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Tanya Oxley (born 13 May 1979) is a retired female track and field sprinter from Barbados.
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Tanya Oxley (born 13 May 1979) is a retired female track and field sprinter from Barbados.
She represented her native country at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. She won a bronze medal in the women's 4x400 metres relay at the 1999 Pan American Games, alongside Melissa Straker, Andrea Blackett, and Joanne Durant.
She is currently a Physical Education teacher at [The Berkeley Institute (Bermuda)
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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| 1994 | CARIFTA Games (U-17) | Bridgetown, Barbados | 8th | 400 m | 58.39 |
| 1995 | CARIFTA Games (U-17) | George Town, Cayman Islands | 7th | 100 m | 12.22 (0.2 m/s) |
| 5th | 200 m | 24.52 (0.2 m/s) | |||
| CARIFTA Games (U-20) | 3rd | 4x400 m relay | 3:40.16 | ||
| 1996 | Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U-20) | San Salvador, El Salvador | 7th | 100 m | 12.20 (0.7 m/s) |
| 3rd | 200 m | 24.56 (0.6 m/s) | |||
| 3rd | 4x400 m relay | 3:48.76 | |||
| World Junior Championships | Sydney, Australia | 35th (h) | 200m | 24.92 (wind: -1.1 m/s) | |
| 1997 | CARIFTA Games (U-20) | Bridgetown, Barbados | 1st | 400 m | 54.64 |
| 1999 | Central American and Caribbean Championships | Bridgetown, Barbados | 3rd | 4x100 m relay | 46.78 |
| 2nd | 4x400 m relay | 3:32.40 | |||
| Pan American Games | Winnipeg, Canada | 9th (h) | 200 m | 23.90 | |
| 3rd | 4x400 m relay | 3:30.72 | |||
| 2000 | NACAC U-25 Championships | Monterrey, Mexico | 7th | 200m | 25.41 (wind: -3.1 m/s) |
| 2nd | 400m | 52.92 | |||
| 1st† | 4x400m relay | 3:36.58 † | |||
| Olympic Games | Sydney, Australia | 42nd (h) | 400 m | 54.22 | |
| 11th (h) | 4x400 m relay | 3:30.83 SB | |||
†: Most probable, but relay team members could not be retrieved.
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