Sinead Dudgeon

Sinead Dudgeon

Personal information
Nationality	British (Scottish)
Born	(1976-07-09) 9 July 1976 (age 48) Edinburgh, Scotland
Height	172 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	56 kg (123 lb)
Sport
Sport	Hurdling
Event	400 m hurdles
Club	Edinburgh Athletic Club [1]
Medal record Representing   Great Britain Summer Universiade 1999 Palma 4 × 400 m 1999 Palma 100 m hurdles World Junior Championships 1994 Lisbon 4×100 metres

Sinead Marie Dudgeon (born 9 July 1976) is a retired Scottish athlete who specialised in the 400 metres hurdles and competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics. ^{[2] [3]}

Biography

Dudgeon became the British 400 metres hurdles champion after winning the British AAA Championships title at the 1999 AAA Championships. ^[4]

After a third place finish the following year behind Keri Maddox, ^[5] she was selcted to represent Great Britain at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney. ^[6] Competing in the 400 metres hurdles event Dudgeon failed to reach the semi-finals. ^[6]

Dudgeon made the finals of the 2002 Commonwealth Games and the 2002 European Championships.

Competition record

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing   Great Britain and   Scotland
1994	World Junior Championships	Lisbon, Portugal	–	200 m	DQ
			3rd	4x100 m relay	45.08
1999	World Indoor Championships	Maebashi, Japan	15th (h)	400 m	52.84
	Universiade	Palma de Mallorca, Spain	4th	400 m hurdles	55.35
			3rd	4x400 m relay	3:32.25
	World Championships	Seville, Spain	14th (sf)	400 m hurdles	55.69
			8th (h)	4x400 m relay	3:27.99
2000	Olympic Games	Sydney, Australia	24th (h)	400 m hurdles	57.82
2001	World Championships	Edmonton, Canada	16th (sf)	400 m hurdles	56.92
2002	Commonwealth Games	Manchester, United Kingdom	6th	400 m hurdles	58.68
			4th	4x400 m relay	3:31.50
	European Championships	Munich, Germany	8th	400 m hurdles	59.39

Personal bests

Outdoor

• 200 metres – 23.23 (Glasgow 2000)
• 300 metres – 37.08 (Walnut 2001)
• 300 metres hurdles – 40.58 (Gold Coast 2000)
• 400 metres – 52.05 (Budapest 1999)
• 400 metres hurdles – 55.24 (Birmingham 1999)

Indoor

• 400 metres – 52.47 (Birmingham 2001)

References

1. History / Roll of Honour - Edinburgh Athletic Club - Scottish Athletics Club of the Year 2018
2. Sports-Reference profile
3. Sinead Dudgeon at World Athletics
4. "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 2 April 2025.
5. "AAA Championships (women)". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2 April 2025.
6. "Biographical Information". Olympedia. Retrieved 1 April 2025.