Christina Manning

Christina Manning
Manning (center) at the 2018 World Indoor Championships
Personal information
Full name Christina Ali Manning
Nationality American
Born (1990-05-29) May 29, 1990
Andrews AFB, Maryland, USA
Height 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight 53 kg (117 lb)
Sport
Sport Running
Event(s) 100 metres hurdles
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)

60 m hurdles indoors: 7.73 (Albuquerque, New Mexico 2018)

100 m hurdles: 12.58 s (Lausanne, 2017)

Christina Manning (born May 29, 1990) is an American track and field athlete, who specializes in the 100 m hurdles from Landover, Maryland.[1]

College

Manning was a multiple-time NCAA champion and multiple-time Big Ten Conference track athlete of the year for the Ohio State Buckeyes.[2] She was the 2012 Big Ten Athlete of the Year. 2012 Ohio State Female Athlete of the Year, and induced into the Ohio State University Hall of Fame.[3]

International

She won the 60m hurdles at the 2017 Birmingham Indoor Grand Prix.[4]

At the 2017 World Championships in Athletics Manning won her heat and her semifinal to reach the finals.[5][6] In the final, she finished fifth, one one-thousandth of a second behind world record holder Kendra Harrison.[7]

References

  1. "Christina Manning: The Journey to Olympic Success". 5 March 2017.
  2. "Ohio State's Christina Manning on pace to chase Olympic track and field glory".
  3. "Swimmer Pearson, Diver Davis Named To Ohio State Hall of Fame". 14 June 2017.
  4. "The shoe fits as Laura Muir breaks yet another record in Birmingham - Athletics Weekly". 18 February 2017.
  5. "Dawn Harper Nelson leads 4 Americans into women's 100 hurdles final at world championships".
  6. "The Latest: Schippers wins the 200 meters at worlds".
  7. https://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-world-championships/iaaf-world-championships-london-2017-5151/results/women/100-metres-hurdles/final/result#resultheader
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