Sage Watson
| File:Sage Watson 3 (19654128753).jpg Sage Watson in 2015 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Sage Heather Walker |
| Born | Sage Heather Watson 20 June 1994 |
| Education | Florida State University University of Arizona '17 |
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) |
| Weight | 57 kg (126 lb) |
Spouse | Brad Walker |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Track and field |
Event(s) | 400 metres hurdles 400 metres |
| College team | Florida State Seminoles Arizona Wildcats |
| Coached by | Fred Harvey |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal best(s) | 400 metres hurdles:54.32 400 meters:51.62 |
Medal record | |
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Sage Heather Walker (née Watson born 20 June 1994) is a Canadian athlete specializing in the 400 metres hurdles.[2] Competing internationally for Canada, she is the reigning Pan American champion in the 400 m hurdles, having also won Pan American medals in 2015 and 2019 as part of Canada's relay team.
Career
[edit | edit source]Watson first represented her country at the 2015 World Championships in Beijing, where she reached the semifinals. In July 2016 she was officially named to Canada's Olympic team, reaching the semifinals in the 400m hurdles and finishing fourth as part of Canada's women's 4x400 metres relay team.[3]
At the 2017 World Championships, Watson finished sixth. At the 2019 World Championships in Doha, Watson qualified to the final of the 400m hurdles with a national record time of 54.32, breaking the previous record of Rosey Edeh that had stood since 1996.[4]
Watson competed at her second Olympics in Tokyo in 2021. She qualified to the semi-finals of the 400 m hurdles, but placed fifth there and did not advance to the final. The Canadian team in the 4 × 400 m relay finished in fourth place for the second consecutive Olympics, which she remarked afterward "really hurts."[5]
Due to a back injury incurred six weeks before the Tokyo Games, Watson would later announce that she was stepping away from competition to focus on recovery.[6]
Private life
[edit | edit source]Watson married US Olympic pole vaulter Brad Walker, now a chiropractor.[7] They purchased her grandfather's farm in Alberta. [8]
International competitions
[edit | edit source]| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Representing File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada | |||||
| 2011 | World Youth Championships | Lille, France | 8th | 400 m hurdles | 61.04 |
| 3rd | Sprint medley relay | 2:05.72 | |||
| 2012 | World Junior Championships | Barcelona, Spain | 10th (sf) | 400 m hurdles | 58.04 |
| 6th | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:37.84 | |||
| 2013 | Pan American Junior Championships | Medellín, Colombia | 3rd | 400 m | 52.68 |
| 1st | 400 m hurdles | 56.81 | |||
| 2nd | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:41.53 | |||
| 2015 | Pan American Games | Toronto, Canada | 10th (h) | 400 m hurdles | 58.36 |
| 3rd | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:27.74 | |||
| World Championships | Beijing, China | 19th (sf) | 400 m hurdles | 56.38 | |
| 8th | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:27.69 | |||
| 2016 | Olympic Games | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 11th (sf) | 400 m hurdles | 55.44 |
| 4th | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:26.43 | |||
| 2017 | World Championships | London, United Kingdom | 6th | 400 m hurdles | 54.92 |
| 2018 | Commonwealth Games | Gold Coast, Australia | 5th | 400 m hurdles | 55.55 |
| 2019 | World Relays | Yokohama, Japan | 4th | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:28.21 |
| Pan American Games | Lima, Peru | 1st | 400 m hurdles | 55.16 | |
| 2nd | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:27.01 | |||
| World Championships | Doha, Qatar | 8th | 400 m hurdles | 54.82 | |
| 5th (h) | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:25.861 | |||
| 2020 | Olympic Games | Tokyo, Japan | 5th (sf) | 400 m hurdles | 55.51 |
| 4th | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:21.84 | |||
| 2022 | World Indoor Championships | Belgrade, Serbia | 8th (h) | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:31.45 |
1Disqualified in the final
Personal bests
[edit | edit source]Outdoor
- 200 metres – 23.80 (-0.2 m/s, Tucson 2017)
- 400 metres – 51.62 (Tucson 2018)
- 400 metres hurdles – 54.32 (Doha 2019)
Indoor
- 400 metres – 51.84 (College Station 2018)
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Canadian Olympic Committee bio
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Sage Walker at World AthleticsLua error in Module:EditAtWikidata at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Sage Walker at Athletics CanadaLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Sage Watson at TFRRS: Florida State University (2012–2015), University of Arizona (2015–2017)
- Sage Watson at Eurosport
- Sage Watson at Arizona Wildcats
- Sage Watson at Florida State Seminoles (archived)
- Sage Watson at All-Athletics.com (archived)
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- Sage Watson at OlympediaLua error in Module:EditAtWikidata at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Sage Watson at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games (archived)
- Sage Heather Watson at the Lima 2019 Pan American Games (archived, alternate link)
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- 1994 births
- Living people
- Canadian women hurdlers
- Canadian women sprinters
- Track and field athletes from Alberta
- Sportswomen from Alberta
- Sportspeople from Medicine Hat
- World Athletics Championships athletes for Canada
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2015 Pan American Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2019 Pan American Games
- Pan American Games gold medalists for Canada in athletics (track and field)
- Pan American Games silver medalists for Canada in athletics (track and field)
- Pan American Games bronze medalists for Canada in athletics (track and field)
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic track and field athletes for Canada
- Florida State University
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
- University of Arizona alumni
- Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games
- Commonwealth Games athletes for Canada
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- United States collegiate record holders in athletics (track and field)
- Florida State Seminoles women's track and field athletes
- Arizona Wildcats women's track and field athletes
- NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships winners
- 21st-century Canadian sportswomen