Sparkle Denise McKnight (born 21 December 1991) is a Trinidadian athlete specialising in the

400 metres hurdles The 400 metres hurdles is a track and field hurdling event. The event has been on the Olympic athletics programme since 1900 for men and since 1984 for women. On a standard outdoor track, 400 metres is the length of the inside lane, once a ...

. She represented her country at the

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and

2015 World Championships in Athletics The 2015 IAAF World Championships ( zh, 第十五届世界田径锦标赛), the fifteenth edition of the IAAF World Championships, were held from 22 to 30 August at the National Stadium in Beijing, China. Forty-three nations won medals, 144 of ...

reaching the semifinals on the second occasion. She was a reserve member of the Trinidadian 4 × 100 metres relay at the

2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

but ultimately was not chosen to compete. However, she did compete in the 400 m hurdles at the

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and

2020 Olympics The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July. Tokyo was selected as the host city during the 1 ...

International competitions

Personal bests

Outdoor *

200 metres The 200 metres, or 200-meter dash, is a sprint running event. On an outdoor 400 metre racetrack, the race begins on the curve and ends on the home straight, so a combination of techniques is needed to successfully run the race. A slightl ...

– 23.29 (+1.9 m/s, Lubbock, Texas 2012) *

400 metres The 400 metres, or 400-meter dash, is a sprint event in track and field competitions. It has been featured in the athletics (sport), athletics programme at the Summer Olympics since 1896 for men and since 1964 for women. On a standard outdoor runn ...

– 52.17 (Tempe, Arizona 2013) *

– 55.15 (Gold Coast, Australia 2018) Indoor *

– 52.52 (Fayetteville 2013) NR

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mcknight, Sparkle 1991 births Living people People from Chaguanas Trinidad and Tobago female hurdlers Trinidad and Tobago female sprinters Pan American Games competitors for Trinidad and Tobago Athletes (track and field) at the 2015 Pan American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2019 Pan American Games World Athletics Championships athletes for Trinidad and Tobago Arkansas Razorbacks women's track and field athletes Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Trinidad and Tobago Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games competitors for Trinidad and Tobago Competitors at the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games