{{Short description|British athlete (born 2004)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2025}} {{Use British English|date=August 2025}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Emily Newnham | image = | caption = | nationality = British | sport = Athletics | event = Hurdles | club = Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers | birth_date = {{birth date and age|2004|5|19|df=yes}} | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | height = | weight = | pb = '''400m:''' 50.84 (Madrid, 2025)<br>'''400m hurdles:''' 54.08 (Bergen, 2025) | medaltemplates = {{Medal|Sport|Women's athletics}} {{Medal|Country|{{GBR2}}}} {{Medal|Competition|European Indoor Championships}} {{Medal|Silver|2025 Apeldoorn|4x400 m relay}} {{Medal|Bronze|2025 Apeldoorn|4x400 m mixed relay}} {{Medal|Competition|European U23 Championships}} {{Medal|Gold|2025 Bergen|400m hurdles}} {{MedalGold|2025 Bergen|4x400 m relay}} }}
'''Emily Newnham''' (born 19 May 2004) is a track and field athlete who competes internationally for Great Britain as a sprinter and a hurdler.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://worldathletics.org/athletes/great-britain-ni/emily-newnham-14899734|website=World Athletics|accessdate=12 April 2024|title=Emily Newnham}}</ref>
==Biography== She was English Schools Champion over 400 metres hurdles in 2020, Running a time of 59.22 seconds in Manchester.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://athleticsweekly.com/event-news/young-athletes-shine-at-english-schools-champs-1039958278/|title= Young athletes shine at English Schools Champs|website=Athletics Weekly|first=Steve|last=Smythe|date=July 11, 2022|accessdate=12 April 2024}}</ref>
===2023=== She won the British Universities and College (BUCS) indoors 400 metres title in February 2023.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.studentsportcompany.com/news/2023-bucs-nationals-results|title=BUCS National Results 2023|accessdate=12 April 2024|date=1 March 2023|website=Studentsportscompany}}</ref>
She won the British U20 400m hurdles title in Chelmsford in June 2023 with a time of 58.54 seconds.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.englandathletics.org/news/full-of-promise-for-the-future-day-2-of-u23-and-u20-champs/|website=England Athletics|accessdate=12 April 2024|title= Full of promise for the future – day 2 of U23 and U20 champs |date=19 June 2023}}</ref> She was a bronze medalist in the 400m hurdles at the 2023 British Athletics Championships in Manchester in 2023, running a 57.13 personal best.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://athleticsweekly.com/featured/there-are-no-limits-to-what-i-can-do-1039969394/|website=Athletics Weekly|accessdate=12 April 2024|title= "There are no limits to what I can do"|first=Euan|last=Crumley|date=Jul 9, 2023}}</ref> She finished fourth in the 400m hurdles at the 2023 European Athletics U20 Championships in Jerusalem.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results/results/7147654?eventId=10229523|website=World Athletics|accessdate=12 April 2024|title= European Athletics U20 Championships|date=7 August 2023}}</ref>
She made her Diamond League debut at the 2023 Weltklasse Zürich on 31 August 2023.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.watchathletics.com/page/4595/women-s-400m-results-weltklasse-zurich-diamond-league-2023|website=Watch Athletics|accessdate=11 May 2024|title= Women's 400m Results: Weltklasse Zurich Diamond League 2023|date=31 August 2023}}</ref>
===2024=== In February 2024, she won the British Universities and College (BUCS) indoors 400m in a championship record time of to 53.06.<ref>{{cite web|accessdate= 12 April 2024|url=https://athleticsweekly.com/results/abigail-pawlett-set-for-glasgow-after-pbs-at-bucs-indoor-champs-1039975749/|title= Abigail Pawlett set for Glasgow after PBs at BUCS Indoor Champs|first= Steve |last=Smythe |date=February 27, 2024 |website=Athletics Weekly}}</ref>
In April 2024, she was selected as part of the British team for the 2024 World Athletics Relays in Nassau, Bahamas.<ref>{{cite web|website=BBC Sport|title= Ujah returns to British squad for world relays |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/68792495|date=11 April 2024|accessdate=12 April 2024}}</ref> She ran in the final of the event as the British {{nowrap|4 × 400 m}} team finished fourth overall.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.britishathletics.org.uk/news-and-features/gb-ni-team-secure-final-olympic-spot-and-4x100m-bronze-at-world-athletics-relays-bahamas-24/|website=British Athletics|accessdate=11 May 2024|title= GB & NI TEAM SECURE FINAL OLYMPIC SPOT AND 4X100M BRONZE AT WORLD ATHLETICS RELAYS BAHAMAS|date=6 May 2024}}</ref> She was selected to run the 4x400 metres for Britain at the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.britishathletics.org.uk/news-and-features/reigning-world-champion-katarina-johnson-thompson-named-in-strong-gb-ni-team-for-european-athletics-championships-rome-2024/|title= KATARINA JOHNSON-THOMPSON NAMED IN STRONG GB & NI TEAM FOR EUROPEANS ROME 2024|website=British Athletics|accessdate=28 May 2024|date=28 May 2024}}</ref>
