{{Short description|Jamaican hurdler (born 2001)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}} {{Use British English|date=September 2024}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Britany Anderson | birth_name = | image = | caption = | nationality = Jamaican | birth_date = {{birth date and age|2001|01|03|df=yes}} | birth_place = | height = | weight = | country = Jamaica | sport = Athletics | event = Hurdling, sprint | coach = Marco Airale | pb = '''60 m hurdles:''' 7.82 (Louisville, 2022)<br>'''100 m hurdles:''' 12.31 (Eugene, 2022) | medaltemplates = {{Medal|Sport|Women's athletics}} {{Medal|Country|{{JAM}}}} {{MedalCompetition|World Championships}} {{Medal|Silver|2022 Eugene|100 m hurdles}} {{Medal|Competition|World U20 Championships}} {{Medal|Silver|2018 Tampere|100 m hurdles}} {{Medal|Competition|World U18 Championships}} {{Medal|Gold|2017 Nairobi|100 m hurdles}} {{Medal|Competition|Carifta Games <br> Youth (U18)}} {{Medal|Gold |2017 Willemstad | 100 m hurdles}} {{Medal|Gold |2016 St. George's | Long jump}} {{Medal|Silver |2016 St. George's | 200 m}} }} '''Britany Anderson''' (born 3 January 2001) is a Jamaican hurdler. She was the silver medalist in the 100 metres hurdles at the 2022 World Athletics Championships and gold medalist at the 2017 IAAF World U18 Championships.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://worldathletics.org/athletes/jamaica/britany-anderson-14630593|title=Britany ANDERSON | Profile|website=worldathletics.org}}</ref>
==Career== Anderson won the gold medal in the 100 metres hurdles at the 2017 IAAF World U18 Championships in Nairobi, Kenya. The following year, Anderson won the silver medal at the 2018 World Athletics U20 Championships in Tampere, Finland, credited with the same time (13.01 seconds) as gold medal winner Tia Jones of the United States.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Foster|first=Anthony|date=2018-07-15|title=Britany Anderson wins 100H silver at World U20 Championships|url=https://trackalerts.com/britany-anderson-wins-100h-silver-at-world-u20-championships/|access-date=2021-06-19|website=Trackalerts}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://worldathletics.org/news/feature/britany-anderson-u20-record-jamaica-hurdles |website=World Athletics|accessdate=3 January 2026|title= Long-standing record now broken, Anderson eyes faster times and more titles in 2020|date=24 December 2019 }}</ref>
Anderson twice broke the world U20 record at the same meeting, held previously by Cuba's Aliuska López in 1987, whilst competing on 24 July 2019, at the Motonet Grand Prix in Joensuu. First running 12.79 seconds in her heat, before bettering it later that day to 12.71 seconds.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://worldathletics.org/news/press-release/world-record-ratified-muhammad-anderson-hurdl|title=Ratified: Muhammad's world 400m hurdles record and Anderson's world U20 100m hurdles record | PRESS-RELEASE | World Athletics|website=worldathletics.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=European Athletics {{!}} European Athletics|url=https://european-athletics.com/competitions|access-date=2021-06-19|website=european-athletics.com}}</ref> The record was ratified on 11 September 2019.<ref name="auto"/> She was one of five finalists for the 2019 IAAF Female Rising Star Award.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://zipfm.net/?p=26530|title=BRITTANY ANDERSON NOMINATED FOR IAAF FEMALE RISING STAR AWARD | ZIP103FM|date=5 November 2019 }}</ref>
She qualified to represent Jamaica at the delayed 2020 Summer Olympics, held in Tokyo in August 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|title='I really still can't believe that I made the team,' says Anderson |url=https://www.jamaicaobserver.com/2021/07/02/i-really-still-cant-believe-that-i-made-the-team-says-anderson/|newspaper=Jamaica Observer|first=Paul A.|last=Reid|date=2 July 2021|accessdate=22 September 2024}}</ref> In the semi-finals of the 100 m hurdles at the Olympic Games, she set a new personal best of 12.40 seconds, defeating eventual silver medalist Kendra Harrison in her race. In the final, she hit a hurdle and finished in 8th place.<ref>{{cite web|website=Jamaica Observer|date=31 July 2021|url= https://www.jamaicaobserver.com/2021/07/31/olympics-anderson-and-tapper-advance-to-100m-hurdles-final/|title= Olympics: Anderson and Tapper advance to 100m hurdles final |accessdate=3 Jan 2026}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=The XXXII Olympic Games|date=1 August 2021|url= https://worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results/results/7132391?eventId=10229522|accessdate=3 Jan 2026|website=World Athletics}}</ref>
Anderson finished fourth in 7.96 seconds in the 60 metres hurdles at the 2022 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Belgrade.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results/results/7138985?eventId=10230177 |website=World Athletics|accessdate=3 January 2026|title= World Athletics Indoor Championships|date=18 March 2022 }}</ref> That summer, at the 2022 World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon Anderson won the silver medal in the final of the 100 metres hurdles in a Jamaican record time of 12.31 seconds, a record that stood until broken by Ackera Nugent in 2024. At 21, Anderson set a new record as the youngest 100m hurdles medalist in a World Championships or Olympic Games.<ref>{{cite web | url= https://www.nbcsports.com/olympics/news/britany-anderson-hurdles-injury-track-and-field# | title= Britany Anderson, world 100m hurdles silver medalist, to miss track season |work=nbcsports|accessdate=3 Jan 2025 | date=11 May 2023 }}</ref> <ref>{{cite web|website=Jamaica Observer|date=1 June 2025|url=https://www.jamaicaobserver.com/2025/06/01/sprint-hurdler-britany-anderson-newly-married-expecting-first-child/#google_vignette|title= Sprint hurdler Britany Anderson newly married, expecting first child |accessdate=3 January 2026}}</ref>
Knee surgery caused Anderson to miss the entire 2023 season. On her comeback she ran 13.34 seconds to win at the La Fratellanza 1874 meeting on 26 April 2024, in Italy.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.sportsmax.tv/athletics/item/146113-wins-for-jamaican-duo-mcleod-and-anderson-in-italy-on-thursday|website=Sportsmax|accessdate=29 April 2024|title= Wins for Jamaican duo McLeod and Anderson in Italy on Thursday|first=Leighton|last=Levy |date=26 April 2024}}</ref> She went on to compete throughout the season including at the 2024 Jamaican Championships.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.caribbeannationalweekly.com/sports/jamaican-sprint-hurdler-britany-anderson-announces-marriage-and-pregnancy/|website= caribbeannationalweekly.com|accessdate=3 Jan 2026|title= Jamaican sprint hurdler Britany Anderson announces marriage and pregnancy |date=June 4, 2025}}</ref>
==Personal life== In the summer of 2025, Anderson announced her marriage to Gianluca Marchiori and subsequent pregnancy via her social media platform. <ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.jamaicaobserver.com/2025/06/01/sprint-hurdler-britany-anderson-newly-married-expecting-first-child/|title= Sprint hurdler Britany Anderson newly married, expecting first child|accessdate= 2026-05-11}}</ref> She has one son.
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