British athlete (born 2002)
Aleeya Sibbons
Born (2002-11-05 ) 5 November 2002 (age 21) Sport Athletics Event Sprint Personal best(s) 100m : 11.33 (London, 2023)200m : 23.35 (Loughborough, 2024)
Aleeya Sibbons (born 5 November 2002) is a track and field athlete who competes internationally for Great Britain as a sprinter .[ 1]
Early life
From Barking & Dagenham , she attended Eastbury Community School . She won gold in the U15 100 metres at the English Schools Championships in 2017.[ 2] She began a degree in Architecture at the University of Bath in 2021.[ 3] [ 4]
Career
She was a member of the gold medal winning 4x100m team at the European Athletics U20 Championships in Tallinn in 2021.[ 5] A member of the Newham & Essex Beagles, she won the British Universities and College (BUCS) 100 metres title in May 2022, in a time of 11.70 seconds. At the same event, she won gold in the women's 4x100m relay .[ 4]
She won the 100m title at the 2023 England Athletics U23 Championships in Chelmsford , running a time of 11.46 seconds.[ 6] She was selected as part of the British squad for the 2023 European Games in Silesia .[ 7] She was a member of the gold medal
winning inning 4x100m team at the European Athletics U23 Championships in Espoo in 2023.[ 8]
In April 2024, she was selected as part of the British team for the 2024 World Athletics Relays in Nassau, Bahamas .[ 9] She ran as part of the Women's 4 × 100 metres team which finished third overall.[ 10] She lowered her 200m personal best to 23.35 seconds at the 2024 Loughborough International in May 2024.[ 11] In June 2024, she was selected for the British team for the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome .[ 12]
References
1997 : Germany (Möller , Ghosh , Kette , Eichmann )
1999 : France (Mahobah , Hurtis , Dia , Deruel )
2001 : Great Britain (Burnside , Roscoe , Scott , Oyepitan )
2003 : Ukraine (Pyhyda , Shepetyuk , Chebanu , Maydanova )
2005 : France (Vouaux , Jacques-Sébastien , Kamga , Ikuesan )
2007 : Russia (Mekhti-Zade , Vdovina , Murinovich , Chermoshanskaya )
2009 : Great Britain (Lewis , Duck , Sargent , O'Neill )
2011 : Russia (Filatova , Tamkova , Kuzina , Argunova )
2013 : Germany (Hollender , Günther , Pinto , Grompe )
2015 : Germany (Lederer , Burghardt , Haase , Freese )
2017 : Spain (Sevilla , Petrirena , Gómez , Lara )
2019 : Germany (Montag , Kwadwo , Junk , Nippgen )
2021 : Germany (Kaden , Kwadwo , Junk , Prepens )
2023 : Great Britain (Pemberton , Hunt , Bell , Sibbons )