Keri Lees

Keri Lees
née Maddox
Personal information
NationalityBritish (English)
Born (1972-07-04) 4 July 1972 (age 54)
Stone, Staffordshire, England
Height172 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Weight63 kg (139 lb)
Sport
SportAthletics
Event
hurdles
ClubCannock & Stafford AC
Sale Harriers Manchester
Medal record
Representing  Great Britain
Summer Universiade
Bronze medal – third place1991 Sheffield100m hurdles

Keri Lees (née Maddox; born 4 July 1972) is a female English retired athlete who competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics as well as three World Championships (1993, 1999, 2001). She competed in the 100 metres hurdles and 400 metres hurdles.

Biography

Maddox became the British 400 metres hurdles champion after winning the British AAA Championships title at the 1997 AAA Championships.

Maddox won the 100 metres AAA title in 1998 and then represented England in both the 100 metres hurdles and 400 metres hurdles events, at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Maddox retained the 100 metres AAA title in 1999 and regained the 400 metres hurdles AAA title at the 2000 AAA Championships and shortly afterwards represented Great Britain at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney.

Competition record

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing  Great Britain and  England
1989 European Junior Championships Varaždin, Yugoslavia 12th (h) 100 m hurdles 14.43
1990 World Junior Championships Plovdiv, Bulgaria 2nd 100 m hurdles 13.38 (+0.3 m/s)
1991 Universiade Sheffield, United Kingdom 3rd 100 m hurdles 13.32
European Junior Championships Thessaloniki, Greece 1st 100 m hurdles 13.39
5th 4 × 400 m relay 3:39.36
1993 Universiade Buffalo, United States 11th (h) 100 m hurdles 13.45
– 4 × 100 m relay DNF
6th 4 × 400 m relay 3:38.07
World Championships Stuttgart, Germany 29th (h) 100 m hurdles 13.49
1998 Commonwealth Games Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 6th 100 m hurdles 13.30
4th 400 m hurdles 56.38
1999 World Indoor Championships Maebashi, Japan 15th (h) 60 m hurdles 8.22
European Cup Super League Paris, France 2nd 100 m hurdles 12.97
World Championships Seville, Spain 26th (qf) 100 m hurdles 13.21
15th (h) 400 m hurdles 55.33
2000 Olympic Games Sydney, Australia 22nd (h) 400 m hurdles 57.44
2001 World Championships Edmonton, Canada 23rd (h) 400 m hurdles 57.55

Personal bests

Outdoor

Indoor

References

  1. ↑ "Olympic Profile". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
  2. ↑ Keri Lees at World Athletics Edit this at Wikidata
  3. ↑ "Athletics". Birmingham Daily Post. 26 August 1997. Retrieved 1 April 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ↑ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 1 April 2025.
  5. ↑ "1998 Athletes". Team England.
  6. ↑ "England team in 1998". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 30 March 2019. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
  7. ↑ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 18 July 2020. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
  8. ↑ "Weekend results". The Scotsman. 14 August 2000. Retrieved 4 April 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  9. ↑ "AAA Championships (women)". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 1 April 2025.
  10. ↑ "Biographical Information". Olympedia. Retrieved 1 April 2025.