# Sage Watson > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Sage_Watson > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Sage_Watson.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sage_Watson > Source revision: 1343596702 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Canadian athlete (born 1994)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Sage Walker | image = Sage Watson 3 (19654128753).jpg | caption = Sage Watson in 2015 | birth_name = Sage Heather Watson | full_name = Sage Heather Walker | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1994|6|20|df=yes}} | birth_place = [Medicine Hat](/source/Medicine_Hat), [Alberta](/source/Alberta), Canada[https://olympic.ca/team-canada/sage-watson/ Canadian Olympic Committee bio] | spouse = [Brad Walker](/source/Brad_Walker_(pole_vaulter)) | height = 1.80 m | weight = 57 kg | sport = [Track and field](/source/Track_and_field) | event = [400 metres hurdles](/source/400_metres_hurdles)
[400 metres](/source/400_metres) | education = [Florida State University](/source/Florida_State_University)
[University of Arizona](/source/University_of_Arizona) '17 | collegeteam = [Florida State Seminoles](/source/Florida_State_Seminoles)
[Arizona Wildcats](/source/Arizona_Wildcats) | coach = Fred Harvey | pb = '''[400 metres hurdles](/source/400_metres_hurdles)''':54.32
'''[400 meters](/source/400_meters)''':51.62 | show-medals = yes | medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry|{{CAN}}}} {{Medal|Competition|[Pan American Games](/source/Pan_American_Games)}} {{Medal|Gold |[2019 Lima](/source/2019_Pan_American_Games)|[400 m hurdles](/source/Athletics_at_the_2019_Pan_American_Games_%E2%80%93_Women's_400_metres_hurdles)}} {{MedalSilver|[2019 Lima](/source/2019_Pan_American_Games)|[4×400 m relay](/source/Athletics_at_the_2019_Pan_American_Games_%E2%80%93_Women's_4_%C3%97_400_metres_relay)}} {{Medal|Bronze |[2015 Toronto](/source/2015_Pan_American_Games)|[4×400 m relay](/source/Athletics_at_the_2015_Pan_American_Games_%E2%80%93_Women's_4_%C3%97_400_metres_relay)}} {{Medal|Competition|[Pan American Junior Championships](/source/Pan_American_Junior_Athletics_Championships)}} {{Medal|Gold |[2013 Medellín](/source/2013_Pan_American_Junior_Athletics_Championships)|400 m hurdles}} {{Medal|Silver |[2013 Medellín](/source/2013_Pan_American_Junior_Athletics_Championships)|4×400 m relay}} {{Medal|Bronze |[2013 Medellín](/source/2013_Pan_American_Junior_Athletics_Championships)|400 m}} {{Medal|Competition|[World Youth Championships](/source/World_Youth_Championships_in_Athletics)}} {{Medal|Bronze |[2011 Lille](/source/2011_World_Youth_Championships_in_Athletics_%E2%80%93_Girls'_400_metres_hurdles)|[SMR](/source/Sprint_medley_relay)}} }} '''Sage Heather Walker''' ([née](/source/married_and_maiden_names) '''Watson''' born 20 June 1994) is a Canadian athlete specializing in the [400 metres hurdles](/source/400_metres_hurdles).{{cite web |url=http://www.iaaf.org/athletes/canada/sage-watson-258172 |title=Sage Watson |publisher=IAAF |date=25 August 2015 |accessdate=25 August 2015}} Competing internationally for Canada, she is the reigning [Pan American champion](/source/Pan_American_Games) in the [400 m hurdles](/source/Athletics_at_the_2019_Pan_American_Games_%E2%80%93_Women's_400_metres_hurdles), having also won Pan American medals in 2015 and 2019 as part of Canada's relay team. ==Career== Watson first represented her country at the [2015 World Championships](/source/2015_World_Championships_in_Athletics) in Beijing, where she reached the semifinals. In July 2016 she was officially named to [Canada's Olympic team](/source/Canada_at_the_2016_Summer_Olympics), reaching the semifinals in the [400m hurdles](/source/Athletics_at_the_2016_Summer_Olympics_-_Women's_400_metres_hurdles) and finishing fourth as part of Canada's women's [4x400 metres relay](/source/Athletics_at_the_2016_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women's_4_%C3%97_400_metres_relay) team.