Sophie McKinna

Sophie McKinna
Personal information
Born	31 August 1994 (age 30); Gorleston, England, United Kingdom
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	95 kg (209 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	Shot put
Club	Great Yarmouth
Coached by	Geoff Capes (–2014); Mike Winch (2015–)

Sophie McKinna (born 31 August 1994) is a Norfolk born, British 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.

Her indoor personal best is 17.97 metres (Birmingham 2019). 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]

International competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
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
2011	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
2013	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
2018	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

References

^ "Team England bio". Retrieved 9 October 2018.
^ "Power of 10 profile". Retrieved 9 October 2018.
^ Sophie McKinna at World Athletics
^ "BBC Live Athletics".
^ "Results list". British Athletics.

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[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.

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