Michelle Edwards (also known as Michelle Campbell, born 24 February 1969) is a British former hurdler who competed in the

100 metres hurdles The 100 metres hurdles, or 100-meter hurdles, is a track and field event run mainly by women (the male counterpart is the 110 metres hurdles). For the race, ten Hurdling, hurdles of a height of are placed along a straight course of . The first h ...

at the 1991 World Championships in Tokyo. She placed second in the 100m hurdles in the 1995 AAA Championships. Her official lifetime best for the 100m hurdles is 13.26 seconds in August 1990. She also ran a wind-assisted 13.08 seconds at Azusa (California) in May 1995.http://www.gbrathletics.com/uk/wd99.htm : Retrieved 10 July 2011.

Career

Edwards competed for Haringey AC. She finished third behind Kay Morley and Lesley-Ann Skeete at both the 1989

AAA Indoor Championships The AAA Indoor Championships was an annual indoor track and field competition organised by the Amateur Athletic Association of England. It was the foremost indoor domestic athletics event during its lifetime. The event was first held in 1935, fol ...

60m hurdles in 8.47 secs, and at the 1989 UK Championships in the 100m hurdles in 13.48 secs. She achieved her lifetime best of 13.26 on 3 August 1990 in Birmingham, when finishing fourth behind Skeete, Morley and

Jacqui Agyepong Jacqueline Nana A. D. Agyepong (born 5 January 1969, in London) is a retired English athlete who competed in the 100 metres hurdles. She represented Great Britain at the 1992 and 1996 Summer Olympics, as well as two outdoor and two indoor World C ...

at the AAA Championships. In 1991, she was third at the UK Championships behind Skeete and

Louise Fraser Louise Marion Fraser (born 10 October 1970) is a female English former hurdler. Athletics career Fraser competed for Great Britain in the 400 metres hurdles at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics. She represented England in the 100 metres hurdles eve ...

, running 13.98 into a near four metre head-wind. Two months later she was fifth at the AAA Championships behind Sally Gunnell, Skeete, Morley-Brown and the American Jackie Humphrey, and earned selection for the 1991 World Championships in Tokyo, where she was eliminated in the heats in 13.50. Edwards married American hurdler Tonie Campbell, and competing as Michelle Campbell, she ran a wind-assisted 13.08 (+4.0) on 26 May 1995 in California. She went on to run 13.36 to finish second at the 1995 AAA Championships, narrowly losing out to Melanie Wilkins, who won in 13.34.

Competition record

References

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