Shani Anderson

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Shani Anderson
Personal information
NationalityBritish/Vincentian
Born7 August 1975
St Vincent
Height176 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight64 kg (141 lb)
Sport
Sport Athletics
Eventsprints
Club Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers

Shani Anderson (born 7 August 1975) is a British/Vincentian former sprinter who competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics. [1]

Biography

Anderson was born in St Vincent but was educated in Dulwich, South London at James Allen's Girls' School and was a resident of Catford, London.[ citation needed ]

Anderson finished third three times at the AAA Championships, behind Jamaican Evadnie McKenzie in the 100 metres event at the 1997 AAA Championships, [2] third behind Joice Maduaka in the 200 metres at the 1999 AAA Championships and third behind Sarah Wilhelmy at the 2000 AAA Championships. [3]

At the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, Anderson represented Great Britain in the 100 metres and 4x100 metres events. [4]

After a second place finish behind Sarah Reilly at the 2001 AAAs, she finally became the British 200 metres champion after winning the AAA Championships title at the 2002 AAA Championships. [5] [6]

Shani now coaches athletics from club to Olympic level and started her own personal training company, Anderson Fitness Consultants. She has a personal training studio at The Armitage on Great Portland Street where she trains clients and she also runs corporate health & wellbeing events and programmes.[ citation needed ]

References

  1. ↑ "Shani Anderson Biography and Olympic Results | Olympics at". Sports-reference.com. 7 August 1975. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
  2. ↑ "Athletics" . Birmingham Daily Post. 26 August 1997. Retrieved 1 April 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ↑ "AAA Championships (women)". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 1 April 2025.
  4. ↑ "Biographical Information". Olympedia. Retrieved 1 April 2025.
  5. ↑ "Weekend results - Athletics" . The Scotsman. 15 July 2002. Retrieved 5 April 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ↑ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 1 April 2025.
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