Sharon Cripps

Sharon Lee Cripps[1] (born 29 June 1977[1][2] in Brisbane,[1] Queensland) is a former track and field sprinter from Australia. She attended Ferny Grove State High School in Brisbane.[3]

Sharon Cripps
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Australia
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 1998 Kuala Lumpur 4 × 100 m relay

Athletics career

Cripps represented Australia in two Summer Olympics (1996 and 2000) and two Commonwealth Games (1998 and 2002), as well as the 2003 World Championships.[2]

At the 1996 Olympics, as a 19-year-old, she made the final of the women's 4 x 100 metres relay, finishing seventh.[4] She was part of the Australian team that won the gold medal in the women's 4 × 100 metres relay at the 1998 Commonwealth Games along with Tania Van Heer, Lauren Hewitt and Nova Peris-Kneebone in a time of 43.39 seconds.[5] At the 2002 Commonwealth Games she made the final of both the 200 metres and 4 × 100 metres relay, finishing seventh and fourth respectively.[6] In 2003, she was Australia's national champion in the women's 100 and 200 metres.[7]

Personal bests
Event Time Place Date
100 m11.38Darwin, Australia22 June 2002
200 m22.84Adelaide, Australia6 February 2003

References
  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Sharon Cripps". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 5 July 2017. Retrieved 31 March 2018.
  2. "Sharon Cripps". athhistory.imgstg.com. Australian Athletics Historical Results. Archived from the original on 24 February 2017. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
  3. "Past students". Ferny Grove State High School. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
  4. "Olympic Games 1996 Atlanta Athletics: Results". Archived from the original on 30 September 2007.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  5. "1998 Commonwealth Games – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay: Final results". Archived from the original on 24 February 2017. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
  6. "Commonwealth Games 2002 Statistics". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 27 January 2011. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
  7. "Australian Championships (Women)". GBR Athletics. Archived from the original on 24 April 2016. Retrieved 23 February 2017.


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