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Mia Brahe-Pedersen

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Mia Brahe-Pedersen (/ˈbrɑːhˌpɛdʊrsɛn/ BRAH-hay-PEH-dur-sen;[1] born 28 November 2005) is an American track and field athlete from Oregon who competes as a sprinter.[2] [3]

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Early life

Brahe-Pedersen was born in Mission Viejo, California to Christian Brahe-Pedersen and Pam Cosper.[4] She moved to Lake Oswego, Oregon, in 2008.[4] She is a senior at Lake Oswego High School where she is coached by John Parks and his sprints assistant, the 2012 Olympian Ryan Bailey. She has been a member of the Inner Circle Track Club (formerly Step Ur Game Up), coached by Hashim Hall since 2018, when she started track.[5]

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In 2022, she represented the United States at the World Athletics U20 Championships in Cali, Colombia. In the semi-finals of the 200 m, she set a new personal best time of 22.95s, which also equaled the Oregon state record from 1968, set by Margaret Bailes.[6] She finished seventh in the 100 m final and fourth in the 200 m final.[7]

Brahe-Pedersen recorded the all-time best high school 200 m indoor time of 22.89 s at the New Mexico Don Kirby Invitational in February 2023, beating the time of Bianca Knight from 2007.[8] She won the 2023 Indoor National High School Championships titles over 60 m and 200 m in March 2023.[9] She broke Olympic gold medalist Chandra Cheeseborough's high school 100-yard record at the Oregon Relays in the spring of 2023.[10]

She won the 100 m, 200 m and was part of the winning 4 × 100 m relay at the Outdoor National High School Championships. She ran 11.00 for the 100 m, placing her fourth on the high school all-time list behind Shawnti Jackson, Briana Williams and Candace Hill;.[11] Her time of 22.43 s to win the 200 m was the second-fastest outdoor time in high school history (behind Allyson Felix from 2003).

One of only a handful of high school athletes competing at the 2023 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships,[12] Brahe-Pedersen ran a new personal best time of 11.05s in the heats to reach the semi-finals of the 100 m.[13][14] There she ran 11.09 to qualify for the final in which she ran 11.08 to finish seventh.[15][16] In the 200 metres, she ran a new personal best time of 22.58s to reach the final.[17] A few weeks later Brahe-Pedersen at the NACAC U23 Championships resulted in gold medals in the 100 m, 200 m, and 4 × 100 m relay.[18]

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Personal life

Brahe-Pedersen made headlines when she beat her prom date, running 11.08s in the mixed-gender 100 m at the Secure Storage Summit Invitational in Bend, Oregon on May 6, 2023.[19][20]

Sponsorship

In July 2023, Brahe-Pedersen signed an endorsement agreement with sportswear brand Nike.[21] In doing so, she became the first high school track and field athlete to have a name, image, and likeness (NIL) agreement with the company.[22][23]

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