Kanika Beckles

Kanika Beckles
Personal information
Born (1991-10-03) October 3, 1991 (age 33)
St. Joseph, Trinidad and Tobago[1]
Height1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)[2]
Weight59 kg (130 lb)
Sport
Country Grenada
SportAthletics
Event(s)400m, 200m
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Grenada
CARIFTA Games(U20)
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Cayman Islands 400 m
OECS Track and Field Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Tortola 400m
Silver medal – second place 2016 Tortola 4x400m
Silver medal – second place 2017 Grenada 400m
Silver medal – second place 2017 Grenada 4x400m

Kanika Alana Beckles (born 3 October 1991, in Saint Joseph) is a Trinidadian-born Grenadian sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres. She represented Grenada at the 2012 Summer Olympics but did not start.[3][4][5] She reached the semifinals of the 2014 Commonwealth Games, after missing large parts of the 2012 and 2013 seasons with a torn hamstring and ACL surgery.[6][7] At the 2016 Summer Olympics she represented Grenada but placed fifth in her heat with a time 52.41 Seconds (a season's best) and with an overall ranking of 32nd. She did not advance to the semifinals.[8][9]

Competition record

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  Grenada
2010 CARIFTA Games George Town, Cayman Islands 3rd 400 m (U20) 54.04
2011
2011 Pan American Games Guadalajara, Mexico 7th (h) 400m 56.43s
2015
2015 Pan American Games Toronto, Canada 8th (s/f) 200m 28.14[10]
2016
Trinidad & Tobago National Championships Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago 2nd 400m 52.61s [11]
OECS Track and Field Championships Tortola, British Virgin Islands 4th 200m 23.78s (0.2 m/s) [12]
3rd 400m 53.37s[13]
2nd 4 × 400 m relay 3:41.75 [14]
2016 Rio Summer Olympics Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 32nd (h) 400m 52.41s[15][16]
2017 OECS Track and Field Championships Kirani James Athletic Stadium, Grenada 2nd 400m 53.90
2nd 4 × 400 m RELAY 3:37.48
2018 Commonwealth Games Gold Coast, Australia 6th sf 400m 53.80[17][18]
Central American and Caribbean Games Barranquilla, Colombia 4th 400m 53.75[19][20]

References

  1. ^ "2018 CWG bio". Retrieved 30 April 2018.
  2. ^ "2018 CAC Games bio". Archived from the original on 4 August 2018. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
  3. ^ "Olympics-Women's athletics 400m first round - results". Reuters. 3 August 2012.
  4. ^ "Olympics - BBC Sport". BBC Sport.
  5. ^ London 2012 profile Archived 2012-07-22 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ "Glasgow 2014 - Kanika Beckles Profile". g2014results.thecgf.com. Retrieved 2022-06-24.
  7. ^ "Athletics | Athlete Profile: Kanika BECKLES - Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games". results.gc2018.com. Retrieved 2022-06-24.
  8. ^ "UPDATE 1-Olympics-Athletics-Women's 400m round 1 results". Reuters. 13 August 2016.
  9. ^ "Women's 400m Schedule & Results – Olympic Athletics". Archived from the original on 2016-08-26. Retrieved 2016-08-13.
  10. ^ "Athletics Results Women's 200m Semifinal 1/2 - Toronto 2015 Pan American Games". Archived from the original on 2017-01-26. Retrieved 2016-08-13.
  11. ^ "Meet Results".
  12. ^ "OECS Championships 2016 - Complete Results (Raw)".
  13. ^ "OECS Championships 2016 - Complete Results (Raw)".
  14. ^ "OECS Championships 2016 - Complete Results (Raw)".
  15. ^ "Women's 400m Schedule & Results – Olympic Athletics". Archived from the original on 2016-08-26. Retrieved 2016-08-13.
  16. ^ "Olympics - BBC Sport". BBC Sport.
  17. ^ "Athletics | Result Women's 400m Semifinal 3 - Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games". Archived from the original on Aug 3, 2018.
  18. ^ "Gold Coast 2018 - Women's 400m Semifinal 3/3" (PDF). April 10, 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on Aug 3, 2018.
  19. ^ "Event Schedule". 28 October 2021.
  20. ^ "BARRANQUILLA 2018 Women's 400m Final" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-08-04. Retrieved 2018-08-03.


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