Kierre Beckles

Kierre Beckles

Personal information
Born	May 21, 1990 Pinelands, Saint Michael, Barbados
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Sport
Country	Barbados
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	Hurdling
Updated on 2 January 2015.

Kierre Beckles (born 21 May 1990) is a Barbadian athlete specializing in the 100 metres hurdles.^[1][2][3] She competed at the 2011 and 2013 World Championships failing to advance to the semi-finals on both occasions.

Personal bests

Her personal bests of 13.01 (100 m hurdles) from 2011 and 8.11 (60 m hurdles) from 2012 are the current Barbadian records.

Event	Result	Venue	Date
Outdoor
100 m hurdles	12.98 s (wind: +0.9 m/s)	Clermont, Florida	31 May 2014
Indoor
60 m hurdles	8.11 s	Lexington, Kentucky	26 Feb 2012

Competition record

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Barbados
2004	CARIFTA Games (U17)	Hamilton, Bermuda	7th	100 m H	15.49
			3rd	300 m H	44.23
			4th	4x100 m	48.32
	CAC Junior Championships (U17)	Coatzacoalcos, Mexico	6th	100 m H	14.98
			2nd	300 m H	44.67
2005	CARIFTA Games (U17)	Bacolet, Trinidad and Tobago	9th (h)	100 m H	15.31
			7th	300 m H	46.86
2006	CARIFTA Games (U17)	Les Abymes, Guadeloupe	2nd	100 m H	13.90
			2nd	300 m H	41.76
			4th	4x100 m	47.05
			3rd	4x400 m	3:49.78
	CAC Junior Championships (U17)	Port of Spain, Trinidad	1st	100 m H	13.72
			1st	300 m H	41.55
			6th	4x100 m	51.79
			3rd	4x400 m	3:47.38
	World Junior Championships	Beijing, China	16th (sf)	100 m H	14.04 (wind: -1.6 m/s)
2007	CARIFTA Games (U20)	Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands	3rd	100 m H	14.03
			5th	Pentathlon	3115 pts
	World Youth Championships	Ostrava, Czech Republic	10th (sf)	100 m H (76.2cm)	13.79 (wind: 0.0 m/s)
2008	CARIFTA Games (U20)	Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis	1st	100 m H	13.43
			3rd	4x100 m	45.75
	World Junior Championships	Bydgoszcz, Poland	8th	100 m H	13.96 (wind: -2.4 m/s)
	Commonwealth Youth Games	Pune, India	1st	100 m H	13.88
2009	CARIFTA Games (U20)	Vieux Fort, Saint Lucia	1st	100 m H	13.31 (w)
			—	4x100 m	DQ
			2nd	4x400 m	3:41.75
	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Havana, Cuba	8th	100 m H	13.85
2011	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Mayagüez, Puerto Rico	4th	100 m H	13.24
	World Championships	Daegu, South Korea	31st (h)	100 m H	13.44
2012	NACAC U23 Championships	Irapuato, Mexico	2nd	100 m H	13.05 w (wind: +4.5 m/s)
2013	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Morelia, Mexico	2nd	100 m H	13.37
	World Championships	Moscow, Russia	31st (h)	100 m H	13.47
2014	Commonwealth Games	Glasgow, United Kingdom	6th	100 m H	13.38
	Pan American Sports Festival	Mexico City, Mexico	7th (h)^1	100 m H	13.33 A (wind: +0.6m/s)
	Central American and Caribbean Games	Xalapa, Mexico	3rd	100 m H	13.47 A (wind: -0.8 m/s)
2015	Pan American Games	Toronto, Canada	7th	100 m H	13.24
	NACAC Championships	San José, Costa Rica	3rd	100 m H	12.88 (w)
	World Championships	Beijing, China	12th (sf)	100 m H	12.90

¹: Did not finish in the final,

References

1. Track & Field - Kierre Beckles, South Carolina Gamecocks, retrieved January 2, 2015
2. Kierre Beckles - Biography, Commonwealth Games Federation, retrieved January 2, 2015
3. Biografía - General - BECKLES Kierre, ODECABE, retrieved January 2, 2015

External links

• Kierre Beckles profile at IAAF