# Maya Bruney
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{{Short description|British sprinter (born 1998)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2020}}
{{EngvarB|date=February 2020}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| name = Maya Bruney
| fullname =
| image = Maya Bruney.jpg
| imagesize =
| caption =
| nationality = {{flatlist|
* Italian
* British
}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1998|02|24}}
| birth_place = [London](/source/London), United Kingdom
| height =
| weight =
| education = {{ubl|[University of East London](/source/University_of_East_London)|[BRIT School](/source/BRIT_School)}}
| country = [Italy](/source/Italy) (2021–)
[Great Britain](/source/United_Kingdom) (–2020)
| sport = [Athletics](/source/Sport_of_athletics)
| event = [Sprints](/source/Sprint_(running))
| coach =
|pb = {{ubl
}}
| medaltemplates =
{{Medal|Sport|Women's [athletics](/source/Sport_of_athletics)}}
{{Medal|Country|{{GBR2}}}}
{{Medal|Competition|[European U20 Championships](/source/European_Athletics_U20_Championships)}}
{{Medal|Gold|[2017 Grosseto](/source/2017_European_Athletics_U20_Championships)|[200 m](/source/2017_European_Athletics_U20_Championships)}}
{{Medal|Bronze|2017 Grosseto|[4x100 m relay](/source/2017_European_Athletics_U20_Championships)}}
{{Medal|Bronze|2017 Grosseto|[4x400 m relay](/source/2017_European_Athletics_U20_Championships)}}
}}
'''Maya Bruney''' (born 24 February 1998) is a British-Italian [sprinter](/source/Sprint_(running)) who has been competing for Italy since 2021. Running for Great Britain, she won the gold medal in the [200 metres](/source/200_metres) and bronze medals for the [4 × 100](/source/4_%C3%97_100_metres_relay) and [4 × 400 metres relay](/source/4_%C3%97_400_metres_relay)s at the [2017 European Under-20 Championships](/source/2017_European_Athletics_U20_Championships).[{{Cite web|url=http://www.croydonguardian.co.uk/news/15441422.Croydon_runner_grabs_gold_at_European_Junior_Athletics_Championships/|title=Croydon runner grabs gold at European Junior Athletics Championships|website=[Croydon Guardian](/source/Croydon_Guardian)|access-date=4 January 2018}}][{{Cite news|url=https://www.newhamrecorder.co.uk/sport/21434604.hat-trick-medals-university-east-london-sports-scholar-maya-bruney/|title=Hat-trick of medals for University of East London sports scholar Maya Bruney|work=[Newham Recorder](/source/Newham_Recorder)|access-date=4 January 2018}}]
==Biography==
Maya Bruney was born in London, UK. She has dual nationality as her mother is Italian.[{{Cite web|date=2018-01-31|title=Maya Bruney following in some fast footsteps|url=https://athleticsweekly.com/interviews/maya-bruney-following-some-fast-footsteps-74596/|access-date=2020-10-13|website=[AW](/source/Athletics_Weekly)}}] From 2012 to 2016, Bruney attended the [BRIT School](/source/BRIT_School) in Croydon.[{{cite web|title=The BRIT School – Ones To Watch (July 2017)|url=http://www.brittrust.co.uk/the-brit-school-ones-to-watch-july-2017/|website=brittrust.co.uk|publisher=The BRIT Trust|access-date=20 January 2018}}] In July 2014, she was awarded the BRIT School excellence in design award for a sneaker design, and in July 2016, was awarded for the second time for her end of year design portfolio. Her portfolio gave her different offers and she chose [University of East London](/source/University_of_East_London).[{{cite web|last1=Anstice|first1=Gareth|title=Maya, 19, is the star of the GB under-20 team after brilliant sprinting display in Italy|url=https://www.uel.ac.uk/news/2017/07/maya-bruney-wins-gold-and-two-bronzes|publisher=University of East London|access-date=20 January 2018}}] Bruney started athletics at age seven and began competing in the [long jump](/source/long_jump) and [sprints](/source/Sprint_(running)) events three years later. At age 12, she transferred from South London Harriers to [Blackheath and Bromley Harriers](/source/Blackheath_and_Bromley_Harriers_Athletic_Club) where she was coached by her father.
