Britany Anderson (born 3 January 2001) is a

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n athlete.

Career

Anderson, the 2017 world U18 champion, who won silver at the 2018

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, twice broke the world U20 record of 12.84, which had been set by Cuba’s Aliuska Lopez in Zagreb on 16 July 1987, at the same meeting. First, Anderson clocked 12.79 in her heat. She then bettered it as she ran 12.71 for the

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on 24 July 2019, at the Motonet Grand Prix in

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to set a new junior world record. This record was ratified on 11 September 2019. She was one of five finalists for the IAAF 2019 Female Rising Star Award. She qualified to represent Jamaica at the

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. In the semifinals of the 100 m hurdles at the

, she set a new personal best of 12.40, defeating Kendra Harrison. In the final, she hit a hurdle and finished in 8th place. Anderson finished fourth in the 2022 World Indoor Athletics Championships in the 60m hurdles. At the

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Anderson won her heat to qualify for the semi finals as the fourth fastest overall before winning the silver medal in the final.

References

2001 births Living people Jamaican female hurdlers Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of Jamaica World Athletics Championships medalists 21st-century Jamaican women {{Jamaica-athletics-bio-stub