Hannah Brier
Personal information
CitizenshipBritish
Born (1998-02-03) 3 February 1998
Sport
Country
  • Great Britain
  • Wales
SportRunning
University teamLoughborough
ClubSwansea Harriers
Achievements and titles
National finals2022 Indoor, 2023 Indoor
Commonwealth finals2014, 2022
Medal record
Representing  Great Britain
British Indoor Athletics Championships
Gold medal – first place2022 Birmingham200m
Silver medal – second place2023 Birmingham200m

Hannah Brier (born 3 February 1998) is a British sprinter who won the 200 metres event at the 2022 British Indoor Athletics Championships. She competed at the 2014 and 2022 Commonwealth Games.

Career

Brier trains at Swansea Harriers Athletics Club,[1] and has previously competed for Loughborough.[2] As a youngster, Brier held seven Welsh age groups records, including in the long jump event.[3] In May 2014, Brier, Mica Moore, Hannah Thomas, and Rachel Johncock broke the Welsh 4 × 100 metres relay national record at the Loughborough International event.[4]

At the age of 16, she competed for Wales at the 2014 Commonwealth Games.[5] 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.[3] She finished fifth in her heat, and did not qualify for the semi-finals.[6] The Welsh relay team finished seventh in their final.[7] 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 2015 World Youth Championships in Athletics.[8] She was included in the 2015–2016 British Athletics Futures Programme.[9]

In 2016, she won the 100 metres event at the Welsh National Championships.[10] That year, she competed at the 2016 IAAF World U20 Championships, coming sixth in the 100 metres event[11] and was part of the British team that did not finish in their heat of the 4 × 100 metres relay.[12] Brier won the 60 metres events at the 2017 and 2018 British Universities and Colleges Sport Indoor Championships,[2] and the 60 metres event at the 2017 England Athletics Indoor Under-20s Championships.[13] She was part of the British relay team that came sixth in the 4 × 100 metres relay event at the 2019 European Athletics U23 Championships.[14]

Brier won the 200 metres event at the 2022 British Indoor Athletics Championships. It was her tenth consecutive win of the season at indoor events.[5] She won the 100 metres event at the 2022 Welsh National Championships, in a wind-assisted time of 11.38 seconds.[15] At the 2022 British Athletics Championships, 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.[1][16]

Brier was selected in the Welsh team for the 2022 Commonwealth Games.[15] Her brother Joe Brier was also selected for the Games, and they were one of four pairs of Welsh siblings scheduled to compete.[17] At the Games, she finished last in her semi-final of the 100 metres,[18] and sixth in her semi-final of the 200 metres competition.[19] Brier finished second in the 200 metres event at the 2023 British Indoor Athletics Championships in a personal best time of 23.60 seconds.[20]

Personal life

Brier studied at Loughborough University, and later studied for an MSc at Cardiff Metropolitan University.[21] Her brother Joe is an international sprinter,[17] and her mother also ran for Swansea Harriers.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 "Hannah Brier: Swansea Harrier becomes Wales' fastest woman". BBC Sport. 25 June 2022. Retrieved 6 July 2022.
  2. 1 2 "Hannah Brier retains 60m title on day one at BUCS Indoor Championships". Athletics Weekly. 16 February 2018. Retrieved 6 July 2022.
  3. 1 2 3 "After Glasgow, Hannah Brier has Cali in her sights". Athletics Weekly. 2 December 2014. Retrieved 6 July 2014.
  4. ↑ Penman, Andrew (11 June 2014). "Mica Moore thrilled by Commonwealth Games chance". South Wales Argus. Archived from the original on 13 February 2018. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
  5. 1 2 "Bethan Davies, Hannah Brier And Piers Copeland Lead A Welsh Gold Rush At UK Championships". Dai Sport. 28 February 2022. Retrieved 6 July 2022.
  6. ↑ "Women's 100M Round 1 – Heat 6". Glasgow 2014. Retrieved 6 July 2022.
  7. ↑ "Mica Moore: Welsh bobsleigher hopes to reach Olympics despite funding cut". BBC Sport. 20 September 2017. Archived from the original on 22 November 2017. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
  8. ↑ "Brier and McAulay to lead GB hopes in Cali". Athletics Weekly. 30 June 2015. Retrieved 6 July 2022.
  9. ↑ "Welsh sprint sensation Hannah Brier named as Future British star". Wales Online. 22 November 2015. Retrieved 6 July 2022.
  10. ↑ "Sprint sensation Hannah Brier claims Welsh 100m title". Wales Online. 12 June 2015. Retrieved 6 July 2022.
  11. ↑ "100 Metres women". World Athletics. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
  12. ↑ "4x100 Metres Relay women". World Athletics. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
  13. ↑ "Alicia Barrett in record-breaking form at England Athletics indoor under-20 champs". Athletics Weekly. 26 February 2017. Retrieved 6 July 2022.
  14. ↑ "Women's 4x100m". European Athletic Association. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
  15. 1 2 "Birmingham-Bound Hannah Brier Says 'Big' Time On The Cards After 'Ugly' Welsh 100m Title Triumph". Dai Sport. 13 June 2022. Retrieved 6 July 2022.
  16. ↑ "Hannah's Manor . . . Brier Confirmed As The Queen Of Welsh Sprinting With New Record". Dai Sport. 25 June 2022. Retrieved 6 July 2022.
  17. 1 2 "Carolyn Hitt: The other Team Wales doing us proud". Wales Online. 11 June 2022. Retrieved 6 July 2022.
  18. ↑ "Women's 100m - Semi-Final 1". 2022 Commonwealth Games. Retrieved 13 August 2022.
  19. ↑ "Women's 200m - Semi-Final 1". 2022 Commonwealth Games. Retrieved 13 August 2022.
  20. ↑ "Ellie Baker breaks championships record on her way to 1500m title". Athletics Weekly. 19 February 2023. Retrieved 20 February 2023.
  21. ↑ "GUEST BLOG – HANNAH BRIER". My Finish Line. Retrieved 6 July 2022.
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