Meghan Beesley (born 15 November 1989) is an English track and field athlete specialising in the 400 metres hurdles.[2] She competed at the 2013 World Championships narrowly missing the final. Earlier in her career, she also competed in the heptathlon. Beesley broke the world record for the rarely contested straight 200 metres hurdles by 0.69 seconds at the 2014 Great City Games in Manchester.[3]
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Nationality | British | ||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Polesworth, Warwickshire, England | 15 November 1989||||||||||||||||||||
Education | Loughborough University | ||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 56 kg (123 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | |||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||
Event | 400 metres | ||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Benke Blomkvist | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Competition record
editPersonal bests
edit- 200 metres – 23.53 (Birmingham 2015)
- 400 metres – 52.79 (La Chaux-de-Fonds 2011)
- 100 metres hurdles – 13.21 (Loughborough 2015)
- 400 metres hurdles – 54.52 (Beijing 2015)
Indoor
- 200 metres – 23.56 (Birmingham, UK 2018)
- 400 metres – 52.80 (Vienna 2013)
References
edit- ^ 2018 CWG bio
- ^ Meghan Beesley at World Athletics
- ^ Ingle, Sean (19 May 2014). "Yohan Blake wins on the street and reveals Commonwealth Games hopes". theguardian.com. Retrieved 19 May 2014.
External links
edit- Meghan Beesley at World Athletics
- Meghan Beesley at Olympedia
- Meghan Beesley at Olympics.com
- Meghan Beesley at Team GB
- Meghan Beesley at Team England
- Meghan Beesley at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
- Meghan Beesley at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games (archived)