Draft:Anna Gardiner

Anna Gardiner (born 30 March 2006) is an Irish runner. In 2023, she became All-Ireland U20 cross country champion aged 17 years-old.

2022
A member of East Down Athletics Club, Gardiner won the NI & Ulster U-18 Championship cross country title in Comber in November 2022. She won a gold medal in the U-18 age category at the All-Ireland Cross Country Championships in Donegal. Subsequently Gardiner made her international debut at the 2022 European Cross Country Championships in Turin in the U20 race, despite being just 16 years-old.

2023
In January 2023, she travelled to Belgium to take part in the World Athletics Cross Country Tour Gold meeting as part of the Ireland U20 team finishing in sixth place. In February 2023, she won the Ulster Schools title, and the following month claimed the All-Ireland schools title.

She competed in the 3000m at the 2023 Commonwealth Youth Games in Trinidad and Tobago in August 2023.

In November 2023, she claimed All-Ireland U18 and U20 titles at the 2023 Irish National Cross Country Championships in Gowran, Kilkenny. She was selected for the 2023 European Cross Country Championships in Brussels, in which she finished seventh in the U20 race.

2024
In March 2024, Gardiner defended her senior girls’ national cross country title at Tymon Park in Tallaght. Subsequently, she was selected for the 2024 World Athletics Cross Country Championships U20 race in Serbia.

In May 2024, she was runner up at the Irish schools championships in Tullamore.

Personal life
Gardiner attended Assumption Grammar School in Ballynahinch.