Anguilla at the World Athletics Championships

Anguilla has competed at the IAAF World Athletics Championships on seventeen occasions, attending every edition since the 1983 World Championships in Athletics. Its competing country code is AIA. The territory has not won any medals at the competition. Its best performance is by Shara Proctor, who placed fifth in the women's long jump at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics. Proctor later won a World Championships silver medal while competing for Great Britain.[1]

Anguilla at the
World Championships in Athletics
IAAF codeAIA
National federationAnguilla Amateur Athletic Federation
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Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
World Championships in Athletics appearances (overview)

Anguilla is not recognised by the International Olympic Committee as a nation. This has led to its more successful athletes competing for Great Britain and Northern Ireland, as residents of a British Overseas Territories, for example Zharnel Hughes, is eligible to compete for the Great Britain Olympic team and, following in the footsteps of fellow Anguillian Shara Proctor, he ultimately confirmed in June 2015 that he would represent Great Britain in all IAAF events. Hughes said "I have always known that if I was to run at the Olympics it would be in a British vest and that is how I have always dreamt it would be."[2]

2019

Anguilla will compete at the 2019 World Championships in Athletics in Doha, Qatar, from 27 September to 6 October 2019. Anguilla will be represented by 1 athletes.

Athlete Event Preliminary Heat Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Saymon Rijo Morris 100 metres 11.11 PB 17 Did not advance

References
  1. IAAF World Athletics Championships Doha 2019 - Statistics Handbook. IAAF (2019). Retrieved 2019-09-26.
  2. British Athletics. "British Athletics Official Website - Eligibility for GB & NI confirmed".
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