Sophie McKinna, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Sophie McKinna

British shot putter

Date of Birth: 31-Aug-1994

Place of Birth: Great Yarmouth, England, United Kingdom

Profession: athletics competitor, shot putter

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Sophie McKinna (born 31 August 1994) is a Norfolk born, British athlete specialising in the shot put.
She won silver medals at the 2011 World Youth Championships and 2013 European Junior Championships.
Sophie has since become the 2019 British Indoor and Outdoor Champion.
Her indoor personal best is 17.97 metres (Birmingham 2019).
At the 2019 World Championships in Doha she threw a new outdoor personal best of 18.61m to qualify for the final .
By throwing over the 18.50m required she has now also qualified for the Tokyo Olympics in 2020.
Sophie must finish in the top two at the British Outdoor Championships to be selected for the games.