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{{Short description|Welsh sprinter (born 1994)}}
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'''Seren Bundy-Davies''' (born 30 December 1994) is a British [[track and field]] [[sprint (running)|sprint]]er who competes in the [[400 metres]]. She who won the bronze medal in that event at the [[2015 European Athletics Indoor Championships]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/pa/article-2984286/Bundy-Davies-wins-bronze.html|title=Bundy-davies wins bronze - Daily Mail Online|work=Mail Online|accessdate=7 March 2015}}</ref>


'''Seren Bundy-Davies''' (born 30 December 1994) is a Welsh [[track and field]] [[Sprint (running)|sprint]]er who competes in the [[400 metres]] for [[UK Athletics|Great Britain]]. She came to international prominence at the [[2015 European Athletics Indoor Championships]], winning bronze in the 400 metres and silver in the 4 × 400 metres relay.<ref name=guardian/> She won a Bronze medal in the 4 × 400 m relay at the [[2015 World Championships in Athletics]].
She was born to Welsh parents and competes internationally for Wales. She grew up in [[Greater Manchester]] and is a member of [[Trafford Athletic Club]]. She broke through at national level in 2014, placing fourth at the [[British Athletics Championships]]. She was the Welsh senior champion that year and improved her personal best to 52.50 seconds. At the [[Birmingham Indoor Grand Prix]] at the start of 2015 she ran a personal best of 51.72 seconds to win the race.<ref>[http://www.thepowerof10.info/athletes/profile.aspx?athleteid=210462 Seren Bundy-Davies]. Power of 10. Retrieved on 2015-03-08.</ref>

==Career==

===Early years and breakthrough===
Born to [[Welsh people|Welsh]] parents in [[Greater Manchester]], she grew up in the city and was educated at [[Wilmslow High School]].<ref name=WilmsGuard13361897/> After playing numerous sports in school, she was picked out at age 17 by coach Steve Ball of [[Trafford Athletic Club]], after finishing 4th over 400m at English School's Championships.<ref name=Pwr10>[http://www.thepowerof10.info/athletes/profile.aspx?athleteid=210462 Seren Bundy-Davies] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150316160845/http://thepowerof10.info/athletes/profile.aspx?athleteid=210462 |date=16 March 2015 }}. Power of 10. Retrieved on 2015-03-08.</ref>

Joining Trafford Athletic Club and coached by Ball, she now competes for TAC and the [[University of Manchester]], where under a sports scholarship she is studying for a [[biomedical science]] degree.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.athleticsweekly.com/featured/how-they-train-seren-bundy-davies-20653/ |title=How they train - Seren Bundy-Davies - Athletics Weekly<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=2015-07-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150928024608/https://www.athleticsweekly.com/featured/how-they-train-seren-bundy-davies-20653/ |archive-date=2015-09-28 |url-status=live}}</ref> She broke through at the national level in 2014, placing fourth at the [[British Athletics Championships]]. She was the Welsh senior champion that year and improved her personal best to 52.50 seconds to become the Welsh record holder.

===2015 season===
At the [[Birmingham Indoor Grand Prix]] at the start of 2015, she ran a personal best of 51.72 seconds to win the race. This run took Bundy-Davies top of the European Indoor rankings, and despite a fall in the British Athletics Indoor Championships, she was selected to represent Great Britain for the first time at the 2015 European Athletics Indoor Championships.<ref name=Pwr10/> There she won a bronze in the 400 metres, and a silver in 4 × 400 metres relay teamed with [[Laura Maddox]], [[Kirsten McAslan]] and [[Kelly Massey]].<ref name=guardian>{{Cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2015/mar/07/seren-bundy-davies-bronze-60m-hurdles-european-indoors |title=Britain's Seren Bundy-Davies secures bronze medal in 400m dogfight &#124; Sport &#124; the Guardian |website=[[TheGuardian.com]] |access-date=2020-06-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150425202737/http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2015/mar/07/seren-bundy-davies-bronze-60m-hurdles-european-indoors |archive-date=2015-04-25 |url-status=live}}</ref>

