On the record: Shara Proctor

 
Shara Proctor

Sport: athletics (long jump).

Record holder? Proctor broke Bev Kinch’s 29-year-old British record at the weekend’s Olympic trials with a leap of 6.95m.

Off the record: Proctor was born in Anguilla but represents Team GB as the Caribbean island counts as a British Overseas Territory.

Chance of an Olympic record? Her effort in Birmingham classifies her as the sixth furthest jumper in the world this year and has marked her out as a medal contender.

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