Dianna Proctor
Canadian athlete (born 2005)
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Dianna Proctor (born 25 April 2005) is a Canadian sprinter. She was a silver medallist over 400 metres at the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships.[1]
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| Nationality | Canadian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 25 April 2005 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | 400 metres | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 200m: 23.30 (2024) 400m: 51.98 (2024) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Education
Proctor was educated at Strathcona High School is Edmonton, Alberta before attending the University of Guelph in Ontario.[2][3][4]
Career
She ran a 51.98 personal best to win the silver medal at the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships in the 400 metres.[5][6] She also competed in the 200 metres at the Championships, qualifying for the semi-final, and the women's 4x100 metres relay, in which the Canadian team qualified for the final.[7][8] She also won bronze in the 4 × 100 m relay at the Championships.[9]
She competed at the 2025 World Athletics Relays in China in the Mixed 4 × 400 metres relay in May 2025.[10] She won two gold medals at the 2025 Pan American Junior Games in Asunción, Paraguay in August 2025, setting a new championship record of 51.97 seconds in the 400 metres and also anchoring the Canadian team to gold in the women's 4 x 400 metres relay.[11] She was subsequently selected for the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan, where she ran in the women's 400 metres and the women's 4 x 400 metres relay.[12][13]
Competing in January 2026 in Albuquerque, Proctor lowered the long-standing Canadian under-23 best time for the indoors 300 metres, held for 43 years by Angela Bailey. The time of 37.05 seconds also set a new school record for the University of Guelph, ahead of the previous best time of Zoe Sherar.[14]