Nicola Sanders
Nicola Sanders in Osaka 2007
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| Personal information | |
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| Born |
23 June 1982 High Wycombe, England |
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| Country |
 Great Britain
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| Club | Windsor, Slough, Eton and Hounslow Athletic Club |
| Turned pro | 2004 |
| Retired | q |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Highest world ranking | 400 m: 3 (2008) |
| Personal best(s) |
400 m 49.65 400 m hurdles 55.32 |
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Medal record
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| Updated on 27 June 2008. | |
Nicola Clare Sanders (born 23 June 1982) is a British former track and field sprinter. She started her career as a 400 metres hurdles specialist, but then switched to the 400 metres which became her speciality. Her personal best for that event was 49.65 seconds.
Her career peaked in 2007 when she was the champion at the European Athletics Indoor Championships and took the silver medal at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics behind her compatriot Christine Ohuruogu. She was a frequent participant in British 4×400 metres relay quartets and won a bronze medal with the team at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing and a gold medal at the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships. She won four further bronze medals in the relay over her career, including two World Championships bronzes and two at European level. In autumn 2014 she announced her retirement from athletics.
Sanders won a bronze medal in the 1999 European Athletics Junior Championships in Riga at 400 m hurdles. That same year she was 4th in the 400 m hurdles at the World Youth Championships. In 2000 she was 5th in the 2000 World Junior Championships in Athletics, but won gold in the Commonwealth Youth Championships. She grew up in Amersham and went to Amersham School.
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