Sage Watson

Sage Watson
	Sage Watson in 2015
Personal information
Nationality	Canadian
Born	20 June 1994; Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada[1]
Education	Florida State University; University of Arizona '17
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	57 kg (126 lb)
Sport
Sport	Track and field
Event(s)	400 metres hurdles; 400 metres
College team	Arizona Wildcats
Coached by	Fred Harvey
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	400 metres hurdles:54.32; 400 meters:51.62
Representing Canada
Pan American Games
Pan American Junior Championships
World Youth Championships

Sage Watson (born 20 June 1994) is a Canadian athlete specialising in the 400 metres hurdles.[2] Competing internationally for Canada, she is the reigning Pan American champion in the 400 m hurdles, having also won Pan American medals in 2015 and 2019 as part of Canada's relay team.

Waton first represented her country at the 2015 World Championships in Beijing, where she reached the semifinals. In July 2016 she was officially named to Canada's Olympic team, reaching the semifinals in the 400m hurdles and finishing fourth as part of Canada's women's 4x400 metres relay team.[3] At the 2017 World Championships, Watson finished sixth. At the 2019 World Championships in Doha, Watson qualified to the final of the 400m hurdles with a national record time of 54.32, breaking the previous record of Rosey Edeh that had stood since 1996.[4]

International competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing Canada
2011	World Youth Championships	Lille, France	8th	400 m hurdles	61.04
2011	World Youth Championships	Lille, France	3rd	Sprint medley relay	2:05.72
2012	World Junior Championships	Barcelona, Spain	10th (sf)	400 m hurdles	58.04
2012	World Junior Championships	Barcelona, Spain	6th	4 × 400 m relay	3:37.84
2013	Pan American Junior Championships	Medellín, Colombia	3rd	400 m	52.68
			1st	400 m hurdles	56.81
			2nd	4 × 400 m relay	3:41.53
2015	Pan American Games	Toronto, Canada	10th (h)	400 m hurdles	58.36
	Pan American Games	Toronto, Canada	3rd	4 × 400 m relay	3:27.74
	World Championships	Beijing, China	19th (sf)	400 m hurdles	56.38
	World Championships	Beijing, China	8th	4 × 400 m relay	3:27.69
2016	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	11th (sf)	400 m hurdles	55.44
2016	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	4th	4 × 400 m relay	3:26.43
2017	World Championships	London, United Kingdom	6th	400 m hurdles	54.92
2018	Commonwealth Games	Gold Coast, Australia	5th	400 m hurdles	55.55
2019	World Relays	Yokohama, Japan	4th	4 × 400 m relay	3:28.21
	Pan American Games	Lima, Peru	1st	400 m hurdles	55.16
	Pan American Games	Lima, Peru	2nd	4 × 400 m relay	3:27.01
	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	8th	400 m hurdles	54.82
	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	5th (h)	4 × 400 m relay	3:25.86¹

¹Disqualified in the final

Personal bests

Outdoor

200 metres – 23.80 (-0.2 m/s, Tucson 2017)
400 metres – 51.62 (Tucson 2018)
400 metres hurdles – 54.32 (Doha 2019)

Indoor

400 metres – 51.84 (College Station 2018)

References

Canadian Olympic Committee bio
"Sage Watson". IAAF. 25 August 2015. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
Hossain, Asif (11 July 2016). "Athletics Canada nominates largest squad to Team Canada for Rio". Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 11 July 2016.
Harrison, Doug (2 October 2019). "Sage Watson shatters Canadian hurdles record en route to 400m world final". CBC Sports. Retrieved 2 October 2019.

External links

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[1] Canadian Olympic Committee bio

[2] "Sage Watson". IAAF. 25 August 2015. Retrieved 25 August 2015.

[3] Hossain, Asif (11 July 2016). "Athletics Canada nominates largest squad to Team Canada for Rio". Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 11 July 2016.

[4] Harrison, Doug (2 October 2019). "Sage Watson shatters Canadian hurdles record en route to 400m world final". CBC Sports. Retrieved 2 October 2019.