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Maya Bruney (born 24 February 1998) is a British-Italian sprinter who has been competing for Italy since 2021. Running for Great Britain, she won the gold medal in 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 slight ...
and bronze medals for the
4 × 100 4 (four) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number following 3 and preceding 5. It is a square number, the smallest semiprime and composite number, and is considered unlucky in many East Asian cultures. Evolution of the Hi ...
and
4 × 400 metres relay The 4 × 400 metres relay or long relay is an athletics track and field, track event in which teams consist of four runners who each complete 400 metres or one lap, totaling 1600 meters. It is traditionally the final event of ...
s at the 2017 European Under-20 Championships.


Biography

Maya Bruney was born in London, UK. She has dual nationality as her mother is Italian. From 2012 to 2016, Bruney attended the
BRIT School BRIT School for Performing Arts and Technology is a British performing and creative arts school located in Selhurst, Croydon, England, with a mandate to provide education and vocational training for the performing arts, music, music technology, ...
in Croydon. In July 2014, she was awarded the BRIT School excellence in design award for a sneaker design, and in July 2016, was awarded for the second time for her end of year design portfolio. Her portfolio gave her different offers and she chose
University of East London University of East London (UEL) is a public university located in the London Borough of Newham, London, England, based at three campuses in Stratford, London, Stratford and London Docklands, Docklands, following the opening of University Squar ...
. Bruney started athletics at age seven and began competing in the
long jump The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a takeoff point. Along with the triple jump, the two events that measure jumping for distance as a gr ...
and sprints events three years later. At age 12, she transferred from South London Harriers to Blackheath and Bromley Harriers where she was coached by her father. In 2011, Bruney became 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 slight ...
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winner. At the 2012 edition of this championships, she became 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 contested at ...
champion and was part of the U15 record-breaking Surrey 4 x 100 m relay team, coached by her father. To this day, the team holds the British U15 Record in a time of 47.37. In February 2017, Bruney won the bronze medal in the 200 m at the
British Indoor Athletics Championships The British Indoor Athletics Championships is the annual national championship in indoor track and field for the United Kingdom, organised by UK Athletics. Eight track and five field events for both men and women are contested, with athletes being i ...
. Outdoors in April, she became the
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200 m champion. In July, the 19-year-old became the only athlete to achieve a hat-trick of medals at the 2017 European Under-20 Championships in
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, Italy. She won the 200 m with a time of 23.04 seconds and earned bronze medals for the 4 x 100 m and 4 x 400 m relays. After her successful 2017 season, Bruney was nominated for the
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award. In February 2021,
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confirmed her transfer of allegiance from Britain to Italy. She now competes for female athletic club in Italy, Bracco Atletica. In February 2022, Bruney placed third in the 400 m at the Italian Indoor Championships.


Achievements


International competitions


Personal bests

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60 metres 60 metres, or 60-meter dash, is a sprint event in track and field. It is a championship event for indoor championships, normally dominated by the best outdoor 100 metres runners. At indoor events, the 60 metres is run on lanes set out in the mi ...
indoor – 7.45 (
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2018) *
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 contested at ...
– 11.82 (+1.4 m/s,
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2017) *
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 slight ...
– 23.04 (−1.0 m/s,
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2017) ** 200 metres indoor – 24.00 (
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2017) *
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 ...
– 53.10 (
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2018) *
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split – 51.70 (
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2017) ** 400 metres indoor – 53.19 (
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2022)


National championships


References


External links

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Maya Fonda Bruney
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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bruney, Maya 1998 births British female sprinters English female sprinters Alumni of the University of East London People educated at the BRIT School Living people Italian female sprinters Athletes from London English people of Italian descent 21st-century English sportswomen 21st-century Italian sportswomen