Karen Shinkins

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.

She has personal bests of 51.07 (1999) outdoors and 51.58 indoors (2002).

Competition record

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
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) 4 × 400 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) 4 × 400 m relay 3:34.61
2005 World Championships Helsinki, Finland 19th (sf) 400 m 52.17

References

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