Lynsey Sharp
Lynsey Sharp 
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 United Kingdom of Scotland
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| birthday | 11th July 1990 (age 30) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| place of birth |
Dumfries , Scotland
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| size | 175 cm | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 60 kg | |||||||||||||||||||||
| job | Lawyer ( LL.B. ) | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| discipline | 800 meter run | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Best performance | 1: 57.69 min | |||||||||||||||||||||
| society | Edinburgh Athletic Club | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Trainer | Rana Reider, Terrence Mahon | |||||||||||||||||||||
| status | active | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| last change: September 9, 2016 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Lynsey Sharp (born July 11, 1990 in Dumfries , Scotland ) is a British middle -distance runner who specializes in the 800-meter distance . Her biggest success so far is winning the gold medal at the 2012 European Championships in Helsinki.
Career
Lynsey Sharp won the silver medal in the 800-meter run at the U23 European Championships in Ostrava in 2011 and the gold medal at the 2012 European Championships in Helsinki a year later . In both competitions she moved up one place due to the subsequent disqualification of Jelena Arshakova from Russia , in which excessive hemoglobin values were found. At the 2012 Olympic Games in London , Lynsey Sharp reached the semifinals. In 2014 she won the silver medal for Scotland starting at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow . Another silver medal at the European Championships in Zurich was followed by a fifth place at the Athletics Continental Cup in Marrakech . At the 2015 World Championships in Beijing , she was eliminated in the semifinals. The following year she reached the finals at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro and was sixth in the victory of South African Caster Semenya in a new personal best of 1: 57.69 minutes.
Lynsey Sharp starts for the Edinburgh Athletic Club and has been coached by the American Rana Reider since 2014 . With a height of 175 cm, your competition weight is 60 kg. Her father is the former sprinter Cameron Sharp , who won the silver medal in the 200-meter run at the European Championships in Athens in 1982 .
Personal bests
- 800 m: 1: 57.69 min, August 20, 2016, Rio de Janeiro
- Hall: 2: 00.30 min, February 12, 2016, Boston
Web links
- Lynsey Sharp in the database of World Athletics (English)
- Athlete portrait of Lynsey Sharp on The Power of 10 (English)
- Lynsey Sharp in the database of TOPS in athletics (English)
- Lynsey Sharp in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- Lynsey Sharp on Facebook
- Lynsey Sharp on Twitter
- Interview with Lynsey Sharp at Runner's World
- Edinburgh Athletic Club website
- Lynsey Sharp - Get Out Strong, Commit on Youtube
- 800 meter victory at the IAAF Diamond League Birmingham 2014 on Youtube
- 800 meter run at the IAAF Diamond League Weltklasse Zürich 2015 on Youtube
- 800 meter victory at ISTAF Berlin 2015 on Youtube
Individual evidence
- ^ Sharp gets drug cheat's gold. www.dailymail.co.uk, accessed October 20, 2015 .
- ↑ Lynsey Sharp. www.sports-reference.com, accessed October 20, 2015 .
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| SURNAME | Sharp, Lynsey |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British middle distance runner |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 11, 1990 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dumfries , Scotland |