In her first outdoor race of the 2015 season at [[Nivelles]], [[Belgium]] in June, she lowered her personal best to 51.72secs.<ref name=WilmsGuard13361897/> She then choose to compete at the [[2015 European Athletics U23 Championships]] in [[Tallinn]], [[Estonia]],<ref name=WilmsGuard13361897>{{Cite web |url=http://www.wilmslowguardian.co.uk/sport/13361897.Seren_Bundy_Davies_makes_her_choice___she_s_off_to_Estonia_/?ref=mr&lp=3 |title=Seren Bundy-Davies makes her choice - she's off to Estonia! (From Wilmslow Guardian)<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=2015-07-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150916050446/http://www.wilmslowguardian.co.uk/sport/13361897.Seren_Bundy_Davies_makes_her_choice___she_s_off_to_Estonia_/?ref=mr&lp=3 |archive-date=2015-09-16 |url-status=live }}</ref> finishing fourth in the individual 400m, and being part of the Great Britain and Northern Ireland team that claimed gold in the 4 × 400 m relay. She then ran a personal best at the [[London Anniversary Games]] in July with 51.48 in the 400m, coming in seventh.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/wales/33660747 |title=Athletics: Seren Bundy-Davies sets PB in Anniversary Games - BBC Sport<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=14 April 2022 |archive-date=14 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220414062345/https://www.bbc.com/sport/wales/33660747 |url-status=live }}</ref> However, although these performances gained her selection for the GB relay team at the [[2015 World Championships in Athletics]] in [[Beijing]], [[China]], under UK Athletics policy due to competing in an international Under23 competition she was made ineligible for individual 400m selection, despite meeting the required standard.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/wales/33693014 |title=World Athletics Championships: Seren Bundy-Davies in GB squad - BBC Sport<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=2020-06-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150730094812/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/wales/33693014 |archive-date=2015-07-30 |url-status=live}}</ref>


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Latest revision as of 03:05, 7 October 2024

Seren Bundy-Davies
Personal information
NationalityWelsh
Born (1994-12-30) 30 December 1994 (age 29)
Manchester, Greater Manchester, England
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Weight63 kg (139 lb)
Sport
Country Great Britain
University teamUniversity of Manchester
ClubTrafford Athletic Club
Coached bySteve Ball
Achievements and titles
World finals2015 – 3rd
Personal best400 m 51.26
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Great Britain
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Beijing 4×400 m relay
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2016 Amsterdam 4 × 400 m
European Indoor Championships
Silver medal – second place 2015 Prague 4x400 m relay
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Prague 400 m
Updated on 31 August 2015

Seren Bundy-Davies (born 30 December 1994) is a Welsh track and field sprinter who competes in the 400 metres for Great Britain. She came to international prominence at the 2015 European Athletics Indoor Championships, winning bronze in the 400 metres and silver in the 4 × 400 metres relay.[2] She won a Bronze medal in the 4 × 400 m relay at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics.

Career

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Early years and breakthrough

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Born to Welsh parents in Greater Manchester, she grew up in the city and was educated at Wilmslow High School.[3] After playing numerous sports in school, she was picked out at age 17 by coach Steve Ball of Trafford Athletic Club, after finishing 4th over 400m at English School's Championships.[4]

Joining Trafford Athletic Club and coached by Ball, she now competes for TAC and the University of Manchester, where under a sports scholarship she is studying for a biomedical science degree.[5] She broke through at the national level in 2014, placing fourth at the British Athletics Championships. She was the Welsh senior champion that year and improved her personal best to 52.50 seconds to become the Welsh record holder.

2015 season

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At the Birmingham Indoor Grand Prix at the start of 2015, she ran a personal best of 51.72 seconds to win the race. This run took Bundy-Davies top of the European Indoor rankings, and despite a fall in the British Athletics Indoor Championships, she was selected to represent Great Britain for the first time at the 2015 European Athletics Indoor Championships.[4] There she won a bronze in the 400 metres, and a silver in 4 × 400 metres relay teamed with Laura Maddox, Kirsten McAslan and Kelly Massey.[2]

In her first outdoor race of the 2015 season at Nivelles, Belgium in June, she lowered her personal best to 51.72secs.[3] She then choose to compete at the 2015 European Athletics U23 Championships in Tallinn, Estonia,[3] finishing fourth in the individual 400m, and being part of the Great Britain and Northern Ireland team that claimed gold in the 4 × 400 m relay. She then ran a personal best at the London Anniversary Games in July with 51.48 in the 400m, coming in seventh.[6] However, although these performances gained her selection for the GB relay team at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics in Beijing, China, under UK Athletics policy due to competing in an international Under23 competition she was made ineligible for individual 400m selection, despite meeting the required standard.[7]

References

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  1. ^ "Rio 2016 bio". Archived from the original on 25 November 2016. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Britain's Seren Bundy-Davies secures bronze medal in 400m dogfight | Sport | the Guardian". TheGuardian.com. Archived from the original on 25 April 2015. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
  3. ^ a b c "Seren Bundy-Davies makes her choice - she's off to Estonia! (From Wilmslow Guardian)". Archived from the original on 16 September 2015. Retrieved 28 July 2015.
  4. ^ a b Seren Bundy-Davies Archived 16 March 2015 at the Wayback Machine. Power of 10. Retrieved on 2015-03-08.
  5. ^ "How they train - Seren Bundy-Davies - Athletics Weekly". Archived from the original on 28 September 2015. Retrieved 28 July 2015.
  6. ^ "Athletics: Seren Bundy-Davies sets PB in Anniversary Games - BBC Sport". Archived from the original on 14 April 2022. Retrieved 14 April 2022.
  7. ^ "World Athletics Championships: Seren Bundy-Davies in GB squad - BBC Sport". Archived from the original on 30 July 2015. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
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