_03.jpg.webp) Arantxa King during the 2013 World Championships in Athletics in Moscow | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 27 November 1989 Paget Parish, Bermuda |
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) |
| Weight | 70 kg (154 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Country |  Bermuda |
| Sport | Athletics |
| Event | Long Jump |
Arantxa King (born 27 November 1989) is a Bermudian athlete competing in the long jump.
Biography
King was born in Paget Parish, Bermuda on 27 November 1989.[1] Her mother, Branwen Smith-King, is a former Bermuda national track and field team member while her father Adrian King is a former international cricket player. Her sister Akilah was also an accomplished athlete at Brown University.
King competed at the 2005 IAAF World Youth Championships in Marrakech, Morocco. With a best jump of 6.39 m, she won the World Youth title in women's Long Jump. She competed at the 11th IAAF World Junior Championships in Beijing, China, in 2006, and the 12th IAAF World Junior Championships in Bydgoszcz, Poland, in 2008. She also competed for Bermuda at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, and in 2006, she also competed at the 2006 Commonwealth Games. She has competed at the XXX Olympic Games in London, England, in 2012, at the 14th IAAF World Championships in Moscow, Russia, in 2013, and the Commonwealth Games in Scotland, in 2014.
Internationally, King has won a silver medal in long jump at the 2011 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico,[2] and multiple junior medals in Carifta, Pan American Games, and Central American and Caribbean games.
King competed for Stanford University, where she was a two-time All-American and finished as a runner-up at the 2010 NCAA Outdoor Championships.[3] She completed a degree in Political Science in 2011 and a master's degree in 2012 at Stanford.
National records
She holds the Bermuda national record for the women's long jump, both outdoors and indoors.
| EVENT | PERFORMANCE | PLACE, DATE |
|---|---|---|
| 100 Metres | 11.88 (+0.4 m/s) | Mexico, June 2013 |
| Long Jump | 6.50 m (+2.0 m/s) | Austin, Texas, USA, 31 March 2012 |
| Triple Jump | 13.28 m (+1.5 m/s) | Des Moines, June 2012 |
References
- ↑ 2014 CWG profile
- ↑ "Arantxa King Wins Silver in Puerto Rico". Bernews. 18 July 2011. Retrieved 12 May 2022.
- ↑ "Arantxa King Biography". GoStanford.com. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
- Chad Konecky (28 April 2006). "King of the track: Long jumper Arantxa King boasts extraordinary ability". SI Vault. Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 24 May 2012.
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