In November 2024, she was named by British Athletics on the Olympic Futures Programme for 2025.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.britishathletics.org.uk/news-and-features/2024-25-olympic-futures-programme-athletes-announced/|accessdate=11 November 2024|date= 11 November 2024|website=British Athletics|title=2024-25 OLYMPIC FUTURES PROGRAMME ATHLETES ANNOUNCED}}</ref>
===2025=== She ran an indoors personal best of 52.16 seconds to finish third in the 400 metres at the 2025 British Indoor Athletics Championships in Birmingham, on 23 February 2025.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://athleticsweekly.com/event-reports/george-mills-leads-euro-qualifiers-at-uk-indoor-champs-1039997608/ |website=Athletics Weekly|accessdate=24 February 2025|date=23 Feb 2025|title= George Mills leads Euro qualifiers at UK Indoor Champs |first=Jason|last=Henderson}}</ref> She was selected for the British {{nowrap|4 × 400 m}} relay team for the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Apeldoorn, winning a bronze medal in the mixed {{nowrap|4 × 400 m}} relay.<ref>{{cite web|website=British Athletics|url= https://www.britishathletics.org.uk/news-and-features/gb-ni-team-selected-for-the-european-indoor-championships-2025/|accessdate=26 Feb 2025|date=26 Feb 2025|title= GB & NI TEAM SELECTED FOR THE EUROPEAN INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/articles/cj92w7jpj8po|title=GB win mixed 4 x 400 metres relay bronze at European Indoors|website=BBC Sport|date=6 March 2025|accessdate=6 March 2025}}</ref> She won a silver medal in the women’s 4x400 metres relay alongside Lina Nielsen, Amber Anning and Hannah Kelly, with the quartet setting a new national record of three minutes, 24.89 seconds.<ref>{{cite web|website=The Independent|accessdate=9 March 2025|date=9 March 2025|url= https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/rome-england-norwegian-british-athletics-bbc-b2711787.html#|title= George Mills wins 3,000m silver at European Indoor Championships}}</ref>
She was named in the British team for the 2025 World Athletics Relays in Guangzhou in May 2025.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.britishathletics.org.uk/news-and-features/gb-ni-team-selected-for-the-world-athletics-relays-2025/|website=British Athletics|date=18 March 2025|accessdate=18 March 2025|title= GB & NI TEAM SELECTED FOR THE WORLD ATHLETICS RELAYS 2025}}</ref> She ran in the mixed 4 x 400 metres relay, alongside Josh Faulds, Sam Lunt and Nicole Yeargin as the British quartet won their heat to qualify for the final and secure a place for Britain at the 2025 World Championships.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.britishathletics.org.uk/news-and-features/gb-ni-secure-world-championship-spots-on-crucial-first-day-at-world-athletics-relays-china/ |website=British Athletics|accessdate=10 May 2025|title= GB & NI SECURE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP SPOTS ON CRUCIAL FIRST DAY AT WORLD ATHLETICS RELAYS|date=10 May 2025}}</ref> On the second day of the competition she ran in the Women's 4 × 400 metres relay and also helped the British team qualify in that event.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.watchathletics.com/page/6610/women-s-4x400-metres-relay-world-athletics-relays-championships-2025 | website=Watch Athletics|accessdate=13 May 2025|date=11 May 2025|title= Women's 4x400 Metres Relay - World Athletics Relays Championships 2025}}</ref> Later that month, she lowered her personal best to 51.45 for the 400 metres and also ran a 400m hurdles personal best of 55.20, whilst competing in Brussels.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.european-athletics.com/home/news/over-72-metres-again-72-11m-for-ceh-in-ptuj|website=European Athletics|accessdate=28 May 2025|title= Over 72 metres again! 72.11m for Ceh in Ptuj|first=Steven|last= Mills|date=26 May 2025}}</ref> In June 2025, she ran a 54.49 400m hurdles race in Geneva.<ref>{{cite web|date=21 June 2025|url=https://worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results/results/7217811?eventId=10229523|website=World Athletics|title= Atleticageneve - EAP}}</ref> She was selected for the 400 metres at the 2025 European Athletics Team Championships, where she ran a personal best 50.84 seconds on 28 June 2025.<ref>{{cite web|title= European Athletics Team Championships First Division |website=World Athletics|accessdate=27 June 2025|url= https://worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results/results/7173259?eventId=10229511|date=27 June 2025 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://fastrunning.com/running-athletics-news/great-britain/gbni-team-for-european-team-championships-announced/38436|website=Fast Running|accessdate=12 June 2025|title= GB&NI Team for European Team Championships Announced|date=June 12, 2025}}</ref> The following day, she also competed in the mixed 4 x 400 metres, in which Britain finished in third place, in the same time as the second-placed Italian team.<ref>{{cite web|website=BBC Sport|access-date=30 June 2025|url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/articles/c939lwkq9qeo|first=Tom|last=Mallows|title= GB finish fifth at European Athletics Team Championships|date=29 June 2025}}</ref>
