Shara Proctor

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Shara Proctor (2012)
Shara Proctor at in Istanbul 2012

Full name Shara Nerissa Proctor
nation United KingdomUnited Kingdom United Kingdom of EnglandEnglandEngland 
birthday 16th September 1988 (age 31)
place of birth Christiansted , US Virgin Islands
size 173 cm
Weight 60 kg
Career
discipline Long jump , triple jump
Best performance 7.07 m Sport records icon NR.svg13.82 m
society Birchfield Harriers
Trainer Rana Reider
National squad since 2011
status active
Medal table
World championships 0 × gold 1 × silver 0 × bronze
Commonwealth Games 0 × gold 1 × silver 0 × bronze
Indoor world championships 0 × gold 0 × silver 1 × bronze
European championships 0 × gold 0 × silver 1 × bronze
IAAF logo World championships
silver Beijing 2015 7.07 m
Commonwealth Games Federation logo Commonwealth Games
bronze Gold Coast 2018 6.75 m
IAAF logo Indoor world championships
bronze Istanbul 2012 6.89 m
EAA logo European championships
bronze Berlin 2018 6.70 m
last change: April 18, 2019

Shara Nerissa Proctor (born September 16, 1988 in Christiansted ) is a British long jumper of Anguillan origin.

Athletic career

Shara Proctor gained first international experience for Anguilla starting at the CARIFTA Games 2003 in Port of Spain , where she won the bronze medal in the long jump with 5.45 m, while she came eighth in the high jump with 1.55 m. The following year she secured the silver medal in the long jump at the Games in Hamilton with 5.83 m and came in sixth place with 1.50 m. Then she won with 5.99 m at the Central America and Caribbean Junior Championships (CAC) in Port of Spain. In 2005 she won the silver medal again at the CARIFTA Games in Bacolet with a new national record of 6.24 m and was eliminated in the preliminary round in the 200-meter run . At the games in Les Abymes , she won the long jump with 6.17 m. She then took part for the first time in the Commonwealth Games in Melbourne , where she was eliminated with 6.06 m in qualification. She then won the bronze medal at the CAC Junior Championships in Port of Spain with 6.08 m and was eliminated from the qualification at the Junior World Championships in Beijing with 6.01 m. In 2007, she defended her title at the CARIFTA Games in Providenciales with 6.17 m . So she qualified for the World Championships in Osaka , where she was eliminated with 5.82 m in the preliminary round.

In 2008 she won the silver medal behind the Bahamian Bianca Stuart at the CAC Championships in Cali with 6.54 m and was seventh in the triple jump with 12.99 m . She then won the silver medal in the triple jump at the U23 NACAC championships in Toluca de Lerdo with 13.11 m and took fourth place in the long jump with 6.23 m. The following year she won the CAC Championships in Havana with 6.61 m and reached sixth place at the World Championships in Berlin with a national record of 6.71 m. In 2010 she won the U23 NACAC Championships in Miramar with a 6.43 m long jump and then decided to start for the United Kingdom from next year.

In 2011 she took part again in the World Championships in Daegu , but did not get past the first round with 6.34 m. In 2012 she won the bronze medal at the World Indoor Championships in Istanbul with a width of 6.89 m , which also marked a new British indoor record. She then took part in the Olympic Games in London , where she finished seventh with 6.55 m in the final , after two athletes in front of her were disqualified for doping. The following year she was fourth with 6.69 m at the European Indoor Championships in Gothenburg and classified at the World Championships in Moscow with 6.79 m in fifth place. In 2014, she finished fourth at the World Indoor Championships in Sopot, Poland, with 6.68 m and gave up injured after the first invalid attempt at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow in the final.

On May 15, 2015, she set a British record in second place at the Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix with 6.95 m, and on July 25, when she won the London Grand Prix , she improved that mark to 6.98 m. At the World Championships in Beijing she won silver with another national record (7.07 m) behind Tianna Bartoletta , who she surpassed in the last attempt with 7.14 m. In 2016, she was eighth at the World Indoor Championships in Portland with a width of 6.57 m. In August she took part again in the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro and this time was eliminated with 6.36 m in qualification , as well as at the World Championships in London the following year, where 6.45 m was not enough for a final . In 2018 Proctor won the bronze medal with 6.75 m at the Commonwealth Games in the Australian Gold Coast behind Canadians Christabel Nettey and Brooke Stratton from Australia. Also at the European Championships in Berlin in August she won the bronze medal with 6.70 m behind the Germans Malaika Mihambo and Maryna Bech from Ukraine.

In 2012 and 2013 as well as 2015, Proctor was British champion in the long jump outdoors and 2012 also in the hall. She graduated from the University of Florida with a degree in sports management .

Shara Proctor holds the Anguillan records in long jump (6.71 m, 23 August 2009, Berlin ), triple jump (13.74 m, 30 May 2009, Greensboro ) and discus throw (28.55 m, 2 July 2006, Saint John's ) as well as the indoor records in the long jump (6.67 m, February 5, 2010, Blacksburg ) and triple jump (13.88 m, February 6, 2010, Blacksburg). Her record in the javelin throw (28.00 m, July 1, 2006, Saint John's) lasted until 2009.

Personal best

  • Long jump: 7.07 m, August 28, 2015 in Beijing ( British record )
    • Long jump (hall): 6.91 m, February 13, 2016 in Berlin
  • Triple jump: 13.82 m, April 14, 2017 in Azusa
    • Triple jump (hall): 13.88 m, February 6, 2010 in Blacksburg

Web links

Commons : Shara Proctor  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Simon Peach: British record holder Shara Proctor pulls out of Commonwealth Games long-jump final in tears after suffering thigh injury in run-up . In: Daily Mail . 31 Jul 2014
  2. ^ IAAF: Report: women's long jump final - IAAF World Championships, Beijing 2015 . August 28, 2015