Nicola Sanders, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Nicola Sanders

British track and field athlete

Date of Birth: 23-Jun-1982

Place of Birth: High Wycombe, England, United Kingdom

Profession: sprinter

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Nicola Clare Sanders (born 23 June 1982) is a British former track and field sprinter.
She began her career as a 400 metres hurdles specialist before concentrating on the 400 metres from 2006 onwards.
Her 400 metres personal best is 49.65 seconds.
She holds the British indoor record with 50.02 seconds, which ranks her as the fifth fastest woman of all-time indoors. Sanders career peaked in 2007 when she won the 400 metres at the 2007 European Indoor Championships (breaking the British Indoor record), and ran a personal best to win the silver medal at the 2007 World Championships behind compatriot Christine Ohuruogu.
In the 4×400 metres relay, she won a bronze medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics (retroactively awarded in 2017) and a gold medal at the 2012 World Indoor Championships.
She also won World Championship relay bronzes in 2005 and 2007.
After two years of struggling with injury, she announced her retirement from athletics in October 2014.