| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 31 August 1994 Gorleston, Norfolk, England |
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)[1] |
| Weight | 95 kg (209 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
| Event | Shot put |
| Club | Great Yarmouth |
| Coached by | Geoff Capes (–2014) Mike Winch (2015–)[2] |
| Achievements and titles | |
| National finals | Best Result  Outdoors : 2019, 2020, 2021 Indoors: 2019, 2022, 2023 |
Sophie McKinna (born 31 August 1994) is a British Olympic athlete specialising in the shot put.[3] She won silver medals at the 2011 World Youth Championships and 2013 European Junior Championships.
Her indoor personal best is 18.82 metres (Birmingham 2022). At the 2019 World Championships in Doha she threw a new outdoor personal best of 18.61m to qualify for the final.[4] By throwing over the 18.50m required she qualified for the Tokyo Olympics in 2020. She competed in the event, throwing 17.81 m in the qualifying round to finish in 17th place.
Domestically, as of 2023 McKinna is a six-time national champion, winning both indoors and outdoors in 2019, outdoors again in 2020 and 2021, and indoors in 2022 and 2023
She is the granddaughter of the former Norwich City footballer and manager Dave Stringer.[5] McKinna works for Norfolk Constabulary as a detention custody officer.[6]
- ^ "Team England bio". Retrieved 9 October 2018.
- ^ "Power of 10 profile". Retrieved 9 October 2018.
- ^ Sophie McKinna at World Athletics
- ^ "BBC Live Athletics". BBC Sport. October 2019.
- ^ Alan Hubbard (14 August 2010). "Sophie's choice to be golden shot". The Independent.
- ^ Sarah Dawkins (15 October 2019). "Great Britain shot putter Sophie McKinna says Tokyo 2020 Olympics qualification is a 'dream'". Sky Sports News. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
