Jacinta Beecher

Jacinta Beecher (born 31 January 1998) is an Australian sprinter.

Beecher was a promising junior but the Queenslander suffered 4 years of injuries before posting a new personal best time over 200 metres of 23.28 in Canberra in 2021.

Beecher moved into the top 10 of all time Australian 200 metres runners when she ran a time of 22.70 in May 2022 in Shizuoka, Japan. With that time Beecher achieved the qualifying standard for the 2022 Commonwealth Games as well as the World Championships. Beecher was part of the Australian 4 x 100m sprint relay team that finished third at the 2022 Commonwealth Games. Whilst competing at the 2022 World Athletics Championships – Women's 200 metres Beecher qualified for the semi-finals with a third-place heat run of 23.22 behind Jenna Prandini and Favour Ofili.

Personal bests Event Time (s) Wind (m/s) Location Date Notes100 metres 11.44 +1.2 Trieste, Italy 23 January 2021 200 metres 22.705 -0.2 Fukuroi, Japan 3 May 2022