Meghan Beesley

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Meghan Beesley
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Meghan Beesley during the 2013 Loughborough International Athletics
Personal information
NationalityBritish
Born (1989-11-15) 15 November 1989 (age 36)
Polesworth, Warwickshire, England
EducationLoughborough University
Height1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)[1]
Weight56 kg (123 lb)
Sport
SportAthletics
Event
400 metres
ClubBirchfield Harriers
Coached byBenke Blomkvist
Medal record
World Indoor Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Birmingham 4×400 m
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Berlin 400 m Hurdles
Athletics World Cup
Silver medal – second place 2018 London 400 m Hurdles

Meghan Beesley (born 15 November 1989) is an English track and field athlete specialising in the 400 metres hurdles.[2] She competed at the 2013 World Championships narrowly missing the final. Earlier in her career, she also competed in the heptathlon. Beesley broke the world record for the rarely contested straight 200 metres hurdles by 0.69 seconds at the 2014 Great City Games in Manchester.[3]

Competition record

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Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain and File:Flag of England.svg England
2007 European Junior Championships Kaunas, Lithuania 6th 400 m hurdles 58.76
2nd 4 × 400 m relay 3:37.29
2008 World Junior Championships Bydgoszcz, Poland 3rd 400 m hurdles 57.08
2009 European U23 Championships Kaunas, Lithuania 11th (sf) 400 m hurdles 57.32
2010 Commonwealth Games Delhi, India 7th 400 m hurdles 58.36
2nd 4 × 400 m relay 3:29.51
2011 European U23 Championships Ostrava, Czech Republic 3rd 400 m hurdles 55.69
Universiade Shenzhen, China 8th 400 m hurdles 59.21
3rd 4 × 400 m relay 3:33.09
2012 European Championships Helsinki, Finland 14th (sf) 400 m hurdles 57.32
2013 World Championships Moscow, Russia 9th (sf) 400 m hurdles 54.97
2015 World Championships Beijing, China 10th (sf) 400 m hurdles 55.41
2017 World Championships London, United Kingdom 20th (sf) 400 m hurdles 56.61
2018 World Indoor Championships Birmingham, United Kingdom 3rd 4 × 400 m relay 3:29.38
Commonwealth Games Gold Coast, Australia 11th (h) 400 m hurdles 56.41
Athletics World Cup London, United Kingdom 2nd 400 m Hurdles 55.90
European Championships Berlin, Germany 3rd 400 m hurdles 55.34
2019 World Championships Doha, Qatar 24th (sf) 400 m hurdles 56.89
2021 Olympic Games Tokyo, Japan 26th (h) 400 m hurdles 55.91

Personal bests

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Indoor

References

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