Sarah Claxton

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Name: Sarah Claxton

Essex base: Colchester

Date of Birth: 23/09/1979

Sport: Athletics

Event: 100 metres hurdles

Height: 169

Weight: 61

Club: Woodford Green, Essex Ladies, life member of Colchester and Tendring Athletics Club

Coach: Lloyd Cawau, Tony Jarrett

International/National achievements

2009

• Currently ranks 1st British and English 100metre hurdles and 16th in the world. 

2008

• Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, 8th in the finals

Highlights

• Commonwealth Games
• European Indoor Cup 60mh 2004 7th
• World Indoors 60mh 2001 6th ht, 2003 6th ht, 2004 6th ht
• 60mh AAA Indoor 2003-04
• LJ 2002 12th, European Cup
• LJ 1998 7th, 1999 6th
•  LJ AAA U23 1999,
• World Juniors 100mh 1998 6th ht, LJ 1997 17th Q, 1998 4th
• European U23 100mh 1999 4th ht, LJ 1999 10th
• European Juniors LJ 1997 5th ,  
• 100mh AAA U20 1998,
•  AAA U20 1996-98,
• AAA U20 Indoor 1996-97,

Team Essex Ambassadorial Duties

• Key note speaker at the Sports Hall Athletics Finals, Brentwood Centre, March 2009
• Working with Epping Forest Schools Sports Partnerships based at  Davenant Foundation School
• Journey to the Podium - working with artist Mark Orbell

Impact of Team Essex Ambassadors Funding

Other Information

Although Sarah now concentrates on hurdling, she started out as a long jumper, winning four successive English Schools titles. She leapt 6.32 metres when called up as a replacement for Denise Lewis in the 1998 European cup and later that year recorded a personal best of 6.52 when she finished fourth at the World Junior Championships.

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