Meghan Beesley
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Meghan Beesley (born 15 November 1989 in Blackpool, Lancashire, England) is an English athlete specialising in the 400 metres hurdles.[1] 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.[2]
Competition record
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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2007 | European Junior Championships | Kaunas, Lithuania | 6th | 400 m hurdles | 58.76 |
2nd | 4x400 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 | 4x400 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 | 4x400 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 |
Personal bests
- 200 metres – 23.53 (Birmingham 2015)
- 400 metres – 52.79 (La Chaux-de-Fonds 2011)
- 100 metres hurdles – 13.21 (Loughborough 2015)
- 400 metres hurdles – 54.52 (Beijing 2015)
Indoor
- 200 metres – 23.87 (Birmingham, UK 2013)
- 400 metres – 52.80 (Vienna 2013)
References
- ↑ Meghan Beesley profile at IAAF
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Categories:
- IAAF ID different in Wikidata
- 1989 births
- Living people
- English hurdlers
- British hurdlers
- People from Blackpool
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games competitors for England
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England
- World Championships in Athletics athletes for Great Britain
- English athletics biography stubs