Melissa Courtney-Bryant
After graduating from Brunel University London with a degree in sports psychology, she moved to train at Loughborough in 2017 to work with Rob Denmark.[4][2][5] Courtney made big improvements to her 800 m and 1500 m bests in 2013 and won the latter event at the BUCS Championships indoor and out that year.[6] She teamed up with Cameron Boyek, Sarah McDonald, and Tom Marshall to take the gold medal in the inaugural mixed relay event at the 2017 European Cross Country Championships.[8] Courtney was chosen to represent Wales at the 2018 Commonwealth Games and she won 1500 m bronze medal in a personal best time of 4:03.44 minutes, beaten only by Caster Semenya and Beatrice Chepkoech.In March that year, she took bronze over the same distance at the European Indoor Championships, setting her personal best in the process.