COCKRELL Anna

United States of America

Date of Birth: 28 Aug 1997

Age: 23

Gender: Female

Place of birth: SAN RAMON, CA

Birth 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	DQ

Schedule

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

Biographical Information

Highlights

Pan American Games

Year	Location	400m Hurdles	4 x 400m
2019	Lima, PER	2nd (55.50)	1st (3:26.46)

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:

Communications - University of Southern California, United States of America

Languages spoken:

Caryl Smith Gilbert

Sporting relatives:

Her brother Ross Cockrell has played American football for NFL teams Buffalo Bills, Pittsburgh Steelers, New York Giants, Carolina Panthers and Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Her sister Ciera played volleyball for Davidson College in the United States of America, while her father Keith played American football at Columbia University and serves as the president of Bank of America Charlotte. (charlotteobserver.com, 13 Jul 2021)

She strained her hamstring on the first day of the 2019 National Collegiate Athletic Association [NCAA] Division I Indoor Championships in Birmingham, AL, United States of America, forcing her to withdraw from the competition. (charlotteobserver.com, 13 Jul 2021; popsugar.co.uk, 29 Jun 2021; ocregister.com, 05 Jul 2020)

In 2021 she received the Honda Sport Award for athletics. The award recognises the best collegiate athlete in their chosen sport in the United States of America. (collegiatewomensportsawards.com, 18 Jul 2021)

General Interest

General
FURTHER EDUCATION
After completing a bachelor's degree in communications at the University of Southern California, she continued at the university to study a master's degree in public policy. She is also a founder and leading member of the United Black Student-Athlete Association at the university. (usctrojans.com, 01 Jan 2021)

MENTAL HEALTH
She considered quitting the sport in 2019 due to mental health issues. Her coaches, teacher and friends at the University of Southern California convinced her to continue. "The two things that I don't like to talk about are that I have battled depression on and off since 10th grade and that I am a perfectionist. I don't like to ask for help, I don't like to seem weak, I don't like to let people know that I struggle. For me, I internalised the idea of 'working through' as literally continuing to work at the most ferocious pace possible. You know, collecting achievements, and making the grades, and going super hard in practice, and ultimately working towards burn out. It was suffocating to sit in your own issues and not tell anyone and isolate and not talk about it and everything keeps escalating. I'm grateful that in my personal circle [talking about] it opened up a conversation." (charlotteobserver.com, 13 Jul 2021; popsugar.co.uk, 29 Jun 2021; ocregister.com, 05 Jul 2020)

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Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event
DQ:: Disqualified

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