Hannah Brier (born 3 February 1998) is a British sprinter who won the 200 metres event at the

2022 British Indoor Athletics Championships The 2022 British Indoor Athletics Championships were the national indoor track and field competition for British athletes, held on 26 and 27 February 2022 at Arena Birmingham. The competition served as a qualification event for the 2022 World At ...

. She competed at the

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and

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Career

Brier trains at

Swansea Harriers Athletics Club Swansea Harriers Athletics Club is an athletics club based at Swansea University Athletics Centre in Swansea, Wales, UK. History Although athletics has taken place in Swansea since at least the late 19th century it was not until 1962 that the c ...

, and has previously competed for Loughborough. As a youngster, Brier held seven Welsh age groups records, including in the

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event. In May 2014, Brier,

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, Hannah Thomas, and Rachel Johncock broke the Welsh

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national record at the Loughborough International event. At the age of 16, she competed for Wales at the

2014 Commonwealth Games The 2014 Commonwealth Games ( gd, Geamannan a' Cho-fhlaitheis 2014), officially known as the XX Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Glasgow 2014, ( sco, Glesca 2014 or Glesga 2014; gd, Glaschu 2014), was an international multi-sport ev ...

. It was her first senior level international competition. She was initially only selected for the 4 × 100 metres relay event, but was later additionally chosen for the individual 100 metres competition. She finished fifth in her heat, and did not qualify for the semi-finals. The Welsh relay team finished seventh in their final. At the 2015 England Athletics Indoor Under-20s Championships, she set a Welsh under-20s record time of 11.44 seconds for the 100 metres event. Later in the year, she competed at the

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. She was included in the 2015–2016 British Athletics Futures Programme. In 2016, she won the 100 metres event at the Welsh National Championships. That year, she competed at the

2016 IAAF World U20 Championships The 2016 World U20 Championships in Athletics was an international athletics competition for athletes qualifying as juniors (born no earlier than 1 January 1997) which was held at Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak Stadium in Bydgoszcz, Poland on 19–24 Ju ...

, coming sixth in the 100 metres event and was part of the British team that did not finish in their heat of the

. Brier won the 60 metres events at the 2017 and 2018

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Indoor Championships, and the 60 metres event at the 2017 England Athletics Indoor Under-20s Championships. She was part of the British relay team that came sixth in the 4 × 100 metres relay event at the

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. Brier won the 200 metres event at the

. It was her tenth consecutive win of the season at indoor events. She won the 100 metres event at the 2022 Welsh National Championships, in a wind-assisted time of 11.38 seconds. At the

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, Brier set the Welsh national 100 metres record. She ran her heat in 11.33 seconds, which was 0.06 seconds faster than the previous record held jointly by herself, Sallyanne Short and Elaine O'Neill. Brier was selected in the

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for the

. Her brother

Joe Brier Joseph Brier (born 16 March 1999) is a Welsh track and field sprinter who specialises in the 400 metres. He has won medals with the British 4 × 400 metres relay team, including bronze at the World Athletics U20 Championships in 2018, silver at ...

was also selected for the Games, and they were one of four pairs of Welsh siblings scheduled to compete. At the Games, she finished last in her semi-final of the

100 metres The 100 metres, or 100-meter dash, is a sprint race in track and field competitions. The shortest common outdoor running distance, the dash is one of the most popular and prestigious events in the sport of athletics. It has been conteste ...

, and sixth in her semi-final of the

200 metres The 200 metres, or 200-meter dash, is a sprint running event. On an outdoor 400 metre racetrack, the race begins on the curve and ends on the home straight, so a combination of techniques is needed to successfully run the race. A slightl ...

competition. Brier finished second in the 200 metres event at the 2023 British Indoor Athletics Championships in a personal best time of 23.60 seconds.

Personal life

Brier studied at

Loughborough University Loughborough University (abbreviated as ''Lough'' or ''Lboro'' for post-nominals) is a public research university in the market town of Loughborough, Leicestershire, England. It has been a university since 1966, but it dates back to 1909, when L ...

, and later studied for an MSc at

Cardiff Metropolitan University , image_name = Shield of Cardiff Metropolitan University.svg , image_size = 150px , motto = cy, Gorau Meddiant Gwybodaeth , mottoeng = The most valuable possession is knowledge , established = 2011 – Car ...

. Her brother Joe is an international sprinter, and her mother also ran for Swansea Harriers.

References

External links

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Welsh Athletics Profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Brier, Hannah 1998 births Living people Alumni of Loughborough University Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games competitors for Wales Welsh female sprinters Alumni of Cardiff Metropolitan University Swansea Harriers Athletics Club Athletes (track and field) at the 2022 Commonwealth Games