[2] His family moved to South Africa in 1996, but later migrated to the Mid Wales town of Welshpool after his mother found employment in the country.

[3] Phiri was the 2006 England Schools Champion, and earned the Harold Whitham Award for securing the best finish for a Sheffield athlete in the event.

He recorded an indoor career best time of 20:87 seconds en route to winning the Texas A&M Conference Challenge in his final collegiate sporting year.

[8] He competed in the 100 metres at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics but did not advance to the semi-finals of the event after finishing sixth in his heat.

[9] Phiri made the semi-finals of the men's 60 metres at the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships by finishing second in the first heat but was unable to start the race.

[1] Phiri made the semi-finals of the 100 metres but did not progress into the final after finishing fifth in the event's second heat.

[13] Phiri secured a third-place finish in the 100 metres at the 2012 Padua International Athletics Meeting, with a time of 10:20 seconds.

[14] He won the 60 metres event at the 2013 New Balance Indoor Grand Prix in Boston with a time of 6.97 seconds.

[15] Phiri made it to the semi-finals of that year's running of the Adidas Grand Prix in New York City where he secured a fourth-place finish in his heat in the 100 metres which meant he did not progress to the final of the event.

[22] At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, he placed fourth with a time of 10.27 seconds in his heat of the 100 metres and did not qualify for the semi-finals.