Sallyanne Short

Sallyanne Short (born 6 March 1968) is a Welsh former sprinter who competed in the 100 metres and 200 metres. She represented Great Britain in the 4 x 100 metres relay at the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul.

Sallyanne Short
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Wales
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal – third place1986 Edinburgh 4 x 100 m

Career

Short was born in Newport, Wales and began her international career in 1986. She represented Great Britain at the World Junior Championships in Athens and Wales at the Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, where she won a bronze medal in the 4 × 100 m relay.

In 1988, she earned relay selection for the Seoul Olympics. The British quartet of Short, Bev Kinch, Simmone Jacobs and Paula Dunn, reached the semi-finals, running 43.50 to miss the final by just six hundredths of a second.[1]

At her second Commonwealth Games in Auckland, January 1990, she reached the finals of both the 100 metres and 200 metres, finishing fifth in the 100 m in 11.41 and sixth in the 200 m in 23.35. In the summer, she won the UK National title at 100 metres and competed in the 200 m at the European Championships in Split.

Short was unlucky to miss Olympic selection in 1992. At the Olympic trials in Birmingham, she was third in the 200 metres, but was the top UK athlete (Australian's Melinda Gainsford and Melissa Moore were 1st and 2nd). Short however, ran 23.24, just outside the qualifying standard of 23.20. Having been unable to attain this time in subsequent races, she did achieve the 100 m standard of 11.40, with 11.39 in Cwmbran. Unfortunately she achieved this just days after the selection deadline. The UK selectors decided not to send a 4 × 100 m squad to Barcelona. She retired in 1995. [2]

Short held the Welsh 100 m record with her 11.39 from 1992 until 2022, when it was beaten by Hannah Brier.[3] The record had previous been equalled by Briar and Elaine O'Neill.[3]

Achievements
  • UK 100 metres Champion (1990)
  • 3 Times Welsh 100 metres Champion (1986,87,92)
  • 7 Times Welsh 200 metres Champion (1986,87,88,89,90,92,94)
YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing  Great Britain /  Wales
1986 World Junior Championships Athens, Greece 14th (sf) 200 m 24.20 (wind: +0.5 m/s)
6th 4 × 100 m 45.18
Commonwealth Games Edinburgh, Scotland 8th 100 m 11.74
11th (h) 200 m 24.06
3rd 4 × 100 m 45.37
1988 Olympic Games Seoul, South Korea semi-final 4 × 100 m 43.50
1990 Commonwealth Games Auckland, New Zealand 5th 100 m 11.41
6th 200 m 23.35
European Championships Split, Yugoslavia 18th (h) 200 m 23.83 (wind: -0.5 m/s)

References
  1. "Women 4x100 mRelay Olympic Games 1988 Seoul". todor66.com. Retrieved 22 January 2014.
  2. "Athletics: Sallyanne Short, the Welsh sprinter, has retired". The Independent. 5 December 1995. Retrieved 17 July 2016.
  3. "Hannah Brier: Swansea Harrier becomes Wales' fastest woman". BBC Sport. 25 June 2022. Retrieved 6 July 2022.
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