Shara Proctor
{{short description|British jumper (born 1988)}}
{{EngvarB|date=May 2015}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2015}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| name = Shara Proctor
| image = Shara Proctor Istanbul 2012.jpg
| image_size =
| caption = Proctor at the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships
| nationality = British
| residence = Anguilla Loughborough, Leicestershire, UK{{cite web |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/general/athletics/shara-proctor-glad-to-have-followed-reider-from-florida-to-gb-8488040.html |title=Shara Proctor glad to have followed Reider from Florida to GB |last1=Turnbull |first1=Simon |date=8 February 2013 |website=independent.co.uk |accessdate=8 March 2014}}
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1988|9|16}}
| birth_place = The Valley, Anguilla
| weight = {{convert|60|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}}
| sport = Track and field
| event = Long jump
| collegeteam = University of Florida
| coach = Rana Reider
| pb =
| show-medals = yes
| medaltemplates =
{{Medal|Sport|Women's athletics}}
{{Medal|Country|{{GBR2}}}}
{{Medal|Competition|World Championships}}
{{Medal|Silver|2015 Beijing|Long jump}}
{{Medal|Competition|World Indoor Championships}}
{{Medal|Bronze|2012 Istanbul|Long jump}}
{{Medal|Competition|European Championships}}
{{Medal|Bronze|2018 Berlin|Long jump}}
{{Medal|Competition|Diamond League}}
{{Medal|Gold|2013|Long jump}}
{{Medal|Silver|2012|Long jump}}
{{Medal|Bronze|2015|Long jump}}
{{Medal|Country|{{ENG}}}}
{{Medal|Competition|Commonwealth Games}}
{{Medal|Bronze|2018 Gold Coast|Long jump}}
{{Medal|Country|{{AIA}}}}
{{Medal|Competition|CAC Championships}}
{{Medal|Gold|2009 Havana|Long jump}}
{{Medal|Silver|2008 Cali|Long jump}}
}}
Shara Proctor (born 16 September 1988) is a former British long jumper born in Anguilla. 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 2013 IAAF Diamond League in the event. Her younger sister is the Anguillan sprinter Shinelle Proctor.{{Cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2012/mar/11/christine-ohuruogu-britain-gold-relay |title=Christine Ohuruogu helps win 4x400m gold as Britain claim record haul |newspaper=The Guardian |date=12 March 2012 |last1=Bull |first1=Andy }}
Career
=Representing Anguilla=
She competed at the 2006 Commonwealth Games and the 2007 World Championships for Anguilla, but without reaching the final round.{{World Athletics}}
In November 2010, she announced that she would be competing for Great Britain at events held by the IAAF, as Anguilla is a British Overseas Territory and cannot send delegations to the Olympic Games for not having your National Olympic Committee (NOC) recognized.
Proctor receives clearance to transfer allegiance from Anguilla to GB.http://www.uka.org.uk/media/news/november-2010/24-11-10-shara-proctor/ A British Overseas Territory, Anguilla does not have a National 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 the British Olympic Association (BOA). However, this would not happen at World Athletics competitions and at the Commonwealth 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 the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.Overseas Territories [https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201012/cmselect/cmfaff/writev/overseas/overseas.pdf parliament.uk]
=Representing Great Britain and England=
In 2012, Proctor won her first senior medal for Great Britain, a bronze medal in the long jump in the IAAF 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 in Beijing; and 13.74 metres in the triple jump, achieved in May 2009 in Greensboro.
In November 2012 Proctor moved from her training base at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach to Loughborough when her coach Rana Reider was recruited to work at UK Athletics. On Reider's move to the Netherlands, Proctor relocated to stay with her coach.
File:Shara Proctor at the Adidas Boost Boston Games in 2019.jpg in 2019.]]
