Keri Lees

Keri Lees (née Maddox; born 4 July 1972) is a female English retired athlete who competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics as well as three World Championships (1993, 1999, 2001).^[1] She competed in the 100 metres hurdles and 400 metres hurdles.^[2]

Keri Lees
née Maddox

Personal information
Nationality	British (English)
Born	(1972-07-04) 4 July 1972 (age 53) Stone, Staffordshire, England
Height	172 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	63 kg (139 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	hurdles
Club	Cannock & Stafford AC Sale Harriers Manchester

Biography r

Maddox became the British 400 metres hurdles champion after winning the British AAA Championships title at the 1997 AAA Championships.^[3]

Maddox won the 100 metres AAA title in 1998^[4] and then represented England in both the 100 metres hurdles and 400 metres hurdles events, at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.^[5][6][7]

Maddox retained the 100 metres AAA title in 1999 and regained the 400 metres hurdles AAA title at the 2000 AAA Championships^[8][9] and shortly afterwards represented Great Britain at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney.^[10]

Competition record

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Great Britain and  England
1989	European Junior Championships	Varaždin, Yugoslavia	12th (h)	100 m hurdles	14.43
1990	World Junior Championships	Plovdiv, Bulgaria	2nd	100 m hurdles	13.38 (+0.3 m/s)
1991	Universiade	Sheffield, United Kingdom	3rd	100 m hurdles	13.32
	European Junior Championships	Thessaloniki, Greece	1st	100 m hurdles	13.39
			5th	4 × 400 m relay	3:39.36
1993	Universiade	Buffalo, United States	11th (h)	100 m hurdles	13.45
			–	4 × 100 m relay	DNF
			6th	4 × 400 m relay	3:38.07
	World Championships	Stuttgart, Germany	29th (h)	100 m hurdles	13.49
1998	Commonwealth Games	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	6th	100 m hurdles	13.30
			4th	400 m hurdles	56.38
1999	World Indoor Championships	Maebashi, Japan	15th (h)	60 m hurdles	8.22
	European Cup Super League	Paris, France	2nd	100 m hurdles	12.97
	World Championships	Seville, Spain	26th (qf)	100 m hurdles	13.21
			15th (h)	400 m hurdles	55.33
2000	Olympic Games	Sydney, Australia	22nd (h)	400 m hurdles	57.44
2001	World Championships	Edmonton, Canada	23rd (h)	400 m hurdles	57.55

Personal bests

Outdoor

• 100 metres hurdles – 12.95 (+1.1 m/s) (Seville 1999)
• 400 metres hurdles – 55.22 (Birmingham 2000)

Indoor

• 60 metres hurdles – 8.17 (Maebashi 1999)