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Nationality | Australian | ||||||||||||||
Born | 31 January 1998 | ||||||||||||||
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Sport | Track and Field | ||||||||||||||
Event | 200 metres | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Jacinta Beecher (born 31 January 1998) is an Australian sprinter. [1]
Beecher was a promising junior but the Queenslander suffered 4 years of injuries before posting a new personal best time over 200 metres of 23.28 in Canberra in 2021. [2]
Beecher moved into the top 10 of all time Australian 200 metres runners when she ran a time of 22.70 in May 2022 in Shizuoka, Japan. With that time Beecher achieved the qualifying standard for the 2022 Commonwealth Games as well as the World Championships. [3] Beecher was part of the Australian sprint relay team that finished third at the 2022 Commonwealth Games. Whilst competing at the 2022 World Athletics Championships – Women's 200 metres Beecher qualified from the heats for the semi-finals with a run of 23.22 behind Jenna Prandini and Favour Ofili. [4]