Karen Shinkins
Irish sprinter
Karen Shinkins (born 15 October 1976 in Newbridge, County Kildare) is a retired Irish sprinter who specialised in the 400 metres.[1] She represented her country at the 2000 Summer Olympics, as well as four consecutive World Championships, starting in 1999.[citation needed]
She has personal bests of 51.07 (1999) outdoors and 51.58 indoors (2002). The latter is still the national record.[citation needed]
Competition record
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing Ireland | |||||
1994 | World Junior Championships | Lisbon, Portugal | 30th (qf) | 200 m | 25.20 (wind: +0.8 m/s) |
1998 | European Indoor Championships | Valencia, Spain | 11th (h) | 400 m | 53.45 |
1999 | Universiade | Palma de Mallorca, Spain | 4th | 400 m | 51.07 |
World Championships | Seville, Spain | 25th (qf) | 400 m | 52.08 | |
2000 | European Indoor Championships | Ghent, Belgium | 4th | 400 m | 53.15 |
Olympic Games | Sydney, Australia | 34th (h) | 400 m | 53.27 | |
16th (h) | 4x400 m relay | 3:32.24 | |||
2001 | World Indoor Championships | Lisbon, Portugal | 18th (h) | 400 m | 53.90 |
World Championships | Edmonton, Canada | 15th (sf) | 400 m | 51.66 | |
2002 | European Indoor Championships | Vienna, Austria | 3rd | 400 m | 52.17 |
European Championships | Munich, Germany | 11th (h) | 400 m | 52.50 | |
2003 | World Indoor Championships | Birmingham, United Kingdom | 16th (h) | 400 m | 53.59 |
World Championships | Paris, France | 23rd (sf) | 400 m | 52.74 | |
2004 | World Indoor Championships | Budapest, Hungary | 22nd (h) | 400 m | 54.37 |
9th (h) | 4x400 m relay | 3:34.61 | |||
2005 | World Championships | Helsinki, Finland | 19th (sf) | 400 m | 52.17 |
References
- ^ Karen Shinkins at World Athletics
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