Sparkle McKnight

Sparkle Denise McKnight (born 21 December 1991) is a Trinidadian athlete specialising in the 400 metres hurdles. She represented her country at the 2013 and 2015 World Championships in Athletics reaching the semifinals on the second occasion. She was a reserve member of the Trinidadian 4 × 100 metres relay at the 2012 Summer Olympics but ultimately was not chosen to compete. However, she did compete in the 400 m hurdles at the 2016 and 2020 Olympics.

Sparkle McKnight

Personal information
Born	(1991-12-21) 21 December 1991 Chaguanas, Trinidad and Tobago
Education	University of Arkansas
Height	1.58 m (5 ft 2 in)
Weight	55 kg (121 lb)
Sport
Country	Trinidad and Tobago
Sport	Athletics
Event	400 metres hurdles
College team	Arkansas Razorbacks

International competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing Trinidad and Tobago
2006	CARIFTA Games (U17)	Les Abymes, Guadeloupe	6th	300 m hurdles	45.76
	Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U20)	Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago	3rd	300 m hurdles	43.36
			2nd	4 × 400 m relay	3:47.28
2007	CARIFTA Games (U17)	Providenciales, Turks and Caicos	7th	400 m	56.80
			6th	100 m hurdles (76.2 cm)	14.88
			2nd	300 m hurdles	43.65
2008	CARIFTA Games (U20)	Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis	5th	400 m hurdles	64.47
			2nd	4 × 400 m relay	3:43.65
2009	CARIFTA Games (U20)	Vieux Fort, Saint Lucia	9th (h)	400 m	56.82
			4th	4 × 400 m relay	3:47.38
	Pan American Junior Championships	Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago	6th	400 m	55.05
			8th	400 m hurdles	66.00
2010	CARIFTA Games (U20)	George Town, Cayman Islands	2nd	400 m	53.96
			2nd	4 × 400 m relay	3:37.32
	Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U20)	Santo Domingo, Dom. Rep.	5th	400 m	54.80
			2nd	4 × 400 m relay	3:38.49
	World Junior Championships	Moncton, Canada	25th (h)	400 m	55.01
2012	NACAC U23 Championships	San José, Costa Rica	4th	400 m	52.79
			2nd	4 × 400 m relay	3:33.03
2013	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Morelia, Mexico	1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:30.64
	World Championships	Moscow, Russia	28th (h)	400 m hurdles	58.85
			13th (h)	4 × 400 m relay	3:33.50
2015	Pan American Games	Toronto, Canada	5th	400 m hurdles	57.30
			7th	4 × 400 m relay	3:33.31
	NACAC Championships	San José, Costa Rica	2nd	400 m hurdles	55.41
			5th	4 × 400 m relay	3:33.85
	World Championships	Beijing, China	17th (sf)	400 m hurdles	56.21
2016	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	30th (h)	400 m hurdles	56.80
2017	World Championships	London, United Kingdom	19th (sf)	400 m hurdles	56.59
2018	Commonwealth Games	Gold Coast, Australia	7th	400 m hurdles	57.45
	Central American and Caribbean Games	Barranquilla, Colombia	5th	400 m hurdles	55.56
	NACAC Championships	Toronto, Canada	6th	400 m hurdles	56.33
2019	Pan American Games	Lima, Peru	11th (h)	400 m hurdles	57.04

Personal bests

Outdoor

• 200 metres – 23.29 (+1.9 m/s, Lubbock, Texas 2012)
• 400 metres – 52.17 (Tempe, Arizona 2013)
• 400 metres hurdles – 55.15 (Gold Coast, Australia 2018)

Indoor

• 400 metres – 52.52 (Fayetteville 2013) NR

External links

• Sparkle McKnight at World Athletics
• Sparkle McKnight at TFRRS.org
• Sparkle McKnight at Olympedia