
- ^ "European Athletics Team Championships First Division". World Athletics. 27 June 2025. Retrieved 27 June 2025.
- ^ "GB&NI Team for European Team Championships Announced". Fast Running. June 12, 2025. Retrieved 12 June 2025.
- ^ Mallows, Tom (29 June 2025). "GB finish fifth at European Athletics Team Championships". BBC Sport. Retrieved 30 June 2025.
- ^ Henderson, Jason (3 July 2025). "BIG GB TEAMS FOR THE EURO U23 CHAMPS AND WORLD UNIVERSITY GAMES". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 3 July 2025.
- ^ "Kent Schools Track & Field Championships 2019". Kentonline. 11 June 2019. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
- ^ "Our 2022/23 Scholars". lboro.ac.uk. Retrieved 11 January 2024.