Seren Bundy-Davies (born 30 December 1994) is a Welsh

track and field Track and field is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name is derived from where the sport takes place, a running track and a grass field for the throwing and some of the jumping eve ...

sprinter who competes in the

400 metres The 400 metres, or 400-meter dash, is a sprint event in track and field competitions. It has been featured in the athletics programme at the Summer Olympics since 1896 for men and since 1964 for women. On a standard outdoor running track, it is o ...

for

Great Britain Great Britain is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean off the northwest coast of continental Europe. With an area of , it is the largest of the British Isles, the largest European island and the ninth-largest island in the world. It ...

. She came to international prominence at the

2015 European Athletics Indoor Championships The 2015 European Athletics Indoor Championships were held from 5 to 8 March 2015 in the O2 Arena in Prague, Czech Republic. Bidding process Prague was chosen as the host of the Championships on the European Athletics council meeting in Sofia, B ...

, winning bronze in the 400 metres and silver in the 4 × 400 metres relay. She won a Bronze medal in the 4 × 400 m relay at the

2015 World Championships in Athletics The 2015 IAAF World Championships ( zh, 第十五届世界田径锦标赛), the fifteenth edition of the IAAF World Championships, were held from 22 to 30 August at the National Stadium in Beijing, China. Forty-three nations won medals, 144 of ...

Career

Early years and breakthrough

Born to

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parents in

Greater Manchester Greater Manchester is a metropolitan county and combined authority area in North West England, with a population of 2.8 million; comprising ten metropolitan boroughs: Manchester, Salford, Bolton, Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport, Tam ...

, she grew up in the city and was educated at

Wilmslow High School Wilmslow High School is a mixed-sex 11–18 comprehensive secondary school in Wilmslow, Cheshire, England. The school began in 1960 as a grammar school and gradually became a comprehensive school, becoming Wilmslow High School in 1991. Histo ...

. After playing numerous sports in school, she was picked out at age 17 by coach Steve Ball of Trafford Athletic Club, after finishing 4th over 400m at English School's Championships.Seren Bundy-Davies
. Power of 10. Retrieved on 2015-03-08. Joining Trafford Athletic Club and coached by Ball, she now competes for TAC and the

University of Manchester The University of Manchester is a public university, public research university in Manchester, England. The main campus is south of Manchester city centre, Manchester City Centre on Wilmslow Road, Oxford Road. The university owns and operates majo ...

, where under a sport scholarship she is studying for a

biomedical science Biomedical sciences are a set of sciences applying portions of natural science or formal science, or both, to develop knowledge, interventions, or technology that are of use in healthcare or public health. Such disciplines as medical microbi ...

degree. She broke through at national level in 2014, placing fourth at the

British Athletics Championships The British Athletics Championships is the premier national championship in track and field held in the United Kingdom, and are organised by British Athletics. The event has doubled as the main trials meet for international team selection for ma ...

. She was the Welsh senior champion that year, and improved her personal best to 52.50 seconds to become the Welsh record holder.

2015 season

At the

Birmingham Indoor Grand Prix The Birmingham Indoor Grand Prix, formerly known as Aviva Indoor Grand Prix, is an annual indoor track and field competition which is held in mid-February at the Arena Birmingham in Birmingham, England. It is one of a handful of events to hold I ...

at the start of 2015 she ran a personal best of 51.72 seconds to win the race. This run took Bundy-Davies top of the European Indoor rankings, and despite a fall in the British Athletics Indoor Championships, she was selected to represent Great Britain for the first time at the 2015 European Athletics Indoor Championships. There she won a bronze in the 400 metres, and a silver in 4 × 400 metres relay teamed with Laura Maddox, Kirsten McAslan and Kelly Massey. In her first outdoor race of the 2015 season at

Nivelles Nivelles (; nl, Nijvel, ; wa, Nivele; vls, Neyvel) is a city and municipality of Wallonia located in the Belgian province of Walloon Brabant. The Nivelles municipality includes the former municipalities of Baulers, Bornival, Thines, and Monst ...

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in June, she lowered her personal best to 51.72secs. She then choose to compete at the

2015 European Athletics U23 Championships The 2015 European Athletics U23 Championships were the 10th edition of the biennial athletics competition between European athletes under the age of twenty-three. It was held in Tallinn, Estonia from 8 to 12 July. Medal summary Men Women Med ...

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, finishing fourth in the individual 400m, and being part of the Great Britain and Northern Ireland team that claimed gold in the 4 × 400 m relay. She then ran a personal best at the London Anniversary Games in July with 51.48 in the 400m, coming in seventh. However, although these performances gained her selection for the GB relay team at the

Beijing } Beijing ( ; ; ), Chinese postal romanization, alternatively romanized as Peking ( ), is the Capital city, capital of the China, People's Republic of China. It is the center of power and development of the country. Beijing is the world's Li ...

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, under UK Athletics policy due to competing in an international Under23 competition she was made ineligible for individual 400m selection, despite meeting the required standard.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bundy-Davies, Seren Living people British female sprinters Welsh female sprinters Sportspeople from Manchester People from Wilmslow 1994 births World Athletics Championships athletes for Great Britain World Athletics Championships medalists Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of Great Britain European Athletics Championships medalists Olympic female sprinters