Asha Philip

Asha Philip
Medal record
Representing  Great Britain
World Relays
Silver 2014 Nassau 4 x 200 m
European Championships
Gold 2014 Zürich 4 x 100 m
World Youth Championships
Gold 2007 Ostrava 100 m
Representing  England
Commonwealth Games
Bronze 2014 Glasgow 4x100 m relay

Asha Philip (born 25 October 1990) is an English sprinter and former junior gymnast specialising in mini-trampoline. She was the first British woman to achieve a global 100 metres title, having won gold at the 2007 IAAF World Youth Championships aged 16.

Asha Philip was also a World Junior Champion on Double-Mini Trampoline. She took gold in the junior (15–16 years old) girls category in the World Age Competition in Eindhoven, Netherlands, but suffered a serious cruciate ligament injury representing Great Britain at the senior World Championships in Canada which halted her sporting career for three years. Following a long rehabilitation, Philip returned to elite sport, dedicating herself to elite athletics.[1]

On her return, she formed part of the Great Britain sprint relay team that won gold in the 4 x 100 metres at the 2014 European Athletics Championships, and 4 x 200 metre silver at the 2014 IAAF World Relays.

In the same year, representing England, she formed part of the bronze medal winning 4 x 100 metres relay team at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, and finishing fourth in the individual event.

Early life

Born in Leyton, east London, she had competed in double mini trampoline since aged 4. After winning the World Youth gold, she ruptured the cruciate ligament in her right knee competing in the GB team event at the double-mini Trampoline World Championships in Quebec, Canada. This ruled her out of competing at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Philip gives athletics another shot
  2. ↑ Knight, Tom (2007-11-14). "Asha Philip's Olympic dream shattered". London: The Telegraph. Retrieved 2009-07-12.

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