She won the gold medal in the 400 metres hurdles in a championship record and personal best time of 54.08 seconds to win by over a second from the rest of the field at the 2025 European Athletics U23 Championships in Bergen, Norway on 19 July 2025. Her time was also just 0.05 away from former Olympic champion Sally Gunnell’s British U23 record.<ref>{{cite web|title=Fischer-Breiholz smashes Warholm's championship record for 400m hurdles gold in Bergen |website=European Athletics|accessdate=19 July 2025|url= https://www.european-athletics.com/home/news/fischer-breiholz-smashes-warholm-s-championship-record-for-400m-hurdles-gold-in-bergen |first=Steven|last=Mills|date=19 Jul 2025}}</ref> Later in the championships, she ran as part of the gold medal winning British 4 x 400 metres relay team.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.european-athletics.com/home/news/great-britain-and-spain-win-thrilling-4x400m-finals-in-european-u23-records|website=European Athletics|accessdate=20 July 2025|title= Great Britain and Spain win thrilling 4x400m finals in European U23 records|first=Chris|last=Broadbent|date=20 Jul 2025}}</ref>
She was runner-up to Lina Nielsen at the 2025 UK Athletics Championships on 3 August 2025 in Birmingham.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.britishathletics.org.uk/news-and-features/hughes-stars-again-on-day-of-sterling-action-at-novuna-uk-athletics-championships/|website=British Athletics|accessdate=4 August 2025|title= HUGHES STARS AGAIN ON DAY OF STERLING ACTION AT NOVUNA UK ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS|date=3 August 2025}}</ref> She was a semi-finalist in the women's 400 metres hurdles at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan, in September 2025.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results/results/7190593?eventId=10229612&gender=M |website=World Athletics|accessdate=23 September 2025|title= World Athletics Championships, Tokyo 2025|date=16 September 2025 }}</ref> She also finished fifth overall with the British team in the mixed 4 × 400 metres relay.<ref>{{cite web|date=13 Sep 2025|url= https://worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results/results/7190593?eventId=10229988 |website=World Athletics|accessdate=13 September 2025|title= World Athletics Championships, Tokyo 2025 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://athleticsweekly.com/news/british-team-named-for-world-champs-in-tokyo-1040007211/|website=Athletics Weekly|accessdate=26 August 2025|title= BRITISH TEAM NAMED FOR WORLD CHAMPS IN TOKYO|first=Jason|last=Henderson|date=26 August 2025}}</ref>
===2026=== Newnham was named in the British squad for the 4 x 400 metres relay at the 2026 World Athletics Relays in Gaborone, Botswana.<ref>{{Cite web|date=4 March 2026|url=https://athleticsweekly.com/news/meetings/zharnel-hughes-charlie-dobson-desiree-henry-among-gb-relay-team-for-botswana-1040010157/ |title=ZHARNEL HUGHES, CHARLIE DOBSON, DESIREE HENRY AMONG GB RELAY TEAM FOR BOTSWANA |access-date=4 March 2026| website=Athletics Weekly}}</ref> On the opening day she ran as part of the British women's 4 x 400 m team as they qualified for the final in 3:21.28, the fourth fastest recorded time by a British quartet.<ref>{{Cite web | url= https://www.european-athletics.com/home/news/26-european-teams-qualify-for-beijing-2027-on-day-one-of-2026-world-relays |title= 26 European teams qualify for Beijing 2027 on day one of 2026 World Relays|first= Steven|last= Mills|date= 2 May 2026 |access-date=2 May 2026| website=European Athletics}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url= https://athleticsweekly.com/news/british-success-on-day-one-at-the-world-athletics-relays-in-botswana-1040011083/ |title= BRITISH SUCCESS ON DAY ONE AT THE WORLD ATHLETICS RELAYS IN BOTSWANA |access-date=2 May 2026| website=Athletics Weekly}}</ref> Newnham ran 55.46 seconds for second place in the women's 400m hurdles at the Irena Szewińska Memorial in Bydgoszcz, Poland on 29 May.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://athleticsweekly.com/news/ben-pattison-and-alastair-chalmers-win-in-bydgoszcz-1040011347/ |title=BEN PATTISON AND ALASTAIR CHALMERS WIN IN BYDGOSZCZ|date=29 May 2026|access-date=29 May 2026| website=Athletics Weekly}}</ref> In June, she won over 400 metres hurdles at the Josef Odložil Memorial in Prague.<ref>{{Cite web | url= https://www.watchathletics.com/page/7749/results-josef-odlozil-memorial-2026#google_vignette |title= Results - Josef Odlozil Memorial 2026|date=1 June 2026 |access-date=2 June 2026| website=Watch Athletics}}</ref>
==Personal life== She is from Kent.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kentonline.co.uk/ashford/sport/kent-schools-track-field-championships-206366/ |website=Kentonline|date=11 June 2019|title= Kent Schools Track & Field Championships 2019 |access-date=11 May 2024}}</ref> She is a student at Loughborough University.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lboro.ac.uk/sport/sports/athletics/ourscholars/|website=lboro.ac.uk|accessdate=11 January 2024|title= Our 2022/23 Scholars}}</ref>
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{{Footer U23 European Champions 400m Hurdles Women}} {{Footer U23 European Champions 4x400m Women}} {{Authority control}}
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