Shinelle Proctor
Anguillian sprinter
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Shinelle Proctor (born 27 June 1991) is an Anguillan sprinter and high jumper.[1] She competed in the 60 metres event at the 2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships. Her older sister is the Anguillian long-jumper Shara Proctor.[2]
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Anguillian |
| Born | 27 June 1991 |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Track and field |
Event | 60m |
Athletics career
Proctor competed in the 60 metre indoor and 100 metre outdoor sprints, triple jump and high jump. She holds the national high jump record for Anguilla and won a bronze medal at the 2009 CARIFTA Games.[3] In 2010, she was part of a three person team representing Anguilla at the 2010 CARIFTA Games, alongside sprinter Zharnel Hughes and long jumper Ricio Welch.[4] The next year, Proctor competed in the 2011 World Championships in Athletics in South Korea.[5] She competed in the 100 metres, however she did not make it out of her heat, finishing fourth in Heat 1.[6] Switching disciplines again, she competed in the high jump for Anguilla at the Commonwealth Games in the 2014 Games in Glasgow, Scotland.[7] She finished joint-last in the qualifying round.[8] Proctor also competed at the 2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships in the 60 metre but failed to get out of the heat.[9]
Personal life
Proctor was born in The Valley, Anguilla.[10] She is the sister of long jumper Shara Proctor, who has represented Anguilla, Great Britain and England.[2] Proctor underwent secondary schooling at Albena Lake-Hodge Comprehensive School in The Valley and then attended university in the United States at the University of Illinois on an athletics scholarship.[4][10] In 2012, she transferred to the University of Missouri in order to gain her degree in Parks Recreation and Tourism.[11]