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| Nationality | British (English) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 2 February 1980 Stepney, Greater London, England | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 62 kg (137 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Sprints | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Southend AC | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Sarah Joanne Wilhelmy (born 2 February 1980) is a British former sprinter who competed at two Olympic Games.[1]
Biography
[edit]Born in Stepney, Greater London, Wilhelmy attended Southend High School for Girls, which is a grammar school with academy status, situated on Southchurch Boulevard in the east of Southend-on-Sea England.
Wilhelmy won the English Schools Under 15 Long jump title in 1993, with a jump of 5.70 metres, and went on to win the 200 metres at the English Schools in 1994 (U15) and 1996 (U17). She also won four AAAs junior titles: 60 metres indoors (U15 1994), (U17 1995) and 200 metres (U15 1994), (U20 1997). The highlight of her junior career was winning a bronze medal in the 200m at the 1998 IAAF World Junior Championships, in a race won by France's Muriel Hurtis.
Wilhelmy became the British 200 metres champion after winning the British AAA Championships title at the 2000 AAA Championships[2] but failed to gain Olympic selection in that event as she didn't have the qualifying standard. She did however earn Olympic selection as part of the 4 × 100 m relay squad.
At the Olympic Games in Sydney, she represented the Great Britain team and ran in the first round heats before being replaced by Sam Davies for the semifinals.[3]
Wilhelmy won the 2001 AAA Championships 100 metres title[4] and at the 2001 World Championships in Athletics, she ran the second leg of the British 4 × 100 m team that finished fifth in the final in 42.60 seconds.
International competitions
[edit]| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing  Great Britain
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| 1997 | European Junior Championships | Ljubljana, Slovenia | 7th | 200 m | 23.92 |
| 2nd | 4 × 100 m | 45.55 | |||
| 1998 | World Junior Championships | Annecy, France | 3rd | 200 m | 23.56 |
| 4th | 4 × 100 m | 44.65 | |||
| 2000 | Olympic Games | Sydney, Australia | heats | 4 × 100 m | 43.26 |
| 2001 | World Championships | Edmonton, Canada | 5th | 4 × 100 m | 42.60 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Absent Jones stays on course". Sporting Life. 29 September 2000. Retrieved 8 February 2012.
- ^ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 4 April 2025.
- ^ "Biographical Information". Olympedia. Retrieved 4 April 2025.
- ^ "AAA Championships (women)". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 4 April 2025.
