Shana Cox
American sprinter who competes internationally for Great Britain since 2011
Shana Amanda Cox (born January 22, 1985)[ 1] is an American-born track and field athlete, who competes internationally for Great Britain since 2011. She specialises in the 200 metres and 400 metres .
Cox was born in Brooklyn, New York to parents of British descent.[ 2] [ 3] Growing up in Long Island , New York , she attended Trinity Lutheran School in Hicksville, New York , as well as the Holy Trinity Diocesan High School and Penn State . In her senior year at college, she won the 400 metres and 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2008 NCAA Women's Outdoor Track and Field Championship .[ 4]
In 2011, the International Association of Athletics Federations approved Cox's transfer of allegiance from the US to Great Britain, the birthplace of both her parents.[ 5]
Competing in her first major competition for Great Britain, Cox won a gold medal in the women's 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Istanbul , Turkey, as part of a team that also included Nicola Sanders , Christine Ohuruogu and Perri Shakes-Drayton .
On November 9, 2013, she married Michael Bingham , also an American-born sprinter representing Great Britain.[ 2]
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Personal bests
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References
^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill ; et al. "Shana Cox" . Olympics at Sports-Reference.com . Sports Reference LLC . Archived from the original on April 18, 2020.
^ a b IAAF Relays bio
^ "Shana Cox" . Glasgow2014 . Retrieved September 17, 2014 .[dead link ]
^ Pfeifer, Jack (June 15, 2008). "Holy Trinity grad Shana Cox wins 2 NCAA titles" . MileSplit . Retrieved June 5, 2012 .
^ Mulkeen, Jon (April 21, 2011). "Shana Cox cleared to compete for GB" . Athletics Weekly . Archived from the original on August 13, 2012. Retrieved June 5, 2012 .
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1991 : Germany (Seuser , Schreiter , Hesselbarth , Breuer )
1993 : Jamaica (Hemmings , Grant , Rattray-Williams , Richards )
1995 : Russia (Chebykina , Ruzina , Kulikova , Goncharenko )
1997 : Russia (Chebykina , Goncharenko , Kotlyarova , Alekseyeva )
1999 : Russia (Chebykina , Goncharenko , Kotlyarova , Nazarova )
2001 : Russia (Nosova , Zykina , Sotnikova , Kotlyarova )
2003 : Russia (Antyukh , Pechonkina , Zykina , Nazarova )
2004 : Russia (Krasnomovets , Kotlyarova , Levina , Nazarova )
2006 : Russia (Levina , Nazarova , Krasnomovets , Antyukh )
2008 : Russia (Gushchina , Levina , Nazarova , Zykina )
2010 : United States (Dunn , Trotter , Hastings , Felix )
2012 : Great Britain (Cox , Sanders , Ohuruogu , Shakes-Drayton )
2014 : United States (Hastings , Atkins , McCorory , Tate , Hayes , Hargrove )
2016 : United States (Hastings , Hayes , Okolo , Spencer )
2018 : United States (Hayes , Moline , Wimbley , Okolo )
2022 : Jamaica (Bromfield , Russell , McGregor , McPherson , James )
2024 : Netherlands (Klaver , Peeters , De Witte , Bol , Van der Schoot , Saalberg )
2000 : Russia (Zykina, , Rosikhina , Sotnikova , Pospelova )
2002 : Belarus (Usovich , Kozak , Khliustava , Stankevich )
2005 : Russia (Levina , Pechonkina , Rosikhina , Pospelova )
2007 : Belarus (Yushchanka , Khliustava , Usovich , Usovich )
2009 : Russia (Antyukh , Safonova , Krivoshapka , Voynova )
2011 : Russia (Zadorina , Vdovina , Migunova , Forsheva )
2013 : Great Britain (Child , Cox , Ohuruogu , Shakes-Drayton )
2015 : France (Gueï , Diarra , Raharolahy , Gayot )
2017 : Poland (Święty , Baumgart , Hołub , Wyciszkiewicz )
2019 : Poland (Święty , Baumgart , Hołub , Kiełbasińska )
2021 : Netherlands (Dopheide , de Witte , Bol , Klaver )
2023 : Netherlands (Klaver , Saalberg , Peeters , Bol )