Sharon Lee Cripps[1] (born 29 June 1977[1][2] in Brisbane,[1] Queensland) is a former track and field sprinter from Australia. She attended Ferny Grove State High School in Brisbane.[3]

Athletics career

Cripps represented Australia in two Summer Olympics (1996 and 2000) and two Commonwealth Games (1998 and 2002), as well as the 2003 World Championships.[2]

At the 1996 Olympics, as a 19-year-old, she made the final of the women's 4 x 100 metres relay, finishing seventh.[4] She was part of the Australian team that won the gold medal in the women's 4 × 100 metres relay at the 1998 Commonwealth Games along with Tania Van Heer, Lauren Hewitt and Nova Peris-Kneebone in a time of 43.39 seconds.[5] At the 2002 Commonwealth Games she made the final of both the 200 metres and 4 × 100 metres relay, finishing seventh and fourth respectively.[6] In 2003, she was Australia's national champion in the women's 100 and 200 metres.[7]

Personal bests

EventTimePlaceDate
100 m11.38Darwin, Australia22 June 2002
200 m22.84Adelaide, Australia6 February 2003

References

  1. ^ "Sharon Cripps". Archived from the original on 5 July 2017. Retrieved 31 March 2018.
  2. ^ "Sharon Cripps". athhistory.imgstg.com. Australian Athletics Historical Results. Archived from the original on 24 February 2017. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
  3. ^ "Past students". Ferny Grove State High School. Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
  4. ^ "Olympic Games 1996 Atlanta Athletics: Results". Archived 30 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine.
  5. ^ "1998 Commonwealth Games – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay: Final results". Archived 24 February 2017 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
  6. ^ "Commonwealth Games 2002 Statistics". BBC Sport. Archived 27 January 2011 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
  7. ^ "Australian Championships (Women)". GBR Athletics. Archived 24 April 2016 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 23 February 2017.