Diane Allahgreen
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | British (English) |
| Born | 21 February 1975 Liverpool, England |
| Height | 164 cm (5 ft 5 in) |
| Weight | 63 kg (139 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
| Event | hurdles |
| Club | Trafford AC |
Diane Allahgreen Hawkins (born 21 February 1975[1]) is a former British Olympic sprint hurdler.
Biography
[edit]Allahgreen finished second behind Angie Thorp in the 100 metres hurdles event at the 1996 AAA Championships.[2]
After winning a bronze medal in the 60 m hurdles at the 1998 European Indoor Athletics Championships in Valencia she became the British 100 metres hurdles champion after winning the British AAA Championships title at the 2000 AAA Championships.[3][4]
Shortly after her maiden British title, Allahgreen represented Great Britain at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney.[5][6]
Further AAA titles were sealed at both the 2001 AAA Championships[7] and 2002 AAA Championships.[8][2] and then Allahgreen represented England at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester.[9]
She retired from competition in 2006.[10] and now works on Merseyside as a Child Protection Social Worker. She is married with two children, Che and Rio.[11]
Achievements
[edit]- 1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics:[12]
- bronze medal (100 m hurdles)
- bronze medal (4 × 100 m relay) with Susie McLoughlin, Sinead Dudgeon, Rebecca Drummond
- 1998 European Indoor Athletics Championships – bronze medal (60 m hurdles)
References
[edit]- ^ "GreatRun". Archived from the original on 8 October 2007. Retrieved 11 September 2012.
- ^ a b "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 1 April 2025.
- ^ "Weekend results". The Scotsman. 14 August 2000. Retrieved 4 April 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "AAA Championships (women)". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 1 April 2025.
- ^ "Team GB – Official home of the British Olympic Association – London 2012 | Team GB". Olympics.org.uk.
- ^ "Biographical Information". Olympedia. Retrieved 1 April 2025.
- ^ "Athletics". The Scotsman. 16 July 2001. Retrieved 4 April 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Weekend results - Athletics". The Scotsman. 15 July 2002. Retrieved 5 April 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Manchester 2002 Team". Team England. Retrieved 1 April 2025.
- ^ "Diane: I quit – Liverpool Echo". 6 February 2006.
- ^ Davis, Laura (19 April 2007). "The Mane attraction". Liverpooldailypost.co.uk.
- ^ "British Medallists in IAAF World Junior Championships". Gbrathletics.com.
External links
[edit]
- 1975 births
- Living people
- English female hurdlers
- Black British sportswomen
- British female hurdlers
- Olympic athletes for Great Britain
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Alumni of Liverpool Hope University
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games competitors for England
- Athletes from Liverpool
- English female sprinters
- British female sprinters
- Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field)
- FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Great Britain
- Medalists at the 1999 Summer Universiade
- 21st-century English sportswomen
- 20th-century English sportswomen