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| Nationality | British | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1988-09-16)16 September 1988 (age 37)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 60 kg (132 lb)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Track and field | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Long jump | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | University of Florida | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Rana Reider | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Shara Proctor (born 16 September 1988) is a former British long jumper born inAnguilla. She is the national record holder of both Anguilla and Great Britain. On 28 August 2015 at the World Championships in Beijing she became the first British, female, long-jumper to jump over 7 metres (7.07), setting a new British record and earning a world championship silver medal in the process. She also won the 2013IAAF Diamond League in the event. Her younger sister is the Anguillan sprinterShinelle Proctor.[2]
She competed at the2006 Commonwealth Games and the2007 World Championships for Anguilla, but without reaching the final round.[3]
In November 2010, she announced that she would be competing for Great Britain at events held by the IAAF, as Anguilla is aBritish Overseas Territory and cannot send delegations to the Olympic Games for not having yourNational Olympic Committee (NOC) recognized.[4] ABritish Overseas Territory, Anguilla does not have aNational Olympic Committee (NOC) of its own; However, this would not prevent Proctor from competing for Great Britain, as the responsibilities of the National Olympic Committee for the territory are the responsibility of theBritish Olympic Association (BOA). However, this would not happen atWorld Athletics competitions and at theCommonwealth Games because Anguilla is an effective member of both associations. After the change of nation, she was invited to compete for the English team at the2014 Commonwealth Games inGlasgow.[5]
In 2012, Proctor won her first senior medal for Great Britain, a bronze medal in the long jump in theIAAF World Indoor Athletics Championships, after a British national indoor record leap of 6.89 metres.
Her longest jumps outdoors are 7.07 metres in the long jump, achieved in August 2015 inBeijing; and 13.74 metres in thetriple jump, achieved in May 2009 inGreensboro.
In November 2012 Proctor moved from her training base atEmbry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach toLoughborough when her coach Rana Reider was recruited to work atUK Athletics. On Reider's move to the Netherlands, Proctor relocated to stay with her coach.[6]
On 28 August 2015 at the World Championships in Beijing she became the first British female long jumper to jump over 7 metres (7.07) thus setting a new British record, and earning a silver medal.[7]
Proctor won bronze medals at the2018 Commonwealth Games[8] and2018 European Athletics Championships.[9] She announced her retirement from athletics in 2022.[10][11]
