Loreen Hall
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | British |
| Born | 12 October 1967 |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Sprinting |
| Event | 400 metres |
Loreen Doloris Hall (born 12 October 1967) is an English former sprinter. She won a bronze medal in the 4 × 400 metres relay at the 1985 European Junior Championships,[1] and went on to represent Great Britain in the women's 400 metres at the 1988 Seoul Olympics.[2]
Career
[edit]Born in Nottingham, Hall ran 53.08 secs for 400 metres as a 16-year-old at a Junior international in July 1984.[3] She won an English Schools 200 m title in 1984,[4] and a AAA Junior Indoor Championships 400 m title in 1985,[5] before winning a bronze medal in the 4 × 400 metres relay at the 1985 European Junior Championships in Cottbus with teammates Georgina Honley, Lynne Robinson and Dawn Flockhart.[6] In other junior internationals, she took a sprint sweep from 100 m to 400 m in Australia, won a 100 m in Cyprus and won a 200 m/400 m double at the Cosford Indoor Games.[7]
Hall ran 53.69 secs to finish second at the 1987 WAAA Championships.[8] She was the UK's number one 400 metres runner in 1987, with a season's best of 52.74.[9] She achieved her 400 m best of 52.71 on 18 June 1988 at the Midland Championships in Birmingham.[10] This performance ranked her third in the UK in 1988, and she earned Olympic selection. At the Seoul Olympics, she ran 53.13 in the heats, to reach the quarter-finals, where she ran 53.42.[11]
International competitions
[edit]| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Representing  Great Britain
| |||||
| 1985 | European Junior Championships | Cottbus, Germany | 3rd | 4 × 400 m | 3:35.10 |
| 1988 | Olympic Games | Seoul, South Korea | QF | 400 m | 53.42 |
References
[edit]- ^ "European Junior Championships (British medallists)". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Loreen Hall Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
- ^ "Loreen Hall". Power of 10. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
- ^ "English Schools Championships (Girls)". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
- ^ "AAA Junior Indoor Championships". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
- ^ European Junior Championships. World Junior Athletics History. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
- ^ Our Story. Natural Notts. Retrieved on 8 April 2018.
- ^ "AAA Championships (Women)". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
- ^ "UK Top Performers 1980 – 2005: Women (Outdoors)". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
- ^ "400m Women Overall All Time to 53.99". Power of 10. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
- ^ "Women 400m Olympic Games 1988 Seoul". Todor 66. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
