Shelayna Oskan-Clarke

Shelayna Oskan-Clarke (born 20 January 1990) is a British middle-distance runner. Shelayna is currently the British 800m champion.^[4] She competed in the 800 metres event at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics in Beijing, Where she finished 5th in the final. In 2016, she won the women's 800m at the Anniversary Games, and also reached the semi-final at the Rio Olympic Games, narrowly missing out on a place in the final. In 2019, Shelayna took the gold medal at the European Athletics Indoor Championships in Glasgow.^[5]

Shelayna Oskan-Clarke

Oskan-Clarke in 2017
Personal information
Birth name	Shelayna Oskan
Nationality	British
Born	(1990-01-20) 20 January 1990 (age 34) South London, England
Education	Brunel University London
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)[1]
Weight	64 kg (141 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	800 metres
Club	Windsor Slough Eton & Hounslow Brunel Uni London
Coached by	Jon Bigg (2016–) Ayo Falola (2010-2015) Rodger Hughes (2007–2010) Keith Elliot (2004-2007)[2] Geoff Bayles (2004-2007)[3]
Achievements and titles
Olympic finals	2016 – Semifinalist
Medal record Women's athletics Representing  Great Britain World Indoor Championships 2018 Birmingham 800 m European Indoor Championships 2019 Glasgow 800 m 2017 Belgrade 800 m

International competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Great Britain and  England
2008	Commonwealth Youth Games	Pune, India	5th	400 m	55.77
2015	European Indoor Championship	Prague, Czech Republic	14th (h)	800 m	2:05.08
	World Championship	Beijing, China	5th	800 m	1:58.99
2016	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	10th (sf)	800 m	1:59.45
2017	European Indoor Championships	Belgrade, Serbia	2nd	800 m	2:00.39
	World Championships	London, United Kingdom	22nd (sf)	800 m	2:02.26
2018	World Indoor Championships	Birmingham, United Kingdom	3rd	800 m	1:59.81
	Commonwealth Games	Gold Coast, Australia	12th (h)	800 m	2:00.81
	European Championships	Berlin, Germany	8h	800 m	2:02.26
2019	European Indoor Championships	Glasgow, United Kingdom	1st	800 m	2:01.16
	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	24th (sf)	800 m	2:10.89

Personal bests

Outdoor

• 400 metres – 53.20 (Birmingham 2011)
• 800 metres – 1:58.86 (Beijing 2015)
• 1500 metres – 4:28.29 (Watford 2014)

Indoor

• 400 metres – 54.48 (Birmingham 2012)
• 800 metres – 1:59.81 (Birmingham 2018)

References

1. "Rio 2016 bio". Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 13 November 2016.
2. Athletics Weekly How they train – Shelayna Oskan-Clarke
3. Geoffrey Bayles– Coach
4. "Shelayna Oskan-Clarke". IAAF. 26 August 2015. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
5. Heats results

External links

• Shelayna Oskan-Clarke at World Athletics
• Shelayna Oskan-Clarke at Diamond League
• Shelayna Oskan-Clarke at Power of 10
• Shelayna Oskan-Clarke at Olympics.com
• Shelayna Oskan-Clarke at Olympedia