Profile
400m Hurdles
Funding: World Class Podium
DOB: 19 September 1977
Born: Lambeth, London
Lives: Los Angeles, USA
Club: Shaftesbury Barnet
Contact:
Coach: Darrell Smith
International Highlights
1995 European Juniors 100mh silver, 1996 World Juniors 100mh 6th, 1998 Europeans 400mh ht, 4x400m bronze, Commonwealth Games 400mh 5th, 1999 World University Games 4x400m bronze; European U23 400mh gold; 2000 Olympics 400mh 8th, 4x400m 6th, 2001 Worlds 400mh ht, 4x400m 5th, World University Games 400mh gold, 4x400m silver, 2002 Commonwealth Games 400mh 7th, Europeans 400mh 7th, 2003 Worlds 400mh sf, 4x400m 6th, 2006 Commonwealth Games 400mh silver, Europeans 400m 7th, 2007 Worlds 400mh 8th
National Championships
Won UK 400mh 2007, AAA 400mh 1998, 2002, 2006; U20 100mh 1995-6
Personal bests
Outdoor: 400mh 54.02 (2003), 100mh 12.96 (2003), 12.8w (1999); 200m 24.99 (2000), 300m 37.80 (2000), 400m 53.26 (1998), HJ 1.82 (1998)
Indoor: 60m 7.7 (1995), 60mh 8.32 (1996)
Career summary
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Natasha was an outstanding junior over sprint hurdles.
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She first ran seriously at 400m hurdles in 1997 when she went to university in the USA and has been based in the US primarily since then. She is coached by her husband Darrell Smith.
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Her son Jaden was born in December 2004 and she returned to competition at the AAAs in July 2005. Tasha is also a qualified fitness instructor and she collects lapel pins. She says her last supper would have to be a McChicken sandwich – but only if it was from a London branch of McDonalds!
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Her father Don Danvers was English Schools Intermediate 100mh champion in 1970.
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