Great Britain to Send 35 High Caliber Athletes to World Indoor Championships in Sopot

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Thursday, 20 February 2014

British Athletics named today their 35 athletes that will head to Sopot, Poland next month to compete at the World Indoor Championships (March 7-9).

See athlete stats below:

Name	PB Ind.	SB Ind.	Current World Indoor Rank	Indoor Achievements
60m: Dwain Chambers	6.42	6.53	Ranked #8	60 m World Indoor Champion 2010 60 m World Indoor Silver Medallist 2008 60 m World Indoor Bronze Medallist 2012 60 m European Indoor Silver Medallist 2011
60m: Richard Kilty	6.53	6.53	Ranked #8
400m: Richard Buck	45.88	46.09	Ranked #11	4 x 400 m World Indoor Silver Medallist 2012 4 x 400 m World Indoor Bronze Medallist 2010 4 x 400 m European Indoor Champion 2013 400 m European Indoor Bronze Medallist 2011
400m: Nigel Levine	45.71	45.71	Ranked #5	4 x 400 m World Indoor Silver Medallist 2012 4 x 400 m World Indoor Bronze Medallist 2010 4 x 400 m European Indoor Champion 2013 3 European Indoor Silver Medals in 2009: 4x4 2011: 4x4 2013: 400
800m: Mukhtar Mohammed	1:46.58	1:48.86	Ranked #59	800 m European Indoor Bronze Medallist 2013
800m: Andrew Osagie	1:45.22	1:45.22	Ranked #4	800 m World Indoor Bronze Medallist 2012
1500m: Lee Emanuel	3:38.99	3:38.99	Ranked #23	One Mile NCAA Indoor Champion 2010 One Mile NCAA Indoor Champion 2009
1500m: Chris O’Hare	3:37.25	3:38.28	Ranked #19	One Mile NCAA Indoor Champion 2012
3000m: Andy Vernon	7:49.84	7:50.10	Ranked #40
3000m: Jonathan Mellor	7:46.73	7:46.73	Ranked #33
60m hurdles: Andrew Pozzi	7.56	7.57	Ranked #8	60 m hurdles 4th at World Indoor Championships 2012
60m hurdles: William Sharman	7.64	7.64	Ranked #19
4x400m: Daniel Awde, Michael Bingham, Jamie Bowie, Buck, Luke			Ranked #
High jump: Robbie Grabarz	2.34m	2.27m	Ranked #25	High jump 6th at World Indoor Championships 2012
High Jump: Tom Parsons	2.31m	2.30m	Ranked #15
Pole vault: Luke Cutts	5.83m NR	5.83 NR	Ranked #2

WOMEN
60m: Sophie Papps	7.22	7.22	Ranked #19
60m: Asha Philip	7.09	7.09	Ranked #2
400m: Margaret Adeoye	52.35	52.72	Ranked #20
400m: Shana Cox	52.13	52.93	Ranked #29	4 x 400 m World Indoor Champion 2012 4 x 400 m European Indoor Champion 2013 400 m 5th at World Indoor Championships
800m: Laura Muir	2:00.94	2:00.94	Ranked #3
1500m: Jemma Simpson	4:11.17	4:11.59	Ranked #25
3000m: Eilish McColgan	8:49.31		Ranked #
4x400m: Adeoye, Eilidh Child, Cox, Christine Ohuruogu, Victoria Ohuruogu, Laura Wake			Ranked #
60m hurdles: Tiffany Porter	7.80	8.07	Ranked #22	60 m hurdles World Indoor Silver Medallist 2012 60 m hurdles European Indoor Silver Medallist 2011
Pole vault: Holly Bleasdale	4.87m	4.73m	Ranked #2	Pole vault World Indoor Bronze Medallist 2012 Pole vault European Indoor Champion 2013
Long jump: Katarina Johnson-Thompson	6.75m	6.75m	Ranked #5
Long Jump: Shara Proctor	6.89	6.59	Ranked #17	Long jump World Indoor Bronze Medallist 2012