Jacinta Beecher
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| Nationality | Australian | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 31 January 1998 | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Track and Field | ||||||||||||||
| Event | 200 metres | ||||||||||||||
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Jacinta Beecher (born 31 January 1998) is an Australian sprinter.[1]
Beecher was a promising junior but the Queenslander suffered 4 years of injuries before posting a new personal best time over 200 metres of 23.28 in Canberra in 2021.[2]
Beecher moved into the top 10 of all time Australian 200 metres runners when she ran a time of 22.70 in May 2022 in Shizuoka, Japan. With that time Beecher achieved the qualifying standard for the 2022 Commonwealth Games as well as the World Championships.[3] Beecher was part of the Australian 4 x 100m sprint relay team that finished third at the 2022 Commonwealth Games. Whilst competing at the 2022 World Athletics Championships – Women's 200 metres Beecher qualified for the semi-finals with a third-place heat run of 23.22 behind Jenna Prandini and Favour Ofili.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Jacinta BEECHER | Profile | World Athletics". Worldathletics.org. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
- ^ "Back on track: Beecher runs personal best on injury return". The Canberra Times. 13 February 2020. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
- ^ "Jacinta Beecher". Athletics.com.au. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
- ^ "OregonGoldRush | Jamaican women have easy time of 200 qualifications". Jamaica-gleaner.com. 18 July 2022. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
