Meghan Beesley

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]

Meghan Beesley
Meghan Beesley during the 2013 Loughborough International Athletics
Personal information
NationalityBritish
Born (1989-11-15) 15 November 1989
Polesworth, Warwickshire, England
EducationLoughborough University
Height1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)[1]
Weight56 kg (123 lb)
Sport
SportAthletics
Event(s)400 metres
Coached byBenke Blomkvist
Medal record
World Indoor Championships
Bronze medal – third place2018 Birmingham4×400 m
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place2018 Berlin400 m Hurdles
Athletics World Cup
Silver medal – second place2018 London400 m Hurdles

Competition record
YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing  Great Britain and  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

Indoor

References
  1. 2018 CWG bio
  2. Meghan Beesley at World Athletics
  3. Ingle, Sean (19 May 2014). "Yohan Blake wins on the street and reveals Commonwealth Games hopes". theguardian.com. Retrieved 19 May 2014.


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