Anna Cockrell, born on August 28, 1997, represents the United States globally in the Olympic games as a track and field athlete contesting in sprint and hurdling. She won one silver and a gold medal at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru. Cockrell is a one-time Olympian, who placed 8th in the women’s 400m hurdles, in the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020. Anna graduated in communication from the University of Southern California and knows and speaks Spanish. She is interested in politics and has volunteered in two campaigns in the 2018 midterm elections.
In her free time, Anna loves live music concerts as she is a massive Beyonce fan, while at home she enjoys reading, singing, playing piano, and baking as well.
Anna Cockrell Nationality
Anna Cockrell has American nationality. Anna Cockrell represents America globally, competing in sprinting and hurdling. Anna Cockrell won two-time medals in the 2019 Pan American Games held in Lima, Peru. In the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo Japan, Anna represented the United States.
Anna Cockrell's Hometown and Birthplace
Anna Cockrell was born on August 28, 1997, in San Ramon, California to Serena and Kieth Cockrell. Anna is the youngest child among the three. She hails from an athlete family as her father played football at Columbia University, and Ciera, her elder sister, is a volleyball player at Davidson College, her elder brother, Ross, is a cornerback who won a Super Bowl representing Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
Cockrell, in 2016 graduated from Providence Day School in Charlotte, North Carolina. From her high school years, she competed in the interschool high school track and field program which was trained by Carol Lawrence. Anna had won the gold medal, in the women’s 400 metre hurdles event, with a self-best of 55.20s, at the 2016 IAAF World U20 Championships in Bydgoszcz, Poland. She also succeeded in conquering a gold medal in the women’s 4×100 meters relay event. In the 2019, Pan American Games, which was held between July 27 and August 11, 2019, at the Athletics Stadium in the Villa Deportiva Nacional Videna cluster, Lima, Peru, Anna won a gold medal in the 4×100 meter relay. She also won a silver in 400-meter hurdles in the women’s 400-meter hurdles event of the athletics events at the 2019 Pan American Games.
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