Meghan Beesley

Meghan Beesley (born 15 November 1989 in Blackpool, Lancashire, England) is an English athlete specialising in the 400 metres hurdles.^[1] She competed at the 2013 World Championships narrowly missing the final. Earlier in her career, she also competed in the heptathlon. Beesley broke the world record for the rarely contested straight 200 metres hurdles by 0.69 seconds at the 2014 Great City Games in Manchester.^[2]

Competition record

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Great Britain and  England
2007	European Junior Championships	Kaunas, Lithuania	6th	400 m hurdles	58.76
			2nd	4x400 m relay	3:37.29
2008	World Junior Championships	Bydgoszcz, Poland	3rd	400 m hurdles	57.08
2009	European U23 Championships	Kaunas, Lithuania	11th (sf)	400 m hurdles	57.32
2010	Commonwealth Games	Delhi, India	7th	400 m hurdles	58.36
			2nd	4x400 m relay	3:29.51
2011	European U23 Championships	Ostrava, Czech Republic	3rd	400 m hurdles	55.69
	Universiade	Shenzhen, China	8th	400 m hurdles	59.21
			3rd	4x400 m relay	3:33.09
2012	European Championships	Helsinki, Finland	14th (sf)	400 m hurdles	57.32
2013	World Championships	Moscow, Russia	9th (sf)	400 m hurdles	54.97
2015	World Championships	Beijing, China	10th (sf)	400 m hurdles	55.41

Personal bests

• 200 metres – 23.53 (Birmingham 2015)
• 400 metres – 52.79 (La Chaux-de-Fonds 2011)
• 100 metres hurdles – 13.21 (Loughborough 2015)
• 400 metres hurdles – 54.52 (Beijing 2015)

Indoor

• 200 metres – 23.87 (Birmingham, UK 2013)
• 400 metres – 52.80 (Vienna 2013)

References

1. Meghan Beesley profile at IAAF
2. Ingle, Sean (19 May 2014). "Yohan Blake wins on the street and reveals Commonwealth Games hopes". theguardian.com. Retrieved 19 May 2014.