Shara Proctor

Shara Proctor

Proctor at the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships
Personal information
Nationality	British
Born	(1988-09-16) 16 September 1988 (age 36) [1] The Valley, Anguilla
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) [1]
Weight	60 kg (132 lb) [1]
Sport
Sport	Track and field
Event	Long jump
College team	University of Florida
Coached by	Rana Reider
Medal record Women's athletics Representing   Great Britain World Championships 2015 Beijing Long jump World Indoor Championships 2012 Istanbul Long jump European Championships 2018 Berlin Long jump Diamond League 2013 Long jump 2012 Long jump 2015 Long jump Representing   England Commonwealth Games 2018 Gold Coast Long jump Representing   Anguilla CAC Championships 2009 Havana Long jump 2008 Cali Long jump

Shara Proctor (born 16 September 1988) is a former British long jumper born in Anguilla. She is the national record holder of both Anguilla and Great Britain. On 28 August 2015 at the World Championships in Beijing she became the first British, female, long-jumper to jump over 7 metres (7.07), setting a new British record and earning a world championship silver medal in the process. She also won the 2013 IAAF Diamond League in the event. Her younger sister is the Anguillan sprinter Shinelle Proctor. ^[2]

Career

Representing Anguilla

She competed at the 2006 Commonwealth Games and the 2007 World Championships for Anguilla, but without reaching the final round. ^[3]

In November 2010, she announced that she would be competing for Great Britain at events held by the IAAF, as Anguilla is a British Overseas Territory and cannot send delegations to the Olympic Games for not having your National Olympic Committee (NOC) recognized. ^[4] A British Overseas Territory, Anguilla does not have a National Olympic Committee (NOC) of its own; However, this would not prevent Proctor from competing for Great Britain, as the responsibilities of the National Olympic Committee for the territory are the responsibility of the British Olympic Association (BOA). However, this would not happen at World Athletics competitions and at the Commonwealth Games because Anguilla is an effective member of both associations. After the change of nation, she was invited to compete for the English team at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. ^[5]

Representing Great Britain and England

In 2012, Proctor won her first senior medal for Great Britain, a bronze medal in the long jump in the IAAF World Indoor Athletics Championships, after a British national indoor record leap of 6.89 metres.

Her longest jumps outdoors are 7.07 metres in the long jump, achieved in August 2015 in Beijing; and 13.74 metres in the triple jump, achieved in May 2009 in Greensboro.

In November 2012 Proctor moved from her training base at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach to Loughborough when her coach Rana Reider was recruited to work at UK Athletics. On Reider's move to the Netherlands, Proctor relocated to stay with her coach. ^[6]

Shara Proctor competing in the long jump at the Adidas Boost Boston Games in 2019.

On 28 August 2015 at the World Championships in Beijing she became the first British female long jumper to jump over 7 metres (7.07) thus setting a new British record, and earning a silver medal. ^[7]

Proctor won bronze medals at the 2018 Commonwealth Games ^[8] and 2018 European Athletics Championships. ^[9] She announced her retirement from athletics in 2022. ^{[10] [11]}

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing   Anguilla
2003	CARIFTA Games (U17)	Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago	8th	High jump	1.55m
			3rd	Long jump	5.45m   (1.1 m/s)
2004	CARIFTA Games (U17)	Hamilton, Bermuda	6th	High jump	1.50m
			2nd	Long jump	5.83m w (NWI)
	CAC Junior Championships (U17)	Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago	1st	Long jump	5.99m
2005	CARIFTA Games (U-20)	Bacolet, Trinidad and Tobago	5th (h)	200 m	26.66   (0.0 m/s)
			2nd	Long jump	6.24m NR (0.4 m/s)
2006	CARIFTA Games (U-20)	Les Abymes, Guadeloupe	1st	Long jump	6.17m   (0.0 m/s)
	Commonwealth Games	Melbourne, Australia	13th (q)	Long jump	6.06 m
	CAC Junior Championships (U20)	Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago	3rd	Long jump	6.08m
	World Junior Championships	Beijing, China	16th (q)	Long jump	6.01 m (wind: 0.0 m/s)
2007	CARIFTA Games (U-20)	Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands	1st	Long jump	6.17m   (−0.3 m/s)
	World Championships	Osaka, Japan	29th (q)	Long jump	5.82 m
2008	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Cali, Colombia	2nd	Long jump	6.54 m
			7th	Triple jump	12.99 m
	NACAC U-23 Championships	Toluca, México	4th	Long jump	6.23m (wind: NWI)A
			2nd	Triple jump	13.11m (wind: NWI)A
2009	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Havana, Cuba	1st	Long jump	6.61 m
	World Championships	Berlin, Germany	6th	Long jump	6.71 m NR
2010	NACAC U23 Championships	Miramar, Florida, United States	1st	Long jump	6.43m (wind: 0.9 m/s)
Representing   Great Britain and   England
2011	World Championships	Daegu, South Korea	20th (q)	Long jump	6.34 m
2012	World Indoor Championships	Istanbul, Turkey	3rd	Long jump	6.89 m NR
2013	European Indoor Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	4th	Long jump	6.69 m
	World Championships	Moscow, Russia	6th	Long jump	6.79 m
2014	World Indoor Championships	Sopot, Poland	4th	Long jump	6.68 m
	Commonwealth Games	Glasgow, Scotland	4th (q)	Long jump	6.51 m [12]
2015	World Championships	Beijing, China	2nd	Long jump	7.07m NR
2016	World Indoor Championships	Portland, United States	8th	Long jump	6.57 m
	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	21st (q)	Long jump	6.36 m
2017	World Championships	London, United Kingdom	13th (q)	Long jump	6.45 m
2018	Commonwealth Games	Gold Coast, Australia	3rd	Long jump	6.75 m
	European Championships	Berlin, Germany	3rd	Long jump	6.70 m
2019	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	11th	Long jump	6.43 m

References

1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Shara Proctor". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
2. Bull, Andy (12 March 2012). "Christine Ohuruogu helps win 4x400m gold as Britain claim record haul". The Guardian.
3. Shara Proctor at World Athletics
4. Proctor receives clearance to transfer allegiance from Anguilla to GB.http://www.uka.org.uk/media/news/november-2010/24-11-10-shara-proctor/
5. Overseas Territories parliament.uk
7. Fordyce, Tom (28 August 2015). "World Championships: Shara Proctor wins long jump silver". BBC Sport. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
8. "Canadian long jumper wins Commonwealth Games gold". CTV News. 12 April 2018. Retrieved 18 July 2024.
9. "MORE MEDALS FOR TEAM GB IN TRACK AND FIELD". Eurosport. Retrieved 18 July 2024.
10. "Shara Proctor: Britain's world silver medal-winning long jumper retires". BBC Sport. 22 June 2022. Retrieved 18 July 2024.
11. "Shara Proctor calls time on long jump career". Athletics Weekly. 22 June 2022. Retrieved 18 July 2024.
12. No mark in the final

External links

• Shara Proctor – University of Florida athlete profile at GatorZone.com