Serita Solomon

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Serita Solomon athletics

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Serita Solomon in Salzburg 2015

nation United KingdomUnited Kingdom United Kingdom of EnglandEnglandEngland 
birthday 1st March 1990 (age 30)
place of birth London , UK
size 170 cm
Weight 61 kg
Career
discipline 100 meter hurdles
Best performance 12.87 s
society Blackheath and Bromley Harriers Athletic Club
Trainer Michelle Bovell
status active
Medal table
European Indoor Championships 0 × gold 0 × silver 1 × bronze
EAA logo European Indoor Championships
bronze Prague 2015 60 m hurdles
last change: June 13, 2017

Serita Solomon (born March 1, 1990 in London ) is a British hurdler who specializes in the 100 meter distance .

Athletic career

In her youth and junior career, Solomon was multiple British champions and also represented her club at various European club championships. In 2012 she finished fifth in the British Olympic Games qualifying round. In 2014 Serita Solomon represented the United Kingdom at the European Team Championships in Braunschweig and finished eighth. She also secured a starting place for the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow , where she reached the semifinals. In 2015 she won the bronze medal at the European Indoor Championships in Prague . She improved her best time three times to 7.93 s. Furthermore, she represented her country again at the European Team Championships and was again eighth. In 2016, she reached the finals at the World Indoor Championships in Portland , where she finished seventh. She also qualified for the European Championships in Amsterdam , but was eliminated there in the first round.

Personal bests

  • 100 m hurdles: 12.87 s, June 7, 2015 in Birmingham
    • 60 m hurdles (hall): 7.93 s, March 6, 2015 in Prague

Web links

Commons : Serita Solomon  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Results of the European Championships in Amsterdam 2016