Kanika Alana Beckles (born 3 October 1991, in Saint Joseph) is a Trinidadian-born Grenadian sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres. She represented Grenada at the 2012 Summer Olympics but did not start.London 2012 profile She reached the semifinals of the 2014 Commonwealth Games, after missing large parts of the 2012 and 2013 seasons with a torn hamstring and ACL surgery. At the 2016 Summer Olympics she represented Grenada but placed fifth in her heat with a time 52.41 Seconds (a season's best) and with an overall ranking of 32nd. She did not advance to the semifinals.
Competition record Representing 2010CARIFTA Games George Town, Cayman Islands3rd400 m (U20)54.042011 2011 Pan American Games Guadalajara, Mexico7th (h)400m56.43s2015 2015 Pan American Games Toronto, Canada8th (s/f)200m28.142016Trinidad & Tobago National Championships Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago 2nd400m52.61sOECS Track and Field Championships Tortola, British Virgin Islands 4th200m23.78s (0.2 m/s) 3rd400m53.37s 2nd4 × 400 m relay3:41.752016 Rio Summer Olympics Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 32nd (h)400m52.41s2017OECS Track and Field ChampionshipsKirani James Athletic Stadium, Grenada 2nd400m53.90 2nd4 × 400 m RELAY3:37.482018Commonwealth GamesGold Coast, Australia 6th sf400m53.80Central American and Caribbean GamesBarranquilla, Colombia4th400m53.75
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