Shara Proctor

Shara Proctor

File:Shara Proctor Istanbul 2012.jpg Proctor at the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships
Personal information
Nationality	British
Born	(1988-09-16) 16 September 1988 The Valley, Anguilla
Residence	Loughborough, Leicestershire, UK
Height
Weight	60 kg (130 lb)
Sport
Sport	Track and field
Event(s)	Long jump
College team	University of Florida
Medal record Athletics Representing Great Britain World Championships 2015 Beijing Long jump World Indoor Championships 2012 Istanbul Long jump IAAF Diamond League 2013 Diamond League Long jump Representing Anguilla Central American and Caribbean Championships 2009 Havana Long jump 2008 Cali Long jump

Shara Proctor (born 16 September 1988) is an Anguillan-born long jumper, competing for Great Britain since 2011. She is the national record holder of both Anguilla and Great Britain. On 28th August 2015 at the World Championships in Beijing she became the first British female long jumper to jump over 7 meters (7.07), setting a new British record, and earning a world championship silver medal. She also won the 2013 IAAF Diamond League in the event.

Career

Representing Anguilla

She competed at the 2006 Commonwealth Games and the 2007 World Championships for Anguilla, but without reaching the final round.

In November 2010, she transferred her allegiance to Great Britain. A British Overseas Territory, Anguilla does not have a National Olympic Committee (NOC) of its own; the British Olympic Association is recognised as the appropriate NOC for such athletes and thus Anguillan athletes who hold a British passport are eligible to represent Great Britain at the Olympic Games. Following her transfer of allegiance, however, Proctor also became eligible to compete for Great Britain at European and World Championships.

Representing Great Britain

In 2012, Proctor won her first senior medal for Great Britain, a bronze medal in the long jump in the IAAF World Indoor Athletics Championships, after a British national indoor record leap of 6.89 metres.

Her longest jumps outdoors are 7.07 metres in the long jump, achieved in August 2015 in Beijing; and 13.74 metres in the triple jump, achieved in May 2009 in Greensboro.

In November 2012 Proctor moved from her training base at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach to Loughborough when her coach Rana Reider was recruited to work at UK Athletics. On Reider's move to the Netherlands, Proctor relocated to stay with her coach. .

On 28 August 2015 at the World Championships in Beijing she became the first British female long jumper to jump over 7 meters (7.07) thus setting a new British record, and earning a silver medal.

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing Anguilla
2003	CARIFTA Games (U17)	Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago	8th	High jump	1.55m
			3rd	Long jump	5.45m   (1.1 m/s)
2004	CARIFTA Games (U17)	Hamilton, Bermuda	6th	High jump	1.50m
			2nd	Long jump	5.83m w (NWI)
	CAC Junior Championships (U17)	Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago	1st	Long jump	5.99m
2005	CARIFTA Games (U-20)	Bacolet, Trinidad and Tobago	5th (h)	200 m	26.66   (0.0 m/s)
			2nd	Long jump	6.24m NR (0.4 m/s)
2006	CARIFTA Games (U-20)	Les Abymes, Guadeloupe	1st	Long jump	6.17m   (0.0 m/s)
	Commonwealth Games	Melbourne, Australia	13th (q)	Long jump	6.06 m
	CAC Junior Championships (U20)	Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago	3rd	Long jump	6.08m
	World Junior Championships	Beijing, China	16th (q)	Long jump	6.01 m (wind: 0.0 m/s)
2007	CARIFTA Games (U-20)	Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands	1st	Long jump	6.17m   (−0.3 m/s)
	World Championships	Osaka, Japan	29th (q)	Long jump	5.82 m
2008	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Cali, Colombia	2nd	Long jump	6.54 m
			7th	Triple jump	12.99 m
	NACAC U-23 Championships	Toluca, México	4th	Long jump	6.23m (wind: NWI) A
			2nd	Triple jump	13.11m (wind: NWI) A
2009	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Havana, Cuba	1st	Long jump	6.61 m
	World Championships	Berlin, Germany	6th	Long jump	6.71 m NR
2010	NACAC U23 Championships	Miramar, Florida, United States	1st	Long jump	6.43m (wind: 0.9 m/s)
Representing Great Britain
2011	World Championships	Daegu, South Korea	20th (q)	Long jump	6.34 m
2012	World Indoor Championships	Istanbul, Turkey	3rd	Long jump	6.89 m NR
2013	European Indoor Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	4th	Long jump	6.69 m
	World Championships	Moscow, Russia	6th	Long jump	6.79 m
2014	World Indoor Championships	Sopot, Poland	4th	Long jump	6.68 m
	Commonwealth Games	Glasgow, Scotland	4th (q)	Long jump	6.51 m
2015	World Championships	Beijing, China	2nd	Long jump	7.07m NR
2016	World Indoor Championships	Portland, United States	8th	Long jump	6.57 m

External links

• Shara Proctor – University of Florida athlete profile at GatorZone.com