Team England’s latest sprinting star called herself a ‘track goddess’ after her ‘sexy and aggressive’ style saw her clinch a World Championship silver medal in Tokyo
English track star Amy Hunt is set to take the 2026 Commonwealth Games by storm with more ‘sexy and aggressive’ runs.
The 24-year-old claimed a silver medal at the Paris 2024 Olympics in the 4x100m relay before producing a stunning finish in the 200m final at the 2025 World Championships to finish in second place again. After picking up her silver medal in Tokyo, Hunt famously said it was down to her “sexy and aggressive” style of running.
She has also labelled herself as an “academic badass and track goddess”. Once dubbed as one of the “faces to define the decade” by Vogue magazine after smashing the Under-18s world record in 2019, she is known equally for her athletic talent and her vibrant personality off the track.
The sprinter will look to leave her mark again in Scotland in the coming days at the Commonwealth Games. She is set to race in the women’s 100m Round 1 heats on Monday, July 27, with the semi-finals and final taking place on Tuesday evening.
Hunt has also been picked to run the 4x100m relay for Team England on the morning of Saturday, August 1, with the final scheduled for later that day. Her already incredible success comes despite a wretched combination of long-term injury, illness and mental burnout that threatened to derail her career.
Away from athletics, Hunt oozes confidence with everything she does, from her studies to her social media presence. She graduated from the University of Cambridge with an English literature degree in 2023 after juggling her education with her athletics career.
The brunette bombshell boasts 123,000 followers on Instagram, where she shares regular snaps from her various track events, gym routines, sponsorship deals and personal life. That includes Caribbean holidays and trips to countries such as Japan, China and Italy.
Hunt discussed her burgeoning fame recently with the Daily Mail, explaining that she still has to prioritise her sprinting career despite other alluring distractions now coming into play. She said: “Winning a world individual medal definitely puts you in new rooms and new conversations.
“Every sport is chasing the PR jump that F1 had (through the Netflix documentary Drive to Survive) and there are always new initiatives coming in to try and make track big. We train in Italy so I have to say no to a lot of things. Vogue parties, movie premieres, opportunities to fly to Goodwood in a helicopter…
“Spending an entire day in tiny stiletto heels isn’t ideal for training. I don’t wear heels as often as most women so my feet aren’t used to it. We work in such fine margins. My feet and my ankles and my legs are my money-makers, essentially.
“They’re quite susceptible to minor changes. Even when I get a new pair of spikes, sometimes I get blisters. That can have a big knock-on effect on one week of training.
“This is so gross but my two big toenails had to be removed in Tokyo and then I got blisters on the end of both toes. Before every single race, my coach was having to tape up my toes so they weren’t bleeding everywhere. We were in a very hot, muggy climate and if they get infected, then that can have a big knock-on effect. It’s not all glamorous parties and holidays.”
Having moved to Italy aged 21, she admits to having the “coolest life” and sees herself as one of the fastest women in the world. Among her inspirations are pop star Dua Lipa and fellow sprinter Noah Lyles, whom she admires for living life to the fullest and their unshakable self-belief.
“I’m so proud of myself for choosing the harder path,” she previously said. “I could have picked an easier way out many times. I chose to go to Cambridge and get a degree but in part to show other young girls you don’t have to give up education.
“You can be an academic badass and a track goddess. I’m showing you can do everything and anything you set your mind to. You can be the best at everything.”
In an interview with the Times, Hunt spoke about the next steps of her life, making it clear that she is fully focused on the track. She said: “Obviously, as a female athlete, you also have to plan when you think motherhood is a feasible thing for you.
“But the world is very open to me and I will get a sense of what I want to do when the moment is right. I actually always joke to my coach, ‘medals before men’, (laughing), that’s the quote of the day!”