Tanya Oxley

Tanya Oxley

Personal information
Born	(1979-05-13) 13 May 1979 (age 46)
Medal record Women's Athletics Representing   Barbados Pan American Games 1999 Winnipeg 4x400m relay CAC Junior Championships (U20) 1996 San Salvador 200 m 1996 San Salvador 4x400 m relay CARIFTA Games Junior (U20) 1997 Bridgetown 400m 1995 George Town 4x400m relay

Tanya Oxley (born 13 May 1979) is a retired female track and field sprinter from Barbados.

Career

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.

Personal life

She is currently employed at The Berkeley Institute (Bermuda). ^[1]

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing   Barbados
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.

References

1. "The Berkeley Institute 2024-2025 Telephone Directory for Website" (PDF). Retrieved 28 August 2025.

External links

• Tanya Oxley at World Athletics
• Picture of Tanya Oxley ^{[ permanent dead link ]}
• From T-shirts to mini-skirts. Former 2000 Sydney Olympian Tanya Oxley is now a physical education teacher at Queen's College., Nation Publishing Co. Limited, 16 April 2011, retrieved 11 April 2012