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Evie Hughes
Club: Wrexham Athletics Club Events: Running, Cross Country, Middle Distance Races and Javelin Why do you want to be a Youth Athletics Ambassador? I am really pleased to be a Young Athletics Ambass...
Carys Pritchard
Club: Swansea Harriers Events: 75m Hurdles, 100m, Triple Jump and Relay Why do you want to be a Youth Athletics Ambassador? Being dyslexic sport really helped give me confidence to achieve. I want t...
Ava Smith
Club: Rhondda Athletics Events: Hammer and Shot Put Why do you want to be a Youth Athletics Ambassador? I am a part of the Young Athletics Ambassadors because I feel throwers need more representati...
Arran Topham
Clubs: Andover Athletics Club, Cardiff Athletics Club and Cardiff University Athletics Club Events: Long Jump Why do you want to be a Youth Athletics Ambassador? The YAA has given me the opportunity...
Ariana Barnard
Club: Pont-y-Clun Athletics Club Events: Sprinter and Jumper Why do you want to be a Youth Athletics Ambassador? I am part of the YAA because I like coaching, and inspiring young people to keep tryi...
Aliyah Afolabi
Club: Cardiff Archers Events: 60m, 100m, 200m, and 300m Why do you want to be a Youth Athletics Ambassador? I joined the YAA program to inspire young athletes, promote a healthy and active lifestyle...
Nigel Walker
There’s no doubt that men’s hurdling - high and low - are the strongest Welsh track and field events ever. And Nigel’s name sits comfortably amongst the likes of a select band of World, Commonwealth a...
Helen Miles, Sallyanne Short, Carmen Smart and Sian Morris
This quartet created Welsh athletics history when they became the first Welsh women’s relay team to win a Commonwealth Games medal in 1986. And to date that achievement is still intact. Helen, Carmen ...
Dai Greene
Dai Greene (pictured on the left) is one of the all-time greats of Welsh athletics and one of only two Welsh athletes to win a World Athletics title in the traditional track and field events, joining ...
Tony Harris
Tony Harris (pictured on the right) was one of Britain’s finest middle distance runners in the 1960s and a former European junior record holder for 800m with 1:50.2 in 1959, reducing this again the fo...
Sally Simpson
Biography to follow.
Carys Parry
Carys’s finest performance was taking the 2010 Commonwealth Games hammer silver medal in Delhi. She is only the 5th Welsh female field event athlete to win a Commonwealth medal, behind Ruth Martin-Jon...
Doug Turner
Doug is an imposing figure with some uninitiated people thinking that he would be more suited to playing in the second row of a rugby scrum. But if that were the case he would have been the fastest se...
John Merriman
John Merriman was one of Britain’s best 3 and 6 milers - prior to the move to the metric equivalents of 5,000 and 10,000m - in the 1950s and early 1960s. He set two British records for the 10,000m wit...
Paul Gray
Paul excelled on the international scene, with his finest performance taking place in the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, Canada. But he is very much a Cardiff stalwart, being a loyal and prolifi...
Aharon Graham-Mulvaney
Club: Cardiff Athletics Club Events: Pole Vault, Sprints and Long Jump Why do you want to be a Youth Athletics Ambassador? I am part of the YAA as I feel I have a responsibility to broadcast and ...
Renewing Your Licence
To re-license as a Leader or Coaching Assistant Complete DBS Check - Log in - Athletics Portal (welshathletics.org). Complete mandatory Safeguarding First Aid modules Tier 1 ** - log in to Athletics H...
Ratification of Welsh Records
All Welsh National Records / All-Comers Records / Age-Group Best Performances are maintained by Welsh Athletics and available on the Welsh Athletics Website here RECORDS Welsh Records are recognised a...
Get Involved - Birmingham 2022
This summer there are lots of ways you, your friends and family can get involved and be inspired by Birmingham Commonwealth Games 2022. Here's a few ideas to get you started. ATTEND THE GAMES Ther...
Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games
WHERE & WHEN The Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games will take place this summer between 28th July and 8th August, kicking off with the Opening Ceremony at Alexander Stadium on 28th July. This year’s g...