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Irish sprinter
Karen Shinkins (born 15 October 1976 in Newbridge, County Kildare) is a retired Irish sprinter who specialised in the 400 metres.[1] She represented her country at the 2000 Summer Olympics, as well as four consecutive World Championships, starting in 1999.[citation needed]
She has personal bests of 51.07 (1999) outdoors and 51.58 indoors (2002). The latter is still the national record.[citation needed]
| Year |
Competition |
Venue |
Position |
Event |
Notes
|
Representing  Ireland
|
| 1994
|
World Junior Championships
|
Lisbon, Portugal
|
30th (qf)
|
200 m
|
25.20 (wind: +0.8 m/s)
|
| 1998
|
European Indoor Championships
|
Valencia, Spain
|
11th (h)
|
400 m
|
53.45
|
| 1999
|
Universiade
|
Palma de Mallorca, Spain
|
4th
|
400 m
|
51.07
|
| World Championships
|
Seville, Spain
|
25th (qf)
|
400 m
|
52.08
|
| 2000
|
European Indoor Championships
|
Ghent, Belgium
|
4th
|
400 m
|
53.15
|
| Olympic Games
|
Sydney, Australia
|
34th (h)
|
400 m
|
53.27
|
| 16th (h)
|
4x400 m relay
|
3:32.24
|
| 2001
|
World Indoor Championships
|
Lisbon, Portugal
|
18th (h)
|
400 m
|
53.90
|
| World Championships
|
Edmonton, Canada
|
15th (sf)
|
400 m
|
51.66
|
| 2002
|
European Indoor Championships
|
Vienna, Austria
|
3rd
|
400 m
|
52.17
|
| European Championships
|
Munich, Germany
|
11th (h)
|
400 m
|
52.50
|
| 2003
|
World Indoor Championships
|
Birmingham, United Kingdom
|
16th (h)
|
400 m
|
53.59
|
| World Championships
|
Paris, France
|
23rd (sf)
|
400 m
|
52.74
|
| 2004
|
World Indoor Championships
|
Budapest, Hungary
|
22nd (h)
|
400 m
|
54.37
|
| 9th (h)
|
4x400 m relay
|
3:34.61
|
| 2005
|
World Championships
|
Helsinki, Finland
|
19th (sf)
|
400 m
|
52.17
|
