Sparkle McKnight

Sparkle McKnight

Personal information
Born	(1991-12-21) 21 December 1991 Chaguanas, Trinidad and Tobago
Education	University of Arkansas
Height	1.58 m (5 ft 2 in)
Weight	55 kg (121 lb)
Sport
Country	Trinidad and Tobago
Sport	Athletics
Event	400 metres hurdles
College team	Arkansas Razorbacks

Sparkle Denise McKnight (born 21 December 1991) is a Trinidadian athlete specialising in the 400 metres hurdles. She represented her country at the 2013 and 2015 World Championships in Athletics reaching the semifinals on the second occasion. She was a reserve member of the Trinidadian 4 × 100 metres relay at the 2012 Summer Olympics but ultimately was not chosen to compete. However, she did compete in the 400 m hurdles at the 2016 and 2020 Olympics.

International competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing Trinidad and Tobago
2006	CARIFTA Games (U17)	Les Abymes, Guadeloupe	6th	300 m hurdles	45.76
	Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U20)	Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago	3rd	300 m hurdles	43.36
			2nd	4 × 400 m relay	3:47.28
2007	CARIFTA Games (U17)	Providenciales, Turks and Caicos	7th	400 m	56.80
			6th	100 m hurdles (76.2 cm)	14.88
			2nd	300 m hurdles	43.65
2008	CARIFTA Games (U20)	Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis	5th	400 m hurdles	64.47
			2nd	4 × 400 m relay	3:43.65
2009	CARIFTA Games (U20)	Vieux Fort, Saint Lucia	9th (h)	400 m	56.82
			4th	4 × 400 m relay	3:47.38
	Pan American Junior Championships	Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago	6th	400 m	55.05
			8th	400 m hurdles	66.00
2010	CARIFTA Games (U20)	George Town, Cayman Islands	2nd	400 m	53.96
			2nd	4 × 400 m relay	3:37.32
	Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U20)	Santo Domingo, Dom. Rep.	5th	400 m	54.80
			2nd	4 × 400 m relay	3:38.49
	World Junior Championships	Moncton, Canada	25th (h)	400 m	55.01
2012	NACAC U23 Championships	San José, Costa Rica	4th	400 m	52.79
			2nd	4 × 400 m relay	3:33.03
2013	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Morelia, Mexico	1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:30.64
	World Championships	Moscow, Russia	28th (h)	400 m hurdles	58.85
			13th (h)	4 × 400 m relay	3:33.50
2015	Pan American Games	Toronto, Canada	5th	400 m hurdles	57.30
			7th	4 × 400 m relay	3:33.31
	NACAC Championships	San José, Costa Rica	2nd	400 m hurdles	55.41
			5th	4 × 400 m relay	3:33.85
	World Championships	Beijing, China	17th (sf)	400 m hurdles	56.21
2016	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	30th (h)	400 m hurdles	56.80
2017	World Championships	London, United Kingdom	19th (sf)	400 m hurdles	56.59
2018	Commonwealth Games	Gold Coast, Australia	7th	400 m hurdles	57.45
	Central American and Caribbean Games	Barranquilla, Colombia	5th	400 m hurdles	55.56
	NACAC Championships	Toronto, Canada	6th	400 m hurdles	56.33
2019	Pan American Games	Lima, Peru	11th (h)	400 m hurdles	57.04

Personal bests

Outdoor

• 200 metres – 23.29 (+1.9 m/s, Lubbock, Texas 2012)
• 400 metres – 52.17 (Tempe, Arizona 2013)
• 400 metres hurdles – 55.15 (Gold Coast, Australia 2018)

Indoor

• 400 metres – 52.52 (Fayetteville 2013) NR

External links

• Sparkle McKnight at World Athletics
• Sparkle McKnight at TFRRS.org
• Sparkle McKnight at Olympedia