Sheena Tosta
Appearance
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Birth name | Sheena Johnson | ||||||||||||||||||||
Full name | Sheena Johnson-Tosta | ||||||||||||||||||||
Born | October 1, 1982 Camden, New Jersey, U.S. | (age 42)||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Sheena Tosta (née Johnson; born October 1, 1982) is an American track and field athlete who competes in the 400 metres hurdles. Her personal best time is 52.95 seconds, achieved in July 2004 in Sacramento. She won a silver medal in the Women's 400 metre hurdles at the 2008 Olympic Games.[1] At the same Olympics Melaine Walker (Jameica) won the gold medal.
She finished fourth at the 2004 Summer Olympics and eighth at the 2006 World Athletics Final. She represented her country at the World Championships in Athletics in 2007 and 2009.
Born in Camden, New Jersey, she graduated from Gar-Field Senior High School in Woodbridge, VA in 2000. She was a member of the Mount Zion Baptist Church in Triangle, VA.
References
[edit]- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Sheena Tosta". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on December 4, 2016.
External links
[edit]- Sheena Johnson-Tosta at World Athletics
- Sheena Tosta at legacy.USATF.org (archived)
- Sheena Johnson at Team USA (archive March 21, 2023)
- Sheena Tosta at Team USA (archive March 21, 2023)
- Sheena Tosta at Olympics.com
- Sheena Tosta at Olympic.org (archived)
- Sheena Johnson-Tosta at Olympedia
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- 1982 births
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- Sportspeople from Camden, New Jersey
- Track and field athletes from Virginia
- American female hurdlers
- African-American track and field athletes
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- Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Olympic silver medalists for the United States in track and field
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2007 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 2007 Pan American Games
- Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States in athletics (track and field)
- World Athletics Championships athletes for the United States
- UCLA Bruins women's track and field athletes
- 21st-century African-American sportswomen
- 20th-century African-American sportswomen
- 20th-century American sportswomen
- NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships winners
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- American track and field athletics Olympic medalist stubs