Cheyanne Evans-Gray (born 15 July 1998) is a British sprinter, who won the 60 metres event at the 2022 British Indoor Athletics Championships. She is the British Universities and Colleges Sport record holder in the 60 metres event.
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| Citizenship | British | |||||||||||
| Born | 15 July 1998 | |||||||||||
| Sport | ||||||||||||
| Country | Great Britain | |||||||||||
| Sport | Running | |||||||||||
| University team | East London | |||||||||||
| Club | Croydon Harriers | |||||||||||
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| World finals | 2022 Indoor | |||||||||||
| National finals | 2022 Indoor | |||||||||||
Medal record
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Personal life
editEvans-Gray has studied sports science at the University of East London.[1] She worked at Ladbrokes until 2021, when she left to focus on her athletics career.[2]
Career
editEvans-Gray gave up running, but at the age of 20, she rejoined Croydon Harriers athletics club.[2] At the 2020 British Indoor Athletics Championships, she went out in the heats of the 60 metres event.[2] That year, she won the 60 metres event at the British Universities and Colleges Sport championships in a record time of 7.28 seconds.[1][3] After the event, she was the second highest ranked British woman in the event.[3] Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, Evans-Gray had been hoping to qualify for the 2020 World Athletics Indoor Championships, and to compete in the 100 metres trial event for the 2020 Summer Olympics.[4]
Evans-Gray won the 60 metres event at the 2022 British Indoor Athletics Championships.[2][5] She ran both the semi-final and final in a time of 7.25 seconds.[2] She qualified for the 2022 World Athletics Indoor Championships,[1] where she was eliminated in the semi-finals of the 60 metres event, despite setting a personal best time of 7.19 seconds.[6]
References
edit- ^ a b c "Cheyanne Evans-Gray ready for international glory as she heads to World Indoor Championships". Ealing Times. 8 March 2022. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
- ^ a b c d e "Keely Hodgkinson proves her versatility with 400m silver at British Indoor Championships". The Daily Telegraph. 27 February 2022. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
- ^ a b "Croydon Harrier Cheyanne Evans-Gray sets new British and Colleges reord". Surrey Comet. 19 February 2020. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
- ^ "Croydon sprinter Evans-Gray left frustrated as progress halted by lockdown". London News Online. 12 November 2020. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
- ^ "Birmingham brings out the best in sprinters". Athletics Weekly. 26 February 2022. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
- ^ "World Athletics Indoor Championships: Katarina Johnson-Thompson withdraws from pentathlon". BBC Sport. 18 March 2022. Retrieved 22 July 2022.