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
2010		George Town, Cayman Islands	3rd	400 m (U20)	54.04
2011
		Guadalajara, Mexico	7th (h)	400m	56.43s
2015
		Toronto, Canada	8th (s/f)	200m	28.14^[10]
2016
		Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago	bgcolor= silver	2nd	400m	52.61s ^[11]
		Tortola, British Virgin Islands	bgcolor=	4th	200m	23.78s (0.2 m/s) ^[12]
			3rd	400m	53.37s^[13]
			2nd	4 × 400 m relay	3:41.75 ^[14]
		Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	bgcolor=	32nd (h)	400m	52.41s^[15] ^[16]
2017	OECS Track and Field Championships	Kirani James Athletic Stadium, Grenada	2nd	400m	53.90
			2nd	4 × 400 m RELAY	3:37.48
2018	Commonwealth Games	Gold Coast, Australia	6th sf	400m	53.80^[17] ^[18]
	Central American and Caribbean Games	Barranquilla, Colombia	4th	400m	53.75^[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 .