Shana Amanda Cox (born January 22, 1985) is an American-born

track and field Track and field is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name is derived from where the sport takes place, a running track and a grass field for the throwing and some of the jumping events ...

athlete, who competes internationally for Great Britain since 2011. She specialises in the

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and

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. Cox was born in

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to parents of British descent.IAAF Relays bio
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, she attende
Trinity Lutheran School
in

Hicksville, New York Hicksville is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) within the Town of Oyster Bay in Nassau County, on Long Island, in New York. The population of the CDP was 41,547 at the 2010 census. History Valentine Hicks, son-in-law of abolitionist ...

, as well as the

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and

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. In her senior year at college, she won the 400 metres and 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2008

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. In 2011, the

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approved Cox's transfer of allegiance from the US to Great Britain, the birthplace of both her parents.Mulkeen, Jon (April 21, 2011)
Shana Cox cleared to compete for GB
.

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. Retrieved on 2012-06-05. 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 The 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics was the 14th edition of the global-level indoor track and field competition and was held between March 9–11, 2012 at the Ataköy Athletics Arena in Istanbul, Turkey. It was the first of four ...

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, Turkey, as part of a team that also included Nicola Sanders,

Christine Ohuruogu Christine Ijeoma Ohuruogu , MBE (born 17 May 1984) is a British former track and field athlete who specialised in the 400 metres, the event for which she is a former Olympic, World and Commonwealth champion. The Olympic champion in 2008, and s ...

and

Perri Shakes-Drayton Peirresha Alexandra Shakes-Drayton (born 21 December 1988) is a British retired track and field athlete. After specialising in the 400 metres hurdles in the early part of her career, a knee injury at the 2013 World Championships forced Shakes-D ...

. On November 9, 2013, she married

Michael Bingham Michael Bingham (born 13 April 1986) is a British 400 metres track and field athlete. He is one of five children born to British citizen Norris Bingham and Mollissie in Sylva, North Carolina. His parents separated when he was young, and he wa ...

, also an American-born sprinter representing Great Britain.

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* 1985 births Living people British female sprinters English female sprinters American female sprinters Olympic athletes of Great Britain Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Commonwealth Games World Athletics Championships medalists European Athletics Championships medalists Sportspeople from Brooklyn People from Hicksville, New York World Athletics Indoor Championships winners World Athletics Indoor Championships medalists Track and field athletes from New York City Olympic female sprinters 21st-century American women {{UK-athletics-bio-stub

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