In 2011, Bruney became the [200 metres](/source/200_metres) [English Schools' Athletics Championships](/source/English_Schools'_Athletics_Championships) winner.[{{Cite web|url=http://powerof10.info/athletes/profile.aspx?athleteid=73958|title=Athlete Profile|website=powerof10.info|access-date=4 January 2018}}] At the 2012 edition of this championships, she became the [100 metres](/source/100_metres) champion and was part of the U15 record-breaking Surrey [4 x 100 m](/source/4_x_100_metres_relay) relay team, coached by her father. To this day, the team holds the British U15 Record in a time of 47.37.[{{Cite web|url=http://www.thepowerof10.info/rankings/rankinglist.aspx?event=4x100&agegroup=U15&sex=W&alltime=y|title=Ranking List|website=thepowerof10.info|access-date=3 January 2018|archive-date=5 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160805020115/http://thepowerof10.info/rankings/rankinglist.aspx?event=4x100&agegroup=U15&sex=W&alltime=y|url-status=dead}}]
In February 2017, Bruney won the bronze medal in the 200 m at the [British Indoor Athletics Championships](/source/2017_British_Indoor_Athletics_Championships). Outdoors in April, she became the [BUCS](/source/British_Universities_and_Colleges_Sport) 200 m champion. In July, the 19-year-old became the only athlete to achieve a hat-trick of medals at the [2017 European Under-20 Championships](/source/2017_European_Athletics_U20_Championships) in [Grosseto](/source/Grosseto), Italy. She won the 200 m with a time of 23.04 seconds and earned bronze medals for the 4 x 100 m and [4 x 400 m](/source/4_x_400_metres_relay) relays. After her successful 2017 season, Bruney was nominated for the [European Athlete of the Year](/source/European_Athlete_of_the_Year) award.
In February 2021, [World Athletics](/source/World_Athletics) confirmed her transfer of allegiance from Britain to Italy.[{{cite web |title=Maya BRUNEY – Athlete Profile |url=https://worldathletics.org/athletes/great-britain-ni/maya-bruney-14452326 |website=[World Athletics](/source/World_Athletics) |access-date=1 January 2022}}] She now competes for female athletic club in Italy, Bracco Atletica.[{{Cite web|date=2021-02-16|title=Welcome Maya|url=https://www.braccoatletica.it/welcome-maya/}}][{{Cite web|date=2021-02-16|title=MAYA BRUNEY, LA NUOVA VELOCISTA ITALIANA DELLA BRACCO|url=https://www.fidalmilano.it/attivita/gare/3066-maya-bruney-la-nuova-velocista-italiana-della-bracco.html|access-date=17 February 2021|archive-date=1 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210301063043/http://fidalmilano.it/attivita/gare/3066-maya-bruney-la-nuova-velocista-italiana-della-bracco.html|url-status=dead}}] In February 2022, Bruney placed third in the 400 m at the [Italian Indoor Championships](/source/2022_Italian_Athletics_Indoor_Championships).[{{Cite news|url=https://www.britishathletics.org.uk/news-and-features/final-medal-flurry-sees-gb-juniors-equal-their-best-ever/|title=Final medal flurry sees GB juniors equal their best ever|work=[British Athletics](/source/British_Athletics)|access-date=4 January 2018}}]
** 400 metres indoor – 53.19 ([Columbia, SC](/source/Columbia%2C_South_Carolina) 2022)
===National championships===
{|{{AchievementTable|Event=yes|Time=yes|NotesOff=yes}}
|-
|2011
|[English Schools' Championships](/source/English_Schools'_Athletics_Championships)
|[Gateshead](/source/Gateshead), United Kingdom
|1st
|200 m
|24.74
|-
|rowspan=2|2012
|rowspan=2|[English Schools' Championships](/source/English_Schools'_Athletics_Championships)
|rowspan=2|[Gateshead](/source/Gateshead), United Kingdom
|1st
|100 m
|12.10
|-
|1st
|4 × 100 m relay
|47.37
|-
|rowspan=3|2017
|[British Indoor Championships](/source/2017_British_Indoor_Athletics_Championships)
|[Sheffield](/source/Sheffield), United Kingdom
|3rd
|200 m {{AthAbbr|i}}
|24.00
|-
|rowspan=2|[BUCS](/source/British_Universities_and_Colleges_Sport) Championships
|rowspan=2|[Bedford](/source/Bedford), United Kingdom
|1st
|200 m
|23.95 (−2.9)
|-
|1st
|4 × 100 m relay
|45.76
|-
|2018
|[BUCS](/source/British_Universities_and_Colleges_Sport) Championships
|[Bedford](/source/Bedford), United Kingdom
|1st
|400 m
|53.1
|-
|rowspan=2|2022
|rowspan=2|[Italian Championships](/source/Italian_Athletics_Championships)
|rowspan=2|[Ancona](/source/Ancona), Italy
|3rd
|400 m
|53.80
|-
|1st
|4 × 400 m relay
|3:39.14
|}
==References==
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== External links ==
* {{sports links}}
* [https://www.fidal.it/atleta/Maya-Fonda-Bruney/dq2RmpKfamQ= Maya Fonda Bruney] at [FIDAL](/source/Federazione_Italiana_di_Atletica_Leggera) {{in lang|it}}
* {{Official website|https://mayabruney.com/}}
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Category:1998 births
Category:British women sprinters
Category:English women sprinters
Category:Alumni of the University of East London
Category:People educated at the BRIT School
Category:Living people
Category:Italian women sprinters
Category:Athletes from London
Category:English people of Italian descent
Category:21st-century English sportswomen
Category:21st-century Italian sportswomen
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