Karen Shinkins

Karen Shinkins (born 15 October 1976 in Newbridge, County Kildare) is a retired Irish sprinter who specialised in the 400 metres. She represented her country at the 2000 Summer Olympics, as well as four consecutive World Championships, starting in 1999.

She has personal bests of 51.07 (1999) outdoors and 51.58 indoors (2002). The latter is still the national record.

Competition record

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing Ireland
1994	World Junior Championships	Lisbon, Portugal	30th (qf)	200 m	25.20 (wind: 0.8 m/s)
1998	European Indoor Championships	Valencia, Spain	11th (h)	400 m	53.45
1999	Universiade	Palma de Mallorca, Spain	4th	400 m	51.07
	World Championships	Seville, Spain	25th (qf)	400 m	52.08
2000	European Indoor Championships	Ghent, Belgium	4th	400 m	53.15
	Olympic Games	Sydney, Australia	34th (h)	400 m	53.27
			16th (h)	4x400 m relay	3:32.24
2001	World Indoor Championships	Lisbon, Portugal	18th (h)	400 m	53.90
	World Championships	Edmonton, Canada	15th (sf)	400 m	51.66
2002	European Indoor Championships	Vienna, Austria	3rd	400 m	52.17
	European Championships	Munich, Germany	11th (h)	400 m	52.50
2003	World Indoor Championships	Birmingham, United Kingdom	16th (h)	400 m	53.59
	World Championships	Paris, France	23rd (sf)	400 m	52.74
2004	World Indoor Championships	Budapest, Hungary	22nd (h)	400 m	54.37
			9th (h)	4x400 m relay	3:34.61
2005	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	19th (sf)	400 m	52.17