Sarah Wells (born November 10, 1989) is a Canadian hurdler who specializes in the

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. She competed in the

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and finished 22nd over all. Wells won the silver medal in the 400 metres hurdles at the

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, Canada.

Life

Wells was born on November 10, 1989, in Markham, Ontario, and she attended University of Toronto. * Finished 24th, 400 meter hurdles at the 2012 London Olympic Games *1st 2007, 2010, 2012 and 2015 National Championships *2nd 400 m hurdles 2015 Pan American Games *3rd 400 m hurdles 2013 FISU Summer Universiade Kazan, Russia *6th 400 m hurdles, 2008

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* Personal best: 55.65, Lucerne 17 July 2013 * Owned the Canadian Youth under-17 record of 59.48 seconds in the 400m hurdles in 2006.

Filmography

Television

References

External links

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Sarah Wells personal site
1989 births Living people Canadian female hurdlers Olympic track and field athletes for Canada Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Markham, Ontario Track and field athletes from Ontario Pan American Games bronze medalists for Canada Pan American Games silver medalists for Canada Athletes (track and field) at the 2015 Pan American Games Pan American Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) FISU World University Games silver medalists for Canada Medalists at the 2013 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games Participants in Canadian reality television series {{Canada-athletics-bio-stub