Kanika Beckles Explained

Birth Date:3 October 1991
Birth Place:St. Joseph, Trinidad and Tobago[1]
Height:1.72 m[2]
Weight:59 kg
Sport:Athletics
Event:400m, 200m

Kanika Alana Beckles (born 3 October 1991, in Saint Joseph) is a Trinidadian-born Grenadian sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres. She represented Grenada at the 2012 Summer Olympics but did not start.[3] [4] [5] She reached the semifinals of the 2014 Commonwealth Games, after missing large parts of the 2012 and 2013 seasons with a torn hamstring and ACL surgery.[6] [7] At the 2016 Summer Olympics she represented Grenada but placed fifth in her heat with a time 52.41 Seconds (a season's best) and with an overall ranking of 32nd. She did not advance to the semifinals.[8] [9]

Competition record

Representing
2010George Town, Cayman Islands3rd400 m (U20)54.04
2011
Guadalajara, Mexico7th (h)400m56.43s
2015
Toronto, Canada8th (s/f)200m28.14[10]
2016
Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobagobgcolor= silver 2nd400m52.61s [11]
Tortola, British Virgin Islandsbgcolor= 4th200m23.78s (0.2 m/s) [12]
3rd400m53.37s[13]
2nd4 × 400 m relay3:41.75 [14]
Rio de Janeiro, Brazilbgcolor= 32nd (h)400m52.41s[15] [16]
2017OECS Track and Field ChampionshipsKirani James Athletic Stadium, Grenada2nd400m53.90
2nd4 × 400 m RELAY3:37.48
2018Commonwealth GamesGold Coast, Australia6th sf400m53.80[17] [18]
Central American and Caribbean GamesBarranquilla, Colombia4th400m53.75[19] [20]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2018 CWG bio. 30 April 2018.
  2. Web site: 2018 CAC Games bio. 3 August 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180804045814/http://resultados.elheraldo.co/eng/zb/engzb_athletics-athlete-profile-n10314-beckles-kanika-alana.htm. 4 August 2018. dead.
  3. News: Olympics-Women's athletics 400m first round - results. Reuters. 3 August 2012.
  4. News: Olympics - BBC Sport. BBC Sport.
  5. http://www.london2012.com/athlete/beckles-kanika-262459/ London 2012 profile
  6. Web site: Glasgow 2014 - Kanika Beckles Profile . 2022-06-24 . g2014results.thecgf.com.
  7. Web site: Athletics Athlete Profile: Kanika BECKLES - Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games . 2022-06-24 . results.gc2018.com.
  8. News: UPDATE 1-Olympics-Athletics-Women's 400m round 1 results. Reuters. 13 August 2016.
  9. Web site: Women's 400m Schedule & Results – Olympic Athletics . 2016-08-13 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160826181808/https://www.rio2016.com/en/athletics-womens-400m-round-1-heat-7 . 2016-08-26 .
  10. Web site: Athletics Results Women's 200m Semifinal 1/2 - Toronto 2015 Pan American Games . 2016-08-13 . 2017-01-26 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170126133042/http://results.toronto2015.org/IRS/en/athletics/results-women-s-200m-2-01.htm . dead .
  11. Web site: Meet Results.
  12. Web site: OECS Championships 2016 - Complete Results (Raw).
  13. Web site: OECS Championships 2016 - Complete Results (Raw).
  14. Web site: OECS Championships 2016 - Complete Results (Raw).
  15. Web site: Women's 400m Schedule & Results – Olympic Athletics . 2016-08-13 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160826181808/https://www.rio2016.com/en/athletics-womens-400m-round-1-heat-7 . 2016-08-26 .
  16. News: Olympics - BBC Sport. BBC Sport.
  17. Web site: Athletics | Result Women's 400m Semifinal 3 - Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20180803074511/https://results.gc2018.com/en/athletics/result-women-s-400m-sfnl-000300-.htm . Aug 3, 2018 . dead.
  18. Web site: Gold Coast 2018 - Women's 400m Semifinal 3/3 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180803074420/https://results.gc2018.com/resCG2018-/pdf/CG2018-/ATH/CG2018-_ATH_C73A_ATHW400M--------------SFNL000300--.pdf . Aug 3, 2018 . April 10, 2018.
  19. Web site: Event Schedule. 28 October 2021.
  20. Web site: BARRANQUILLA 2018 Women's 400m Final . 2018-08-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180804025110/http://resultados.elheraldo.co/resBA2018/pdf/BA2018/AT/BA2018_AT_C73A_ATW004101.pdf . 2018-08-04 . dead .