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.{{cite news |last=Fordyce |first=Tom |title=World Championships: Shara Proctor wins long jump silver |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/athletics/34088710 |publisher=BBC Sport |date=28 August 2015 |accessdate=10 September 2015}}
Proctor won bronze medals at the 2018 Commonwealth Games{{cite web|url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/sports/canadian-long-jumper-wins-commonwealth-games-gold-1.3882414|title=Canadian long jumper wins Commonwealth Games gold|date=12 April 2018 |publisher=CTV News|accessdate=18 July 2024}} and 2018 European Athletics Championships.{{cite web|url=https://www.eurosport.com/athletics/european-championships/2018/more-medals-for-team-gb-in-track-and-field_sto6885082/story.shtml|title=MORE MEDALS FOR TEAM GB IN TRACK AND FIELD|publisher=Eurosport|accessdate=18 July 2024}} She announced her retirement from athletics in 2022.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/61899857|title=Shara Proctor: Britain's world silver medal-winning long jumper retires|work=BBC Sport |date=22 June 2022 |accessdate=18 July 2024}}{{cite web|url=https://athleticsweekly.com/featured/shara-proctor-calls-time-on-long-jump-career-1039957727/|title=Shara Proctor calls time on long jump career|date=22 June 2022 |publisher=Athletics Weekly|accessdate=18 July 2024}}
Achievements
| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes}} |
| colspan="6"|Representing {{AIA}} |
|---|
| rowspan="2" |2003
|rowspan="2" |CARIFTA Games (U17) |rowspan="2" |Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago |8th |High jump |1.55m |
| bgcolor=cc9966|3rd
|Long jump |5.45m (1.1 m/s) |
| rowspan ="3" |2004
|rowspan ="2" |CARIFTA Games (U17) |rowspan ="2" |Hamilton, Bermuda |6th |High jump |1.50m |
| bgcolor=silver|2nd
|Long jump |5.83m w (NWI) |
| CAC Junior Championships (U17)
|Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago |bgcolor="gold" | 1st |Long jump |5.99m |
| rowspan ="2" |2005
|rowspan ="2" |CARIFTA Games (U-20) |rowspan ="2" |Bacolet, Trinidad and Tobago |5th (h) |200 m |26.66 (0.0 m/s) |
| bgcolor=silver|2nd
|Long jump |6.24m NR |
| rowspan=4|2006
|Les Abymes, Guadeloupe |bgcolor=gold|1st |Long jump |6.17m (0.0 m/s) |
| Commonwealth Games
|Melbourne, Australia |13th (q) |Long jump |
| CAC Junior Championships (U20)
|Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago |bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd |Long jump |6.08m |
| World Junior Championships
|16th (q) |Long jump |6.01 m (wind: 0.0 m/s) |
| rowspan="2" |2007
|Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands |bgcolor=gold|1st |Long jump |6.17m (−0.3 m/s) |
| World Championships
|29th (q) |Long jump |
| rowspan=4|2008
|rowspan=2|Central American and Caribbean Championships |rowspan=2|Cali, Colombia |bgcolor="silver" | 2nd |Long jump |
| 7th
|Triple jump |
| rowspan=2|NACAC U-23 Championships
|4th |Long jump |6.23m (wind: NWI) A |
| bgcolor=silver|2nd
|Triple jump |13.11m (wind: NWI) A |
| rowspan=2|2009
|Central American and Caribbean Championships |bgcolor="gold"| 1st |Long jump |
| World Championships
|Berlin, Germany |6th |Long jump |
| 2010
|Miramar, Florida, United States |bgcolor=gold|1st |Long jump |6.43m (wind: 0.9 m/s) |
| colspan="6"|Representing {{GBR2}} and {{ENG}} |
| 2011
|20th (q) |Long jump |
| 2012
|Istanbul, Turkey |bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd |Long jump |
| rowspan=2|2013
|European Indoor Championships |4th |Long jump |
| World Championships
|6th |Long jump |
| rowspan=2|2014
|4th |Long jump |
| Commonwealth Games
|Glasgow, Scotland |4th (q) |Long jump |
| 2015
|bgcolor=silver|2nd |Long jump |
| rowspan=2|2016
|8th |Long jump |
| Olympic Games
|21st (q) |Long jump |
| 2017
|13th (q) |Long jump |
| rowspan=2|2018
|bgcolor=cc9966|3rd |Long jump |
| European Championships
|bgcolor=cc9966|3rd |Long jump |
| 2019
|11th |Long jump |
References
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External links
- [https://archive.today/20130124010645/http://web.gatorzone.com/trackfield/women/bios.php?year=2010&player_id=42 Shara Proctor] – University of Florida athlete profile at GatorZone.com
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Category:People from The Valley, Anguilla
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Category:Commonwealth Games competitors for Anguilla
Category:Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics
Category:Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
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Category:World Athletics Championships athletes for Anguilla
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