Britany Anderson
Jamaican athletics competitor (born 2001)
Britany Anderson (born 3 January 2001) is a Jamaican hurdler. She was the silver medalist in the 100 metres hurdles at the 2022 World Athletics Championships and gold medalist at the 2017 IAAF World U18 Championships.
Career
Anderson won the gold medal in the 100 metres hurdles at the 2017 IAAF World U18 Championships in Nairobi, Kenya. The following year, Anderson won the silver medal at the 2018 World Athletics U20 Championships in Tampere, Finland, credited with the same time (13.01 seconds) as gold medal winner Tia Jones of the United States.
Anderson twice broke the world U20 record at the same meeting, held previously by Cuba's Aliuska López in 1987, whilst competing on 24 July 2019, at the Motonet Grand Prix in Joensuu. First running 12.79 seconds in her heat, before
bettering it later that day to 12.71 seconds. The record was ratified on 11 September 2019. She was one of five finalists for the 2019 IAAF Female Rising Star Award.
She qualified to represent Jamaica at the delayed 2020 Summer Olympics, held in Tokyo in August 2021. In the semi-finals of the 100 m hurdles at the Olympic Games, she set a new personal best of 12.40 seconds, defeating eventual silver medalist Kendra Harrison in her race.
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