Kaya Slater

Kaya Slater
Personal information
NationalityBritish (Scottish)
Born (2006-04-26) 26 April 2006
Sport
SportAthletics
Event
Sprint
Achievements and titles
Personal bests60m: 7.54 (2026)
100m: 11.45 (2026)
200m: 24.29 (2025)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Great Britain
European U20 Championships
Silver medal – second place2025 Tampere4x100 m relay

Kaya Slater (born 26 April 2006) is a British sprinter.[1]

Biography

A member of Falkirk Victoria Harriers and Reading Athletics Club,[2] Slater was educated at Henley College. As a 17 year-old, she won the sprint double at the Scottish U20 Championships in 2023, with wins over both the 100 metres and 200 metres.[3] She retained the 100 metres title the following year with a new personal best time of 11.84 seconds.[4]

Slater won the silver medal with the British 4 x 100 metres team at the 2025 European Athletics U20 Championships in Tampere, alongside Lucy Tallon, Nell Desir and Mabel Akande.[5][6][7] The same quartet had won the Mannheim Gala in Germany that summer, where Slater also set a new 100 metres personal best of 11.45 seconds.[8][9] In August 2025, she finished runner-up to Sophie Thomas in the 100 metres at the Scottish Championships.[10][11]

On 20 June 2026, she reached the semi-finals of the 100 metres at the 2026 British Championships.[12][13] In July, Slater won the bronze medal at the England Athletics Championships over 100 metres in wind-assisted 11.44 seconds.[14][15] She was named in the Scottish team for the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, and competed in the women's 4 × 100 m relay.[16][17]

Personal life

Slater is eligible to run for Scotland through her father Roddy Slater, who represented Scotland as a sprinter in the 1980s and 1990s, and later worked as an athletics coach at Reading AC.[18][19][20]

References

  1. ↑ "Kaya Slater". World Athletics. Retrieved 26 June 2026.
  2. ↑ Kearney, Ben (14 August 2025). "Falkirk Vics round-up: Kaya Slater seals Team GB silver at European Championships". Falkirk Herald. Retrieved 25 June 2026.
  3. ↑ "Student becomes sprint champion with father's help". henleystandard.co.uk. 30 Aug 2023. Retrieved 26 June 2026.
  4. ↑ "4J Age Groups action . . . there's something about Grangemouth (in the sun)". Scottish Athletics. 12 August 2024. Retrieved 26 June 2026.
  5. ↑ "FITZGERALD SETS CHAMPIONSHIP RECORD EN ROUTE TO SECOND GOLD". British Athletics. 10 August 2025. Retrieved 11 August 2025.
  6. ↑ "Kaya wins Euro U20 4x100m silver as Oliver, Reiss race in finals". Scottish Athletics. 10 Aug 2025. Retrieved 26 June 2026.
  7. ↑ "European Athletics U20 Championships". World Athletics. 10 Aug 2025. Retrieved 26 June 2026.
  8. ↑ "GB&NI Juniors Break Records at Mannheim Gala". British Athletics. 10 June 2025. Retrieved 26 June 2026.
  9. ↑ Anderson-Ogg, Kathleen (3 July 2025). "Record-breaking trip for Falkirk Victoria Harriers athlete in Mannheim". Falkirk Herald. Retrieved 25 June 2026.
  10. ↑ "4J Studios scottishathletics National Senior & Under 17 Champs". World Athletics. August 2025. Retrieved 13 July 2026.
  11. ↑ "Grangemouth rescue in focus and Jax return is a top comeback tale, too". Scottish Athletics. 24 August 2025. Retrieved 14 Feb 2026.
  12. ↑ "Novuna UK Athletics Championships". World Athletics. 20 June 2026. Retrieved 20 June 2026.
  13. ↑ "Record breaker! Stephen leaps to gold with 8.15m jump and Melanie wins, too". Scottish Athletics. 20 June 2026. Retrieved 26 June 2026.
  14. ↑ "U20 Scots revel in medal moments at Bedford; Laura, Jemma on track; Pursuit 5000m PBs". Scottish Athletics. 5 July 2026. Retrieved 6 July 2026.
  15. ↑ "England U20 and Senior Track and Field and Combined Events championships". World Athletics. 4 July 2026. Retrieved 6 July 2026.
  16. ↑ "XXIII Commonwealth Games". World Athletics. 1 August 2026. Retrieved 2 August 2026.
  17. ↑ "Picked for Scotland! 39 to take steps to Scotstoun as full Glasgow 2026 team now revealed". Scottish Athletics. 26 June 2026. Retrieved 26 June 2026.
  18. ↑ "Our Snapshot video from day two at 4J Age Groups". Scottish Athletics. 21 August 2023. Retrieved 26 June 2026.
  19. ↑ "Reading athletics coach Roddy Slater wins UK coaching hero award". Readingchronicle.co.uk. 8 Oct 2021. Retrieved 26 June 2026.
  20. ↑ "Olivers to the fore amid Scottish medal rush in Birmingham". Scottish Athletics. 28 July 2025. Retrieved 26 June 2026.
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