When is Amy Hunt running today in the European Athletics Championships 2026? How to watch the runner go for a record fourth gold medal - and what she's won previously
The runner is bidding to do something no other athlete has ever done before.
It’s a huge summer of athletics in Britain, with the European Athletics Championships being hosted by Birmingham just a couple of weeks after Glasgow held a successful paired-back Commonwealth Games.
Taking place in the city’s Alexander Stadium from August 10-16, it’s the first time that Britain has hosted the competion.
It has seen athletes from 49 nations compete for 50 gold medals - with 94 British sporting stars hoping to make it onto the podium.
And after six days of competition it’s clear who the biggest star of the championships has been for Team GB, with runner Amy Hunt bagging gold medals in the Women’s 100m, Women’s 200m and Women’s 4x100m Relay races.
But she’s not finished yet as, for the first time in the event’s history, a Mixed 4x100m relay (two male runners and two female runners) has been included in the programme.
If she manages to help her team cross the line in the race she will become the first athlete in history to pick up four gold medals in a single championships, going one better than relay teammate Dina Asher-Smith in Berlin in 2018.
Here’s everything you need to know.
Who is Amy Hunt?
Born in the town of Newark in Nottinghamshire on May 15, 2002 (she’s currently 24), Amy Hunt’s talent for sprinting was clear from the age of 17 when she broke the 200m world under-18 record in just her fifth outdoor race in 2019. Later that year she won gold medals in both the 200m and 4×100 m at the European Under-20 Championships.
A combination of the global pandemic, a quadriceps injury and completing a degree at Cambridge University meant that she didn’t commit to athletics fulltime until summer 2023 but then quickly saw her career take off, starting with a gold medal in the 4x100m relay at the European U23 Championships.
What has Amy Hunt won previously?
Hunt’s first senior gold medal came in the 60m at the 2024 British Indoor Championships, followed by a third place in the 200m at the Diamond League event in Stockholm.
A gold medal in the 4×100m at the European Championships followed, with 2024 also seeing her place second and third in the 100m and 200m at the British Championships.
2025 saw Hunt make her international breakthrough, winning the 100m and coming second in the 200m at the UK Championships, before winning her first global individual medal when she claimed silver in the 200m at the World Championships in Tokyo.
Now 2026 is set to be, by quite some distance, her best year to date - starting with a silver medal in the 60m at the British Indoor Athletics Championships and breaking 11 seconds in the 100m for the first time at a meet in Stockholm.
At the UK Championships she defended her 100m title, before taking 100m silver at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games.
That brought her to this week’s European Athletics Championships in Birmingham where she delivered on all her promise by taking the 100m and 200m titles.
When is Amy Hunt racing again at the 2026 World Athletics Championships?
Hunt’s final race, where she will be hoping for a record fourth gold, is in the Mixed 4x100m relay at 8.35pm today, Sunday, August 16.
How can I watch the Amy Hunt run in the European Athletics Championships?
The BBC is providing extensive coverage of all the action from Birmingham on BBC One, BBC Two, BBC iPlayer, Radio 5 Live, the BBC Sport website, the BBC Sport app and the BBC Sport social media channels including YouTube.
Gabby Logan and Jeanette Kwakye are presenting the BBC TV coverage with Steve Cram, Andrew Cotter, Steve Backley, Colin Jackson and Paula Radcliffe commentating on the action, and analysis from Dame Jessica Ennis-Hill, Greg Rutherford and Jenny Meadows.
Amy Hunt’s final race of the championships will be broadcast live on BBC One, after which you’ll be able to catch up on all the action on the BBC iPlayer.
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