Sophie Hahn

Sophie Hahn
Hahn at the 2016 Paralympics
Personal information
Birth nameSophie Megan Hahn[1]
Nationality United Kingdom
Born (1997-01-23) 23 January 1997 (age 27)
Sport
CountryGreat Britain
SportAthletics
EventT38 sprint
ClubCharnwood
Coached byLeon Baptiste
Achievements and titles
Highest world ranking1st – 100m (T38)
Personal best(s)100m sprint: 12.38s
200m sprint: 25.92s

Sophie Megan Hahn, MBE (born 23 January 1997) is a parasport athlete from England competing mainly in T38 sprint events.[2] In 2013, she qualified for the 2013 IPC Athletics World Championships, selected for the T38 100m and 200m. She took the gold in the 100m sprint, setting a new world record.

In 2018, she won the gold medal in the T38 100 metres for women at the Commonwealth Games; in doing so she became the first female track and field athlete to hold gold medals in the same event from the World Championships, Paralympic Games, European Championships and Commonwealth Games, mirroring in parasports the achievements of fellow Paralympian Dan Greaves, and Olympic champions Daley Thompson, Linford Christie, Sally Gunnell, Jonathan Edwards and Greg Rutherford.[3]

  1. ^ "New Year's Honours list 2017" (PDF). Gov.uk. Government Digital Service. 30 December 2016. p. 62. Retrieved 31 December 2016.
  2. ^ "Sophie Hahn". thepowerof10.info. Retrieved 24 July 2013.
  3. ^ "Commonwealth Games: Eilidh Doyle & Kyle Langford win silvers on Gold Coast". BBC Sport. 12 April 2018. Retrieved 14 August 2024.