in April with the British Universities and Colleges Sport, where she became the 200m Champion. In July, Maya became the only athlete to achieve a hat-trick of medals at the 2017 European Athletics U20 Championships. She became the 2017 European Junior 200m Champion, 4 x 100-metre relay bronze medalist and 4 x 400-metre relay bronze medalist. She broke Shirley Thomas's 30-year-old Surrey record for the 200 metres, running 23.04 seconds and set the 2017 European Junior 200m Leading Time. After her successful 2017 season, Maya was nominated for the European Athlete of the Year award and became the England Athletics U20 Performance Athlete of the Year at the England Athletics Hall of Fame event. She was also nominated for the Athletics Weekly U20 Female Readers Choice Awards. Maya signed with Puma from 2017 to 2019. After graduating from the University of East London in 2019, Maya decided to train with The Winner's Circle US under Coach Dwight Phillips in Atlanta, United States. In February 2021, World Athletics confirmed Maya's transfer of allegiance from Britain to Italy. She now competes for the best female athletic club in Italy, Bracco Atletica and is racing for the Italian Athletics Federation. In February 2022, Maya placed third in the 400m indoor and was part of the record breaking 4 x 400m relay team at the Italian Championships. After 3 years in Atlanta, in April 2022, Maya transferred to Rome, Italy. Achievements Personal bests Outdoors 200 metres – 23.04 (−1.0 m/s, Grosseto 22 Jul 17) 400 metres – 53.1 (Bedford 7 May 18) 4 × 400 m Split Time – 51.70 (Grosseto 23 Jul 17) References External links Maya Fonda Bruney at FIDAL 1998 births British female sprinters Alumni of the University of East London People educated at the BRIT School Living people Italian sprinters