Candy Hawkins - Athletics
History
Candy is a member of Ashford Athletics Club and the GB Athletics team.
She has competed for GB deaf team since early 1995. In 2005 she broke the British deaf UK record in the 100m hurdles and 2K steeplechase.
In Switzerland, Lausanne in 1995, At the World Games for the Deaf in Copenhagen, Denmark in 1997,she won gold medals in both the 800m and 1500m (the only British female medallist.) In January 2005, at the 20th Deaflympics in Melbourne, Australia she won double bronze medals in the 800m and 1500m.
In April 2009, Candy competed in the 5000m at the Deaflympics trial in Stoke-on-Trent Open meeting where she won a gold medal in a time of 20 mins and 01 secs for the 1st time in new event. She achieved the qualifying time for the 5000m going to the Deaflympics this year in Taipei in September 2009 and is hoping to do the 1500m.
In September, Candy competed but unfortunately had to pull
out of the 1500m at the last minute in the stadium due to
illness. However, she competed in the 5000m and
finished in 4th place with a new personal best in 19:15.70, a
massive PB knocking 19 mins off her best.
On Wed 24th June, at the 3K Kent Champs Candy won a bronze medal.
To find out more about visit her own website.