WOODRUFF Gianna

Panama

Athletics

Date of Birth: 18 Nov 1993

Age: 27

Gender: Female

Olympic Scholarship

Place of birth: SANTA MONICA, CA

Birth Country:

United States of America

Place of residence : LOS ANGELES, CA

Residence Country:

United States of America

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Athletics	Women's 400m Hurdles	7

Schedule

Change

Location	Event	Status
Olympic Stadium - Track	Women's 400m Hurdles Round 1 - Heat 3	Finished
Olympic Stadium - Track	Women's 400m Hurdles Semi-Final 2	Finished
Olympic Stadium - Track	Women's 400m Hurdles Final	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

World Athletics Championships

Year	Location	400m Hurdles
2019	Doha, QAT	SF (55.61)
2017	London, GBR	SF (57.32)

Pan American Games

Year	Location	400m Hurdles
2019	Lima, PER	7th (57.20)

South American Championships

Year	Location	400m Hurdles
2019	Lima, PER	2nd (56.76)
2017	Luque, PAR	F (56.04)

World Athletics Continental Tour - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location	Result
2	2021	400m Hurdles	World Athletics Continental Tour	Walnut, CA, USA	54.70

World Challenge - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location	Result
3	2018	400m Hurdles	World Challenge	Osaka, JPN	56.05

Legend
SF - Semifinal, QF - Quarterfinal, 1R - 1st Round, Qual. - Qualification, QR - Qualification Round, DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, DQ - Disqualified, NM - No Mark, [Relay athlete without time] - Did not run in final

Occupation:

Athlete, Coach

Education:

Sociology - University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA

Languages spoken:

English

Sporting relatives:

Her older sister Yasmin Woodruff has also represented Panama in athletics and finished fifth in the 100m and sixth in the 200m at the 2019 South American Championships in Lima, Peru. Her brother Andres has competed in college athletics for the University of California Irvine in the United States of America. Her mother Donna played football at university level in the United States of America. (SportsDeskOnline, 08 Feb 2021; ucirvinesports.com, 01 Sep 2020; worldathletics.org, 15 Feb 2020; gohuskies.com, 01 Dec 2015)

Injuries:

In 2013, while competing as a college athlete for the University of Washington in Seattle, WA, United States of America, she sustained a stress fracture. The injury prevented her from competing at that year's National Collegiate Athletic Association [NCAA] Division I Track and Field Championships in Eugene, Oregon. (gohuskies.com, 01 Dec 2015)

Ambition:

To reach the 400m hurdles final at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (prensa.com, 05 Jun 2020)

Award:

In 2019 she was named Female Athlete of the Year by the Panamanian Athletics Federation. (critica.com.pa, 30 Dec 2019)

General Interest

General
NATIONALITY SWITCH
She was born in Santa Monica, CA, United States of America, to a Panamanian mother. She represented the United States of America at the start of her athletics career before she changed nationality and started competing for Panama from 2016. "I decided to represent Panama because of the love I have for my mother and my Panamanian origin." (SportsDeskOnline, 23 Mar 2021; prensa.com, 05 Jun 2020; ensegundos.com.pa, 07 Aug 2017; consudatle.org, 07 May 2017)

OCCUPATION
She has served as a children's athletics coach at the University of Washington in Seattle, WA, United States of America, and at a high school in Los Angeles, CA. (LinkedIn profile, 02 Jan 2021)

FURTHER STUDIES
In 2021 she began a master's degree in social work at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, CA, United States of America. (LinkedIn profile, 01 Jan 2021)

Social Media

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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