Anna Purchase
{{Short description|British athlete}}
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Anna Purchase (born 15 September 1999) is an English international athlete based in the United States.{{cite web |url=https://results.birmingham2022.com/#/athlete-details/62732 |title=Official Commonwealth Games profile |publisher=Birmingham Organising Committee Commonwealth Games Ltd |access-date=31 July 2022}} She has represented England at the Commonwealth Games.{{cite web |url=https://worldathletics.org/athletes/great-britain-ni/anna-purchase-14659644 |title=Anna Purchase |publisher=World Athletics |access-date=31 July 2022}}
Biography
Purchase was educated at the University of Nebraska and then the University of California, where she trained with future-World Champion, Camryn Rogers.{{Cite web |last=Faraudo |first=Jeff |date=2023-08-23 |title=Cal Alums Camryn Rogers and Anna Purchase Reach Hammer Throw Final at Worlds |url=https://www.si.com/college/cal/other-sports/two-bears-to-finals |access-date=2023-08-24 |website=Sports Illustrated Cal Bears News, Analysis and More |language=en}} She started throwing at the age of 13 and became only the second British woman to break the 70 metre barrier.{{cite web |url=https://ilkestonlife.com/2022/07/20/chaucer-junior-school-ilkeston-had-a-special-visitor-today-hammer-thrower-an/ |title=Chaucer Junior School, Ilkeston, had a special visitor today – hammer thrower Anna Purchase |publisher=Ilkeston Life |access-date=31 July 2022}} She finished fourth at the 2021 European U23 Championships.{{cite web |url=https://teamengland.org/team-england-athletes/anna-purchase |title=Team England profile |publisher=Team England |access-date=31 July 2022}}{{cite web |url=https://www.thepowerof10.info/athletes/profile.aspx?athleteid=331627 |title=Anna Purchase results |publisher=The Power of 10 |access-date=31 July 2022}}
In 2022, she was selected for the women's hammer throw event at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. She was selected for the Great Britain and Northern Ireland squad at the 2023 World Athletics Championship in Budapest,{{Cite web |title=FINAL ADDITIONS TO GB & NI TEAM FOR WORLD ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS BUDAPEST 2023 |url=https://www.britishathletics.org.uk/news-and-features/final-additions-to-gb-ni-team-for-world-athletics-championships-budapest-2023/ |access-date=2023-08-24 |website=British Athletics |language=en-GB}} where she reached the final.
Although Purchase met the qualification requirements for the Paris 2024 Olympics, she was not selected by British Athletics to compete and therefore was unable to take part.{{cite news |url=https://www.si.com/college/cal/other-sports/cal-alum-anna-purchase-heartbroken-by-uk-s-olympic-policy-01j1zfh538ne |title=Cal Alum Anna Purchase `Heartbroken' by Olympic Snub |work=Sports Illustrated |date=5 July 2024 |first=Jeff |last=Faraudo}}
References
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Category:English female hammer throwers
Category:British female hammer throwers
Category:Commonwealth Games athletes for England
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
Category:21st-century English sportswomen
Category:California Golden Bears women's track and field athletes
Category:Nebraska Cornhuskers women's track and field athletes
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