Shara Proctor (born 16 September 1988) is a British former long jumper born in Anguilla. She is the national record holder of both Anguilla and Great Britain. On 28 August 2015 at the World Championships in Beijing, she became the first British female long-jumper to jump over 7 metres (7.07), setting a new British record and earning a world championship silver medal in the process. She also won the 2013 IAAF Diamond League in the event. Her younger sister is the Anguillan sprinter Shinelle Proctor.
Career Representing Anguilla She competed at the 2006 Commonwealth Games and the 2007 World Championships for Anguilla, but without reaching the final round.
In November 2010, she announced that she would be competing for Great Britain at events held by the IAAF, as Anguilla is a British Overseas Territory and cannot send delegations to the Olympic Games for not having your National Olympic Committee (NOC) recognized.Proctor receives clearance to transfer allegiance from Anguilla to GB.http://www.uka.org.uk/media/news/november-2010/24-11-10-shara-proctor/ A British Overseas Territory, Anguilla does not have a National Olympic Committee (NOC) of its own; However, this would not prevent Proctor from competing for Great Britain, as the responsibilities of the National Olympic Committee for the territory are the responsibility of the British Olympic Association (BOA). However, this would not happen at World Athletics competitions and at the Commonwealth Games because Anguilla is an effective member of both associations. After the change of nation, she was invited to compete for the English team at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.Overseas Territories parliament.uk
Representing Great Britain and England In 2012, Proctor won her first senior medal for Great Britain, a bronze medal in the long jump in the IAAF World Indoor Athletics Championships, after a British national indoor record leap of 6.89 metres.
Her longest jumps outdoors are 7.07 metres in the long jump, achieved in August 2015 in Beijing; and 13.74 metres in the triple jump, achieved in May 2009 in Greensboro.
In November 2012 Proctor moved from her training base at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach to Loughborough when her coach Rana Reider was recruited to work at UK Athletics. On Reider's move to the Netherlands, Proctor relocated to stay with her coach.
On 28 August 2015 at the World Championships in Beijing she became the first British female long jumper to jump over 7 metres (7.07) thus setting a new British record, and earning a silver medal.
Proctor won bronze medals at the 2018 Commonwealth Games and 2018 European Athletics Championships. She announced her retirement from athletics in 2022.
Achievements Representing 2003CARIFTA Games (U17)Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago8thHigh jump1.55m3rdLong jump5.45m (1.1 m/s)2004CARIFTA Games (U17)Hamilton, Bermuda6thHigh jump1.50m2ndLong jump5.83m w (NWI)CAC Junior Championships (U17)Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago 1stLong jump5.99m2005CARIFTA Games (U-20)Bacolet, Trinidad and Tobago5th (h)200 m26.66 (0.0 m/s)2ndLong jump6.24m NR (0.4 m/s)2006CARIFTA Games (U-20)Les Abymes, Guadeloupe1stLong jump6.17m (0.0 m/s)Commonwealth GamesMelbourne, Australia13th (q)Long jump6.06 mCAC Junior Championships (U20)Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago 3rdLong jump6.08mWorld Junior ChampionshipsBeijing, China16th (q)Long jump6.01 m (wind: 0.0 m/s)2007CARIFTA Games (U-20)Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands1stLong jump6.17m (−0.3 m/s)World ChampionshipsOsaka, Japan29th (q)Long jump5.82 m2008Central American and Caribbean ChampionshipsCali, Colombia 2ndLong jump6.54 m7thTriple jump12.99 mNACAC U-23 ChampionshipsToluca, Mexico4thLong jump6.23m (wind: NWI) A2ndTriple jump13.11m (wind: NWI) A2009Central American and Caribbean ChampionshipsHavana, Cuba 1stLong jump6.61 mWorld ChampionshipsBerlin, Germany6thLong jump6.71 m NR2010NACAC U23 ChampionshipsMiramar, United States1stLong jump6.43m (wind: 0.9 m/s)Representing and 2011World ChampionshipsDaegu, South Korea20th (q)Long jump6.34 m2012World Indoor ChampionshipsIstanbul, Turkey 3rdLong jump6.89 m NROlympic GamesLondon, United Kingdom6thLong jump6.55 m2013European Indoor ChampionshipsGothenburg, Sweden4thLong jump6.69 mWorld ChampionshipsMoscow, Russia6thLong jump6.79 m2014World Indoor ChampionshipsSopot, Poland4thLong jump6.68 mCommonwealth GamesGlasgow, United Kingdom4th (q)Long jump6.51 mNo mark in the final2015World ChampionshipsBeijing, China2ndLong jump7.07m NR2016World Indoor ChampionshipsPortland, United States8thLong jump6.57 mOlympic GamesRio de Janeiro, Brazil21st (q)Long jump6.36 m2017World ChampionshipsLondon, United Kingdom13th (q)Long jump6.45 m2018Commonwealth GamesGold Coast, Australia3rdLong jump6.75 mEuropean ChampionshipsBerlin, Germany3rdLong jump6.70 m2019World ChampionshipsDoha, Qatar11thLong jump6.43 m
References
External links – University of Florida athlete profile at GatorZone.com