| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1994-08-31)31 August 1994 (age 31) |
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)[1] |
| Weight | 95 kg (209 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
Event | Shot put |
| Club | Great Yarmouth |
| Coached by | Geoff Capes (–2014) Mike Winch (2015–)[2] |
| Achievements and titles | |
| National finals | Best Result Outdoors : 2019, 2020, 2021 Indoors: 2019, 2022, 2023 |
Sophie McKinna (born 31 August 1994) is a British Olympic athlete specialising in theshot put.[3] She won silver medals at the2011 World Youth Championships and2013 European Junior Championships.
Her indoor personal best is 18.82 metres (Birmingham 2022). At the 2019 World Championships in Doha she threw a new outdoor personal best of 18.61m to qualify for the final.[4] By throwing over the 18.50m required she qualified for theTokyo Olympics in 2020. Shecompeted in the event, throwing 17.81 m in the qualifying round to finish in 17th place.
Domestically, as of 2023 McKinna is a six-time national champion, winning both indoors and outdoors in 2019, outdoors again in 2020 and 2021, and indoors in 2022 and 2023
She is the granddaughter of the former Norwich City footballer and managerDave Stringer.[5] McKinna works forNorfolk Constabulary as a detention custody officer.[6]
McKinna comes fromBradwell, Norfolk.[7] She is openly lesbian.[8]
After sustaining an injury in early 2024, McKinna began working at aDogs Trust centre inSnetterton.[7]
