Tanya Oxley

Barbadian sprinter

Tanya Oxley

Personal information

Born|  (1979-05-13) 13 May 1979 (age 45)

Medal record

Women's Athletics
Representing  Barbados
Pan American Games
|  1999 Winnipeg | 4x400m relay
CAC Junior Championships (U20)
| 1996 San Salvador | 200 m
| 1996 San Salvador | 4x400 m relay
CARIFTA Games
Junior (U20)
| 1997 Bridgetown | 400m
| 1995 George Town | 4x400m relay

Tanya Oxley (born 13 May 1979) is a retired female track and field sprinter from Barbados.

## Career

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She represented her native country at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. She won a bronze medal in the women's 4x400 metres relay at the 1999 Pan American Games, alongside Melissa Straker, Andrea Blackett, and Joanne Durant.

## Personal life

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She is currently a Physical Education teacher at Queen's College, Barbados

## Achievements

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Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes

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Representing  Barbados
1994  | CARIFTA Games (U-17) | Bridgetown, Barbados | 8th  | 400 m  | 58.39
1995  | CARIFTA Games (U-17) | George Town, Cayman Islands | 7th  | 100 m  | 12.22  (0.2 m/s)
5th  | 200 m  | 24.52  (0.2 m/s)
CARIFTA Games (U-20) | 3rd  | 4x400 m relay  | 3:40.16
1996  | Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U-20) | San Salvador, El Salvador | 7th  | 100 m  | 12.20  (0.7 m/s)
3rd  | 200 m  | 24.56  (0.6 m/s)
3rd  | 4x400 m relay  | 3:48.76
World Junior Championships | Sydney, Australia | 35th (h)  | 200m  | 24.92 (wind: -1.1 m/s)
1997  | CARIFTA Games (U-20) | Bridgetown, Barbados | 1st  | 400 m  | 54.64
1999  | Central American and Caribbean Championships | Bridgetown, Barbados | 3rd  | 4x100 m relay  | 46.78
2nd  | 4x400 m relay  | 3:32.40
Pan American Games | Winnipeg, Canada | 9th (h)  | 200 m  | 23.90
3rd  | 4x400 m relay  | 3:30.72
2000  | NACAC U-25 Championships | Monterrey, Mexico | 7th  | 200m  | 25.41 (wind: -3.1 m/s)
2nd  | 400m  | 52.92
1st† | 4x400m relay  | 3:36.58†
Olympic Games | Sydney, Australia | 42nd (h)  | 400 m  | 54.22
11th (h)  | 4x400 m relay  | 3:30.83 SB

†: Most probable, but relay team members could not be retrieved.

## External links

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* Tanya Oxley at World Athletics
* Picture of Tanya Oxley[1]

## References

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1. ^ From T-shirts to mini-skirts. Former 2000 Sydney Olympian Tanya Oxley is now a physical education teacher at Queen's College., Nation Publishing Co. Limited, 16 April 2011, retrieved 11 April 2012

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