Sarah Claxton: Difference between revisions
→External links: replace redirected World Athletics ID |
|||
(34 intermediate revisions by 20 users not shown) | |||
Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
{{short description|English hurdler}} |
|||
⚫ | |||
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} |
|||
{{BLP one source|date=September 2020}} |
|||
{{Infobox sportsperson |
|||
⚫ | |||
| image = |
|||
| image_size = |
|||
| caption = |
|||
| birth_name = Sarah Claxton |
|||
| nationality = [[United Kingdom|British]] |
|||
| residence = |
|||
|alma_mater = |
|||
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1979|9|23}} |
|||
| birth_place = [[Colchester]], [[Essex]], United Kingdom |
|||
| height = |
|||
| weight = |
|||
| website = |
|||
| country = [[United Kingdom]] |
|||
| sport = [[Track and field]] |
|||
| event = [[60 metres hurdles]]<br />[[100 metres hurdles]]<br />[[Long jump]] |
|||
| collegeteam = |
|||
| club = |
|||
| team = |
|||
| turnedpro = |
|||
| coach = |
|||
| coaching = |
|||
| worlds = |
|||
| regionals = |
|||
| nationals = |
|||
| olympics = 8th [[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metres hurdles|2008]] |
|||
| highestranking = |
|||
| pb = 12.81 (100m hurdles)<br />6.60 (long jump) |
|||
| medaltemplates = |
|||
⚫ | |||
⚫ | |||
Claxton grew up in Colchester, Essex. She attended Monkwick Infant and Junior schools then went on to The Thomas Lord Audley School aged 11. |
|||
⚫ | She finished eighth at the [[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics |
||
⚫ | She finished eighth at the [[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metres hurdles|2008 Olympic Games]]. She also competed at the [[Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metres hurdles|2004 Olympic Games]], the [[2005 World Championships in Athletics - Women's 100 metres Hurdles|2005 World Championships]] as well as the World Indoor Championships in [[2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships|2001]], [[2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships|2003]], [[2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships|2004]], [[2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships|2006]] and [[2008 IAAF World Indoor Championships - Women's 60 metres hurdles|2008]] without reaching the final round.<ref name=iaaf>{{World Athletics}}</ref> |
||
⚫ | Her personal best time for 100m hurdles is 12.81 seconds, achieved in July 2008 in [[Loughborough]] |
||
⚫ | Her personal best time for 100m hurdles is 12.81 seconds, achieved in July 2008 in [[Loughborough]]. She is a former British record holder in the 60 metres hurdles, with a personal best of 7.96 seconds, achieved in February 2005 in [[Sheffield]]. However, this was beaten by [[Tiffany Porter]] in 2011 with a time of 7.80s at the [[2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships]].<ref name=iaaf/> |
||
She formerly competed in the long jump as well. She finished fourth at the [[1998 World Junior Championships in Athletics|1998 World Junior Championships]]. Her personal best jump was 6.60 metres, achieved in August 2003 in [[Tessenderlo]].<ref name=iaaf/> |
She formerly competed in the long jump as well. She finished fourth at the [[1998 World Junior Championships in Athletics|1998 World Junior Championships]]. Her personal best jump was 6.60 metres, achieved in August 2003 in [[Tessenderlo]].<ref name=iaaf/> |
||
In 2023, she took part in the third series of [[DNA Family Secrets]], attempting to discover who her biological father is, having never known him.<ref>{{Cite web |title=BBC Two - DNA Family Secrets, Series 3, Episode 1 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001qwzx |access-date=2023-09-27 |website=BBC |language=en-GB}}</ref> |
|||
==References== |
==References== |
||
Line 12: | Line 50: | ||
==External links== |
==External links== |
||
*[http://www.olympics.org.uk/athleterecord.aspx?at=5576 BOA profile] |
*[http://www.olympics.org.uk/athleterecord.aspx?at=5576 BOA profile] |
||
*{{ |
*{{World Athletics}} |
||
{{British Athletics Championships women's 100 metres hurdles champions}} |
|||
{{authority control}} |
|||
{{Persondata <!-- Metadata: see [[Wikipedia:Persondata]]. --> |
|||
⚫ | |||
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES = |
|||
| SHORT DESCRIPTION = British athlete |
|||
| DATE OF BIRTH = 23 September 1979 |
|||
| PLACE OF BIRTH = |
|||
| DATE OF DEATH = |
|||
| PLACE OF DEATH = |
|||
⚫ | |||
{{DEFAULTSORT:Claxton, Sarah}} |
{{DEFAULTSORT:Claxton, Sarah}} |
||
[[Category:Hurdlers]] |
|||
⚫ | |||
⚫ | |||
⚫ | |||
⚫ | |||
⚫ | |||
[[Category:1979 births]] |
[[Category:1979 births]] |
||
[[Category:Living people]] |
[[Category:Living people]] |
||
[[Category: |
[[Category:British female hurdlers]] |
||
⚫ | |||
[[Category:Olympic female hurdlers]] |
|||
⚫ | |||
⚫ | |||
⚫ | |||
[[Category:Commonwealth Games competitors for England]] |
|||
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2002 Commonwealth Games]] |
|||
⚫ | |||
[[Category:British Athletics Championships winners]] |
|||
[[Category:AAA Championships winners]] |
|||
[[Category:Black British sportswomen]] |
|||
{{England-athletics-bio-stub}} |
{{England-athletics-bio-stub}} |
||
[[pl:Sarah Claxton]] |
|||
[[sv:Sarah Claxton]] |
Latest revision as of 14:36, 7 November 2023
Personal information | |
---|---|
Birth name | Sarah Claxton |
Nationality | British |
Born | Colchester, Essex, United Kingdom | 23 September 1979
Sport | |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sport | Track and field |
Event(s) | 60 metres hurdles 100 metres hurdles Long jump |
Achievements and titles | |
Olympic finals | 8th 2008 |
Personal best(s) | 12.81 (100m hurdles) 6.60 (long jump) |
Sarah Claxton (born 23 September 1979) is a retired English athlete who specialised in the 100 metres hurdles.
Claxton grew up in Colchester, Essex. She attended Monkwick Infant and Junior schools then went on to The Thomas Lord Audley School aged 11.
She finished eighth at the 2008 Olympic Games. She also competed at the 2004 Olympic Games, the 2005 World Championships as well as the World Indoor Championships in 2001, 2003, 2004, 2006 and 2008 without reaching the final round.[1]
Her personal best time for 100m hurdles is 12.81 seconds, achieved in July 2008 in Loughborough. She is a former British record holder in the 60 metres hurdles, with a personal best of 7.96 seconds, achieved in February 2005 in Sheffield. However, this was beaten by Tiffany Porter in 2011 with a time of 7.80s at the 2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships.[1]
She formerly competed in the long jump as well. She finished fourth at the 1998 World Junior Championships. Her personal best jump was 6.60 metres, achieved in August 2003 in Tessenderlo.[1]
In 2023, she took part in the third series of DNA Family Secrets, attempting to discover who her biological father is, having never known him.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c Sarah Claxton at World Athletics
- ^ "BBC Two - DNA Family Secrets, Series 3, Episode 1". BBC. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
External links[edit]
- 1979 births
- Living people
- British female hurdlers
- British female long jumpers
- Olympic female hurdlers
- Olympic athletes for Great Britain
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Commonwealth Games competitors for England
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
- World Athletics Championships athletes for Great Britain
- British Athletics Championships winners
- AAA Championships winners
- Black British sportswomen
- English athletics biography stubs