Sage Watson

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Sage Watson
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Sage Watson in 2015
Personal information
NationalityCanadian
Born (1994-06-20) 20 June 1994 (age 28)
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada [1]
Education Florida State University
University of Arizona '17
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight57 kg (126 lb)
Sport
Sport Track and field
Event(s) 400 metres hurdles
400 metres
College team Arizona Wildcats
Coached byFred Harvey
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s) 400 metres hurdles :54.32
400 meters :51.62
Medal record
Representing Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Pan American Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2019 Lima 400 m hurdles
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2019 Lima 4×400 m relay
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2015 Toronto 4×400 m relay
Pan American Junior Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2013 Medellín 400 m hurdles
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2013 Medellín 4×400 m relay
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2013 Medellín 400 m
World Youth Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2011 Lille SMR

Sage Watson (born 20 June 1994) is a Canadian athlete specializing in the 400 metres hurdles. [2] Competing internationally for Canada, she is the reigning Pan American champion in the 400 m hurdles, having also won Pan American medals in 2015 and 2019 as part of Canada's relay team.

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Career

Watson first represented her country at the 2015 World Championships in Beijing, where she reached the semifinals. In July 2016 she was officially named to Canada's Olympic team, reaching the semifinals in the 400m hurdles and finishing fourth as part of Canada's women's 4x400 metres relay team. [3]

At the 2017 World Championships, Watson finished sixth. At the 2019 World Championships in Doha, Watson qualified to the final of the 400m hurdles with a national record time of 54.32, breaking the previous record of Rosey Edeh that had stood since 1996. [4]

Watson competed at her second Olympics in Tokyo in 2021. She qualified to the semi-finals of the 400 m hurdles, but placed fifth there and did not advance to the final. The Canadian team in the 4x400 m relay finished in fourth place for the second consecutive Olympics, which she remarked afterward "really hurts." [5]

Due to a back injury incurred six weeks before the Tokyo Games, Watson would later announce that she was stepping away from competition to focus on recovery. [6]

International competitions

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
2011 World Youth Championships Lille, France 8th400 m hurdles 61.04
3rdSprint medley relay2:05.72
2012 World Junior Championships Barcelona, Spain 10th (sf)400 m hurdles 58.04
6th4 × 400 m relay 3:37.84
2013 Pan American Junior Championships Medellín, Colombia 3rd400 m52.68
1st400 m hurdles56.81
2nd4 × 400 m relay3:41.53
2015 Pan American Games Toronto, Canada 10th (h)400 m hurdles 58.36
3rd4 × 400 m relay 3:27.74
World Championships Beijing, China 19th (sf)400 m hurdles 56.38
8th4 × 400 m relay 3:27.69
2016 Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 11th (sf)400 m hurdles 55.44
4th4 × 400 m relay 3:26.43
2017 World Championships London, United Kingdom 6th400 m hurdles 54.92
2018 Commonwealth Games Gold Coast, Australia 5th400 m hurdles 55.55
2019 World Relays Yokohama, Japan 4th4 × 400 m relay 3:28.21
Pan American Games Lima, Peru 1st400 m hurdles 55.16
2nd4 × 400 m relay 3:27.01
World Championships Doha, Qatar 8th400 m hurdles 54.82
5th (h)4 × 400 m relay 3:25.86 1
2020 Olympic Games Tokyo, Japan 5th (sf)400 m hurdles 55.51
4th4 × 400 m relay 3:21.84
2022 World Indoor Championships Belgrade, Serbia 8th (h)4 × 400 m relay 3:31.45

1Disqualified in the final

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References

  1. Canadian Olympic Committee bio
  2. "Sage Watson". IAAF. 25 August 2015. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
  3. Hossain, Asif (11 July 2016). "Athletics Canada nominates largest squad to Team Canada for Rio". Canadian Olympic Committee . Retrieved 11 July 2016.
  4. Harrison, Doug (2 October 2019). "Sage Watson shatters Canadian hurdles record en route to 400m world final". CBC Sports . Retrieved 2 October 2019.
  5. Harrison, Doug (7 August 2021). "Canadian women narrowly miss track relay medal at 2nd straight Olympics". CBC Sports . Retrieved 21 August 2021.
  6. Harrison, Doug (20 June 2022). "Damian Warner withdraws from this week's track and field nationals with sore knee". CBC Sports .