Kirsten McAslan

Kirsten McAslan
nation	United Kingdom of Scotland
birthday	1st September 1993 (age 27)
place of birth	Manchester , UK
size	172 cm
Weight	60 kg
Career
discipline	400 meter run
Best performance	52.13 s
society	Sale Harriers Manchester
Trainer	Trevor Painter
status	active
Medal table
World championships 0 × 0 × 1 × European Indoor Championships 0 × 1 × 0 × U23 European Championships 1 × 0 × 0 × U20 European Championships 1 × 0 × 0 ×
World championships bronze Beijing 2015 4 × 400 m  European Indoor Championships silver Prague 2015 4 × 400 m  U23 European Championships gold Tallinn 2015 4 × 400 m  Junior European Championships gold Tallinn 2011 4 × 400 m
last change: March 26, 2019

Kirsten McAslan (born September 1, 1993 in Manchester ) is a British sprinter who specializes in the 400-meter run and also competes in the 400-meter hurdles .

Athletic career

In 2011 McAslan took part in a major international event, the Junior European Championships in Tallinn , for the first time , and won the gold medal there with the British 4 x 400 meter relay in 3: 25.29 minutes. In the individual competition over 400 meters, she was eliminated in the first round with 54.16 s. At the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow , she failed with the Scottish team in the run-up to the 4 x 400 meter relay . The following year she was eliminated from the semifinals at the European Indoor Championships in Prague over 400 meters in 53.49 s and won silver in 3: 31.79 min with the relay behind the team from France. In addition, she was able to win the gold medal at the U23 European Championships in 3: 30.07 min with the U23 relay before Poland and Russia. In the individual competition she was fifth in 52.33 s. At the World Championships in Beijing , she contributed to winning the bronze medal through the British 4 x 400 meter relay with her commitment in the run-up.

In 2018 she again took part in the Commonwealth Games in the Australian Gold Coast , where she finished sixth with the Scottish team in 3: 29.18 minutes. In August, she reached the semifinals in the 400-meter hurdles at the European Championships in Berlin , in which she was eliminated in 57.33 s.

In 2015 McAslan became British indoor champion in the 400-meter run.

Personal bests

• 400 meters: 52.13 s on July 9, 2015 in Tallinn
  • 400 meters (indoor): 52.28 s, 21 February 2015 in Birmingham
• 400 m hurdles: 56.48 s, July 1st 2018 in Birmingham

Web links

• Kirsten McAslan in the database of World Athletics (English)
• Athlete portrait at The Power of Ten
• Kirsten McAslan in the database of TOPS in athletics (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Result list of the U23 European Championships in Tallinn 2015