Draft:Shaikira King
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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | British |
| Born | 14 July 2008 |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
| Event | Middle distance running |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal best(s) | 800m: 2:03.79 (Birmingham, 2023) 1500m: 4:19.31 (Birmingham, 2023) One Mile: 4:50.00 (London, 2021) One Mile: (indoors) 4:50.93 (London, 2023) |
Shaikira King (born 14 July 2008) is a British track and field athlete.[1]
Career[edit]
From Loughborough, in Leicestershire,[2] she has a sister, Indienne, who also competes at athletics. They both attend Ratcliffe College. In 2021, both sisters won gold for the first time at the English Schools Championships, with Shaikira winning the junior 1500m title.[3] Both sisters won gold again at the 2022 English Schools Championship.[4]
In June 2023, King set a new personal best for 800m, running 2:04.47 in Loughborough.[5] In July 2023, in the heats of the senior girls' 800m at the English Schools Championships, and still aged 14 years-old, King took the 46-year-old championship record previously held by Jo White, before being edged out in the final by 16 year-old Phoebe Gill.[6]
In 2023 she won the under-17 English National Cross Country title, and was the first in her age group at the Liverpool Cross Challenge in November 2023. Her finish in joint third place overall would have qualified her for the British U20 team for the European Cross Country Championships, but she was still too young to compete in the event.[7]
In April 2024, King broke the UK age-15 800m record with 2:02.60 in Gillingham, Kent, which also put her third all-time among UK under-17s list.[8]
References[edit]
- ^ "Shaikira King". World Athletics. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
- ^ "Runner, 10, already breaking records". bbc.co.uk. 5 December 2018. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
- ^ "Kings of the English Schools". Athletics Weekly. July 18, 2021. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
- ^ "Ratcliffe's King sisters take gold at English schools championships". Ratcliffe College. 22 August 2022. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
- ^ Smythe, Steve (June 13, 2023). "Shaikira King, 14, runs 2:04.47 for 800m". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
- ^ Adams, Tim (July 3, 2023). "Five takeaways from the English Schools Champs". Retrieved 4 July 2023.
- ^ Heath, Georgie (March 22, 2024). "Shaikira King hopes to become the queen of middle-distance running". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 14 April 2024.
- ^ Smythe, Steve (April 23, 2024). "Shaikira King runs UK age 15 best of 2:02.60 for 800m". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 24 April 2024.