Mia Brahe-Pedersen

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] In 2024, she graduated from Lake Oswego High School where she was 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]

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] That year, she signed a Name, Image and Likeness (NIL) deal with Nike and committed to the University of Southern California.^[19][20]

After injury interrupted her progress for two years, Brahe-Pedersen ran a new indoor personal best competing for USC at the New Mexico Collegiate Classic in February 2026, with a time of 22.85 for the 200 metres, later converted to 22.92 due to altitude.^[21] Competing at the Mt. SAC Relays in California on 18 April 2026 she was part of a USC team which set a school record of 42.12 seconds in the women's 4 x 100 m relay, running alongside Madison Whyte, Christine Mallard and Brianna Selby.^[22] In June, she qualified for the 2026 NCAA Outdoor Championships.^[23] In the semi-finals of the 4 x 100 m relay at the championships she was part of the USC team which became the second school in collegiate history to run the under 42 seconds, as Brahe-Pedersen, Dajaz DeFrand, Madison Whyte and Brianna Selby ran an NCAA-leading time of 41.96 seconds.^[24] On 11 July, she was runner-up in the 100 metres behind Shawnti Jackson at the Sound Running Sunset Tour.^[25]

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.^[26][27]

In July 2023, Brahe-Pedersen signed an endorsement agreement with sportswear brand Nike.^[28] 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.^[29][30]