Keri Lees
English hurdler
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Keri Lees (née Maddox; born 4 July 1972) is a female English retired athlete who competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics as well as three World Championships (1993, 1999, 2001).[1] She competed in the 100 metres hurdles and 400 metres hurdles.[2]
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| Nationality | British (English) | |||||||||||
| Born | 4 July 1972 Stone, Staffordshire, England | |||||||||||
| Height | 172 cm (5 ft 8 in) | |||||||||||
| Weight | 63 kg (139 lb) | |||||||||||
| Sport | ||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||
Event | hurdles | |||||||||||
| Club | Cannock & Stafford AC Sale Harriers Manchester | |||||||||||
Medal record
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Biography
Maddox became the British 400 metres hurdles champion after winning the British AAA Championships title at the 1997 AAA Championships.[3]
Maddox won the 100 metres AAA title in 1998[4] and then represented England in both the 100 metres hurdles and 400 metres hurdles events, at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.[5][6][7]
Maddox retained the 100 metres AAA title in 1999 and regained the 400 metres hurdles AAA title at the 2000 AAA Championships[8][9] and shortly afterwards represented Great Britain at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney.[10]
Competition record
Personal bests
Outdoor
- 100 metres hurdles – 12.95 (+1.1 m/s) (Seville 1999)
- 400 metres hurdles – 55.22 (Birmingham 2000)
Indoor
- 60 metres hurdles – 8.17 (Maebashi 1999)