{{cite news |first=Asif |last=Hossain |title=Athletics Canada nominates largest squad to Team Canada for Rio |url=https://olympic.ca/2016/07/11/athletics-canada-nominates-largest-squad-to-team-canada-for-rio/ |publisher=[Canadian Olympic Committee](/source/Canadian_Olympic_Committee) |date=11 July 2016 |accessdate=11 July 2016}} At the [2017 World Championships](/source/2017_World_Championships_in_Athletics_%E2%80%93_Women's_400_metres_hurdles), Watson finished sixth. At the [2019 World Championships](/source/2019_World_Athletics_Championships) in [Doha](/source/Doha), Watson qualified to the final of the [400m hurdles](/source/2019_World_Athletics_Championships_%E2%80%93_Women's_400_metres_hurdles) with a national record time of 54.32, breaking the previous record of [Rosey Edeh](/source/Rosey_Edeh) that had stood since [1996](/source/Athletics_at_the_1996_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women's_400_metres_hurdles).{{cite news |first=Doug |last=Harrison |title=Sage Watson shatters Canadian hurdles record en route to 400m world final |url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/trackandfield/track-and-field-worlds-wednesday-roundup-1.5305810 |publisher=[CBC Sports](/source/CBC_Sports) |date=2 October 2019 |accessdate=2 October 2019}} Watson competed at [her second Olympics](/source/2020_Summer_Olympics) in [Tokyo](/source/Tokyo) in 2021. She qualified to the semi-finals of the [400 m hurdles](/source/Athletics_at_the_2020_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women's_400_metres_hurdles), but placed fifth there and did not advance to the final. The Canadian team in the [{{nowrap|4 × 400 m}} relay](/source/Athletics_at_the_2020_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women's_4_%C3%97_400_metres_relay) finished in fourth place for the second consecutive Olympics, which she remarked afterward "really hurts."{{Cite news |title=Canadian women narrowly miss track relay medal at 2nd straight Olympics |url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/summer/trackandfield/track/olympics-track-and-field-roundup-aug-7-1.6133400 |date=7 August 2021 |access-date=21 August 2021 |work=[CBC Sports](/source/CBC_Sports) |last=Harrison |first=Doug}} Due to a back injury incurred six weeks before the Tokyo Games, Watson would later announce that she was stepping away from competition to focus on recovery.{{cite news |title=Damian Warner withdraws from this week's track and field nationals with sore knee |url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/summer/trackandfield/damian-warner-withdrawal-canadian-championship-knee-injury-1.6494866 |last=Harrison |first=Doug |website=[CBC Sports](/source/CBC_Sports) |date=June 20, 2022}} == Private life == Watson married US Olympic pole vaulter [Brad Walker](/source/Brad_Walker_(pole_vaulter)), now a chiropractor.https://www.instagram.com/sagewatson/p/C46CaugA9Da/ They purchased her grandfather's farm in Alberta. https://www.instagram.com/p/DKCluygAy9l/?hl=en ==International competitions== {| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes}} |- !colspan="6"|Representing {{CAN}} |- |rowspan=2|2011 |rowspan=2|[World Youth Championships](/source/2011_World_Youth_Championships_in_Athletics) |rowspan=2|[Lille, France](/source/Lille%2C_France) |8th |400 m hurdles |[61.04](/source/2011_World_Youth_Championships_in_Athletics_%E2%80%93_Girls'_400_metres_hurdles) |- |bgcolor=cc9966|3rd |Sprint medley relay |2:05.72 |- |rowspan=2|2012 |rowspan=2|[World Junior Championships](/source/2012_World_Junior_Championships_in_Athletics) |rowspan=2|[Barcelona, Spain](/source/Barcelona%2C_Spain) |10th (sf) |400 m hurdles |[58.04](/source/2012_World_Junior_Championships_in_Athletics_%E2%80%93_Women's_400_metres_hurdles) |- |6th |4 × 400 m relay |[3:37.84](/source/2012_World_Junior_Championships_in_Athletics_%E2%80%93_Women's_4_%C3%97_400_metres_relay) |- |rowspan=3|2013 |rowspan=3|[Pan American Junior Championships](/source/2013_Pan_American_Junior_Athletics_Championships) |rowspan=3|[Medellín, Colombia](/source/Medell%C3%ADn%2C_Colombia) |bgcolor=cc9966|3rd |400 m |52.68 |- |bgcolor=gold|1st |400 m hurdles |56.81 |- |bgcolor=silver|2nd |4 × 400 m relay |3:41.53 |- |rowspan=4|2015 |rowspan=2|[Pan American Games](/source/Athletics_at_the_2015_Pan_American_Games) |rowspan=2|[Toronto, Canada](/source/Toronto%2C_Canada) |10th (h) |400 m hurdles |[58.36](/source/Athletics_at_the_2015_Pan_American_Games_%E2%80%93_Women's_400_metres_hurdles) |- |bgcolor=cc9966|3rd |4 × 400 m relay |[3:27.74](/source/Athletics_at_the_2015_Pan_American_Games_%E2%80%93_Women's_4_%C3%97_400_metres_relay) |- |rowspan=2|[World Championships](/source/2015_World_Championships_in_Athletics) |rowspan=2|[Beijing, China](/source/Beijing%2C_China) |19th (sf) |400 m hurdles |[56.38](/source/2015_World_Championships_in_Athletics_%E2%80%93_Women's_400_metres_hurdles) |- |8th |4 × 400 m relay |[3:27.69](/source/2015_World_Championships_in_Athletics_%E2%80%93_Women's_4_%C3%97_400_metres_relay) |- |rowspan=2|2016 |rowspan=2|[Olympic Games](/source/Athletics_at_the_2016_Summer_Olympics) |rowspan=2|[Rio de Janeiro, Brazil](/source/Rio_de_Janeiro%2C_Brazil) |11th (sf) |400 m hurdles |[55.44](/source/Athletics_at_the_2016_Summer_Olympics_-_Women's_400_metres_hurdles) |- |4th |4 × 400 m relay |[3:26.43](/source/Athletics_at_the_2016_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women's_4_%C3%97_400_metres_relay) |- |2017 |[World Championships](/source/2017_World_Championships_in_Athletics) |[London, United Kingdom](/source/London%2C_United_Kingdom) |6th |400 m hurdles |[54.92](/source/2017_World_Championships_in_Athletics_%E2%80%93_Women's_400_metres_hurdles) |- |2018 |[Commonwealth Games](/source/Athletics_at_the_2018_Commonwealth_Games) |[Gold Coast, Australia](/source/Gold_Coast%2C_Australia) |5th |400 m hurdles |[55.55](/source/Athletics_at_the_2018_Commonwealth_Games_%E2%80%93_Women's_400_metres_hurdles) |- |rowspan=5|2019 |[World Relays](/source/2019_IAAF_World_Relays) |[Yokohama, Japan](/source/Yokohama%2C_Japan) |4th |4 × 400 m relay |[3:28.21](/source/2019_IAAF_World_Relays_%E2%80%93_Women's_4_%C3%97_400_metres_relay) |- |rowspan=2|[Pan American Games](/source/2019_Pan_American_Games) |rowspan=2|[Lima](/source/Lima), [Peru](/source/Peru) |bgcolor=gold|1st |400 m hurdles |[55.16](/source/Athletics_at_the_2019_Pan_American_Games_%E2%80%93_Women's_400_metres_hurdles) |- |bgcolor=silver|2nd |4 × 400 m relay |[3:27.01](/source/Athletics_at_the_2019_Pan_American_Games_%E2%80%93_Women's_4_%C3%97_400_metres_relay) |- |rowspan=2|[World