Tanya Oxley
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Tanya Oxley (born 13 May 1979) is a retired female track and field sprinter from Barbados.
Career
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
She is currently employed at The Berkeley Institute (Bermuda).[1]
Achievements
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 4 × 400 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 | 4 × 400 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 | 4 × 100 m relay | 46.78 |
| 2nd | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:32.40 | |||
| Pan American Games | Winnipeg, Canada | 9th (h) | 200 m | 23.90 | |
| 3rd | 4 × 400 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† | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:36.58† | |||
| Olympic Games | Sydney, Australia | 42nd (h) | 400 m | 54.22 | |
| 11th (h) | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:30.83 SB | |||
†: Most probable, but relay team members could not be retrieved.
References
- ^ "The Berkeley Institute 2024-2025 Telephone Directory for Website" (PDF). Retrieved 28 August 2025.
External links
- Tanya Oxley at World Athletics
- Picture of Tanya Oxley
- 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