Cheyanne Evans-Gray
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| Citizenship | British | |||||||||||
| Born | 15 July 1998 | |||||||||||
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| Country | Great Britain | |||||||||||
| Sport | Running | |||||||||||
| University team | East London | |||||||||||
| Club | Croydon Harriers | |||||||||||
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| World finals | 2022 Indoor | |||||||||||
| National finals | 2022 Indoor | |||||||||||
Medal record
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Cheyanne Evans-Gray (born 15 July 1998) is a British sprinter, who won the 60 metres event at the 2022 British Indoor Athletics Championships. She is the British Universities and Colleges Sport record holder in the 60 metres event.
Personal life
[edit]Evans-Gray has studied sports science at the University of East London.[1] She worked at Ladbrokes until 2021, when she left to focus on her athletics career.[2]
Career
[edit]Evans-Gray gave up running, but at the age of 20, she rejoined Croydon Harriers athletics club.[2] At the 2020 British Indoor Athletics Championships, she went out in the heats of the 60 metres event.[2] That year, she won the 60 metres event at the British Universities and Colleges Sport championships in a record time of 7.28 seconds.[1][3] After the event, she was the second highest ranked British woman in the event.[3] Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, Evans-Gray had been hoping to qualify for the 2020 World Athletics Indoor Championships, and to compete in the 100 metres trial event for the 2020 Summer Olympics.[4]
Evans-Gray won the 60 metres event at the 2022 British Indoor Athletics Championships.[2][5] She ran both the semi-final and final in a time of 7.25 seconds.[2] She qualified for the 2022 World Athletics Indoor Championships,[1] where she was eliminated in the semi-finals of the 60 metres event, despite setting a personal best time of 7.19 seconds.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Cheyanne Evans-Gray ready for international glory as she heads to World Indoor Championships". Ealing Times. 8 March 2022. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
- ^ a b c d e "Keely Hodgkinson proves her versatility with 400m silver at British Indoor Championships". The Daily Telegraph. 27 February 2022. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
- ^ a b "Croydon Harrier Cheyanne Evans-Gray sets new British and Colleges reord". Surrey Comet. 19 February 2020. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
- ^ "Croydon sprinter Evans-Gray left frustrated as progress halted by lockdown". London News Online. 12 November 2020. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
- ^ "Birmingham brings out the best in sprinters". Athletics Weekly. 26 February 2022. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
- ^ "World Athletics Indoor Championships: Katarina Johnson-Thompson withdraws from pentathlon". BBC Sport. 18 March 2022. Retrieved 22 July 2022.