English hurdler (born 1989)
Meghan Beesley (born 15 November 1989) is an English track and field athlete specialising in the 400 metres hurdles .[2] 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.[3]
Year
Competition
Venue
Position
Event
Notes
Representing Great Britain and England
2007
European Junior Championships
Kaunas, Lithuania
6th
400 m hurdles
58.76
2nd
4 × 400 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
4 × 400 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
4 × 400 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
2017
World Championships
London, United Kingdom
20th (sf)
400 m hurdles
56.61
2018
World Indoor Championships
Birmingham, United Kingdom
3rd
4 × 400 m relay
3:29.38
Commonwealth Games
Gold Coast, Australia
11th (h)
400 m hurdles
56.41
Athletics World Cup
London, United Kingdom
2nd
400 m Hurdles
55.90
European Championships
Berlin, Germany
3rd
400 m hurdles
55.34
2019
World Championships
Doha, Qatar
24th (sf)
400 m hurdles
56.89
2021
Olympic Games
Tokyo, Japan
26th (h)
400 m hurdles
55.91
Indoor