Brodie Young (athlete)

Brodie Young (born 28 February 2003) is a British track and field athlete who competes as a sprinter.[1]

Brodie Young
Personal information
NationalityBritish
Born (2003-02-28) 28 February 2003
Sport
SportAthletics
Event400 metres
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)400m: 45.82 (Clovis, 2023)
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Great Britain
European Athletics U20 Championships
2021 Tallinn4x400 m relay
European U23 Championships
2023 Espoo4x400m relay

Early life

Young is from Chryston, in Scotland. In 2022, he started the first year of a four-year scholarship at the University of New Mexico.[2]

Career

A member of the Airdrie Harriers, Young won back-to-back Scottish Senior Championship gold medals in the 400 metres in 2021 and 2022.[3] He was a member of the gold medal winning 4x400m team at the European Athletics U20 Championships in Tallinn in 2021.[4] He represented Great Britain at the World Athletics U20 Championships in Cali, Colombia, in August 2022. [3]

He ran a personal best time of 45.82 time for the 400 metres in Clovis, California in 2023.[2] He was selected for the British team for the European Team Games in Silesia in June 2023.[5] He was a member of the bronze medal winning 4x400m team at the European Athletics U23 Championships in Espoo in 2023, and ran in the 400 metres individual race.[6]

In April 2024, he was selected as part of the British team for the 2024 World Athletics Relays in Nassau, Bahamas.[7] He ran at the championships as the British mixed 4x400m team qualified for the 2024 Paris Olympics.[8]

References
  1. "Brodie Young". World Athletics. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
  2. McGilvray, Andy (16 July 2023). "Athlete Brodie Young is living the American dream as he nets GB call-up". Daily Record. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
  3. Thomson, Paul (11 September 2022). "Airdrie Harriers teen labelled 'world-class' as he starts University of New Mexico". Daily Record. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
  4. "Gold rush for Britain at the European U20 Champs". Athletics Weekly. July 18, 2021. Retrieved February 25, 2023.
  5. "Five Scots named for European Team Champs – with four sprinters!". Scottish Athletics. 7 June 2023. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
  6. "KEELY HODGKINSON AND JEREMIAH AZU TO CAPTAIN GB & NI AT EUROPEAN U23 CHAMPIONSHIPS". British Athletics. 12 July 2023. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
  7. "Ujah returns to British squad for world relays". BBC Sport. 11 April 2024. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
  8. Henderson, Jason (May 5, 2024). "British relay runners qualify for Paris en masse in The Bahamas". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
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