Championships](/source/2019_World_Athletics_Championships) |rowspan=2|[Doha, Qatar](/source/Doha%2C_Qatar) |8th |400 m hurdles |[54.82](/source/2019_World_Athletics_Championships_%E2%80%93_Women's_400_metres_hurdles) |- |5th (h) |4 × 400 m relay |[3:25.86](/source/2019_World_Athletics_Championships_%E2%80%93_Women's_4_%C3%97_400_metres_relay)1 |- |rowspan=2|2020 |rowspan=2|[Olympic Games](/source/Athletics_at_the_2020_Summer_Olympics) |rowspan=2|[Tokyo, Japan](/source/Tokyo%2C_Japan) |5th (sf) |400 m hurdles |[55.51](/source/Athletics_at_the_2020_Summer_Olympics_-_Women's_400_metres_hurdles) |- |4th |4 × 400 m relay |[3:21.84](/source/Athletics_at_the_2020_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women's_4_%C3%97_400_metres_relay) |- |2022 |[World Indoor Championships](/source/2022_World_Athletics_Indoor_Championships) |[Belgrade, Serbia](/source/Belgrade%2C_Serbia) |8th (h) |4 × 400 m relay |[3:31.45](/source/2022_World_Athletics_Indoor_Championships_%E2%80%93_Women's_4_%C3%97_400_metres_relay) |} 1Disqualified in the final ==Personal bests== '''Outdoor''' *[200 metres](/source/200_metres) – 23.80 (-0.2 m/s, Tucson 2017) *[400 metres](/source/400_metres) – 51.62 (Tucson 2018) *[400 metres hurdles](/source/400_metres_hurdles) – 54.32 (Doha 2019) '''Indoor''' *[400 metres](/source/400_metres) – 51.84 (College Station 2018) ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== * {{World Athletics|name=Sage Walker}} * {{Athletics Canada|sage-walker|Sage Walker}} * {{TFRRS|id1=4210220|label1=Florida State University (2012–2015)|id2=5612192|label2=University of Arizona (2015–2017)}} * [https://www.eurosport.com/athletics/sage-watson_prs432800/person.shtml Sage Watson] at [Eurosport](/source/Eurosport) * [http://www.arizonawildcats.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=4954 Sage Watson] at [Arizona Wildcats](/source/Arizona_Wildcats) * [https://web.archive.org/web/20170116165412/http://www.seminoles.com/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=209574113 Sage Watson] at [Florida State Seminoles](/source/Florida_State_Seminoles_track_and_field) (archived) * [https://web.archive.org/web/20170116171141/http://www.all-athletics.com/node/339133 Sage Watson] at All-Athletics.com (archived) * {{Team Canada|name=Sage Watson}} * {{Olympics.com|name=Sage Watson}} * {{Olympedia|name=Sage Watson}} * {{2018 Commonwealth Games profile|athletics/athlete-profile-n6030229-sage-watson|Sage Watson}} * {{2019 Pan American Games profile|athletics/athlete-profile-n1146923-watson-sage-heather|Sage Heather Watson}} {{Footer Pan American Champions 400m Hurdles Women}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Watson, Sage}} Category:1994 births Category:Living people Category:Canadian women hurdlers Category:Canadian women sprinters Category:Track and field athletes from Alberta Category:Sportswomen from Alberta Category:Sportspeople from Medicine Hat Category:World Athletics Championships athletes for Canada Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2015 Pan American Games Category:Athletes 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Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships winners Category:21st-century Canadian sportswomen Category:Medallists at the 2013 Canada Summer Games --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Sage Watson](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sage_Watson) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sage_Watson?action=history)). 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