British athlete (born 2002)
Serena Vincent
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| Nationality | British |
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| Born | (2002-12-05) 5 December 2002 (age 22) |
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| Sport | Athletics |
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| Event | Shot put |
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| Personal best(s) | Shot put: 17.78m (Loughborough, 2024) |
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Serena Vincent (date 5 December 2002) is a British shot putter. An English shot put champion, she has won multiple medals indoors and outdoors at the British Athletics Championships.
Early life
From Bursledon, she attended The Gregg School in Southampton.[1] At the age of fifteen years-old, she was selected to represent England at the Commonwealth Youth Games.[2] The youngest competitor in the field, she placed ninth overall in the shot put final.[3]
Career
A member of City of Portsmouth AC, Vincent set British shot put records at U17 and U18 level. She won the World Schools Cup in Croatia in 2019.[4][5]
In September 2020, she became the number one ranked U20 shot putter in the world.[6] That month, she won her first medal at the senior 2020 British Athletics Championships, throwing 15.60m to secure third place.[7]
In July 2021, she won the senior England Athletics Championship shot put title.[8] In 2022, she placed fifth at the 2022 British Athletics Championships.[9]
She managed 16.15m to finish second in the women’s shot put behind world champion Chase Ealey at the Reykjavik International Games in February 2023.[10] In March 2023, she won the U23 women’s shot put at the 2023 European Throwing Cup with a personal best of 16.90 metres.[11] She was a silver medalist in the shot put at the 2023 European Athletics U23 Championships in Espoo in July 2023, improving her personal best to 16.93 metres.[12]
In February 2024, she was runner-up at the 2024 British Indoor Athletics Championships in Birmingham with a distance of 16.69 metres.[13][14] She set a new personal best at the Loughborough International of 17.78 metres in May 2024.[15] She was a silver medalist at the 2024 British Athletics Championships in the shot put, with 17.32 metres.[16]
Personal life
She attends Loughborough University.[17]
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