Sheena TOSTA

Sheena Tosta - U.S.A. - 2008 Olympic Games 400m Hurdles silver medal

Photo/Foto: George Herringshaw

Date: 17 August 2008

Click on image to enlarge

    • DATE OF BIRTH
      Friday, 01 October 1982
    • PLACE OF BIRTH
      Camden, New Jersey, U.S.A.
  • INTERNATIONAL
  • U.S.A.
150 x 150 Image 150 x 150 Image 150 x 150 Image 150 x 150 Image 150 x 150 Image

Sheena TOSTA - U.S.A. - 2008 Olympic Games 400m Hurdles silver medal

The race action pictures above show the closing few metres of the women's 400m Hurdles final at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. Sheena (second right) produced a fine performance to win the silver medal in a time of 53.70, with the gold going to Jamaica's Melanie Walker (two from left) in a new Olympic record time of 52.64. Great Britain's Tasha Danvers (far left) won the bronze, with Ukraine's Anastasiya Rabchenyuk (far right) finishing 4th. The left hand photo shows Tosta in full flow during the heats.

 

She was also know as Sheena Johnson


Women's 400m. Hurdles Final

2008 Olympic Games


1. Melanie WALKER   JAM   52.64 OR
2. Sheena TOSTA   USA   53.70
3. Natasha DANVERS   GBR   53.84
4. Anastasiya RABCHENYUK   UKR   53.96
5. Anna JESIEN   POL   54.29
6. Ekaterina BIKERT   RUS   54.96
7. Zuzana HEJNOVA   CZE   54.97
8. Tiffany ROSS-WILLIAMS   USA   57.55

 

Photo George Herringshaw.   21st August 2004. ©


Sheena is pictured above during the 400m Hurdles heats at the 2004 Olympics in Athens.

She finished just outside the medals in the final in fourth place in a time of 53.83 secs.

 

Womens 400m. Hurdles Final

Olympic Games 2004


1. Fani Halkia   GRE   52.82
2. Ionela Tirlea-Manolache   ROM   53.38
3. Tetiana Tereshchuk-Antipova   UKR   53.44
4. Sheena Johnson   USA   53.83
5. Jana Pittman   AUS   53.92
6. Yekaterina Bikert   RUS   54.18
7. Brenda Taylor   USA   54.97
8. Yuliya Pechenkina   RUS   55.79

 

 

ANNUAL PROGRESS.

 

2011     55.65     Ponce     14 MAY
2010     54.52     Monaco 22 JUL
2009     54.19     Belém 24 MAY
2008     53.58     Monaco 29 JUL
2007     53.29     Indianapolis, IN     24 JUN
2006     53.90     Indianapolis, IN     25 JUN
2005     54.72     Roma  08 JUL
2004     52.95     Sacramento   11 JUL
2003     54.24     Sacramento     13 JUN
2002     55.71     Baton Rouge     31 MAY
2001     56.02     Berkeley    20 MAY
2000     56.82     Denton    24 JUN