Sinead Marie Dudgeon (born 9 July 1976 in

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) is a retired Scottish athlete who specialised 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 ...

. She represented

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at the

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failing to reach the semifinals. She made the finals of the

2002 Commonwealth Games The 2002 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XVII Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Manchester 2002 were held in Manchester, England, from 25 July to 4 August, 2002. The 2002 Games were to be hosted in the United Kingdom to coin ...

and the 2002 European Championships.

Competition record

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 ...

– 23.23 (Glasgow 2000) * 300 metres – 37.08 (Walnut 2001) *

300 metres hurdles The 300 metres hurdles (also spelled 300 meters hurdles in American English) is an athletics or track and field event. It is a cut-down version of the International event the 400 metres hurdles. It is a standard event under the NFHS in American hi ...

– 40.58 (Gold Coast 2000) * 400 metres – 52.05 (Budapest 1999) *

– 55.24 (Birmingham 1999) Indoor * 400 metres – 52.47 (Birmingham 2001)

References

British female sprinters Scottish female sprinters British female hurdlers Scottish female hurdlers 1976 births Living people Olympic athletes for Great Britain Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games competitors for Scotland Athletes from Edinburgh Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Great Britain Medalists at the 1999 Summer Universiade British Athletics Championships winners {{Scotland-athletics-bio-stub