Sophie McKinna

Sophie McKinna (born 31 August 1994) is a Norfolk born, [[Great British Olympic athlete specialising in the shot put.[3] She won silver medals at the 2011 World Youth Championships and 2013 European Junior Championships. She became the 2019 British Indoor and Outdoor Champion.

Sophie McKinna
Personal information
Born (1994-08-31) 31 August 1994
Gorleston, England, United Kingdom
Height1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)[1]
Weight95 kg (209 lb)
Sport
SportAthletics
Event(s)Shot put
ClubGreat Yarmouth
Coached byGeoff Capes (–2014)
Mike Winch (2015–)[2]

Her indoor personal best is 18.82 metres (Birmingham 2022). At the 2019 World Championships in Doha she threw a new outdoor personal best of 18.61m to qualify for the final.[4] By throwing over the 18.50m required she has now also qualified for the Tokyo Olympics in 2020. Sophie must finish in the top two at the British Outdoor Championships to be selected for the games.

In 2020 she became a double British champion when successfully defending her title and winning the shot put event at the 2020 British Athletics Championships with a throw of 17.88 metres.[5] She is the granddaughter of the former Norwich City footballer and manager Dave Stringer.[6]

International competitions
YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing  Great Britain and  England
2010 Youth Olympic Games Singapore 5th Shot put 15.14 m
2011 World Youth Championships Lille, France 2nd Shot put 14.90 m
Commonwealth Youth Games Douglas, Isle of Man 1st Shot put 14.75 m
2012 World Junior Championships Barcelona, Spain 6th Shot put 15.98 m
2013 European Cup Winter Throwing (U23) Castellón, Spain 2nd Shot put 16.09 m
European Junior Championships Rieti, Italy 2nd Shot put 17.09 m
2014 Commonwealth Games Glasgow, United Kingdom 5th Shot put 16.59 m
2015 European U23 Championships Tallinn, Estonia 9th Shot put 15.68 m
2018 Commonwealth Games Gold Coast, Australia 5th Shot put 17.76 m
European Championships Berlin, Germany 7th Shot put 17.69 m
2019 European Indoor Championships Glasgow, United Kingdom 10th (q) Shot put 17.18 m
European Team Championships Bydgoszcz, Poland 3rd Shot put 17.94 m
World Championships Doha, Qatar 11th Shot put 17.99 m
2021 European Indoor Championships Toruń, Poland 9th (q) Shot put 17.95 m
Olympic Games Tokyo, Japan 17th (q) Shot put 17.81 m
2022 World Indoor Championships Belgrade, Serbia 8th Shot put 18.62 m

References
  1. "Team England bio". Retrieved 9 October 2018.
  2. "Power of 10 profile". Retrieved 9 October 2018.
  3. Sophie McKinna at World Athletics
  4. "BBC Live Athletics".
  5. "Results list". British Athletics.
  6. https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/olympics/sophie-s-choice-to-be-golden-shot-2052979.html


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