Its best performance is by Shara Proctor, who placed fifth in the women's long jump at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics.

Proctor later won a World Championships silver medal while competing for Great Britain.

[1] Anguilla is not recognised by the International Olympic Committee as a nation.

This has led to its more successful athletes competing for Great Britain and Northern Ireland, as residents of a British Overseas Territories, for example Zharnel Hughes, is eligible to compete for the Great Britain Olympic team and, following in the footsteps of fellow Anguillian Shara Proctor, he ultimately confirmed in June 2015 that he would represent Great Britain in all IAAF events.

"[2] Anguilla will compete at the 2019 World Championships in Athletics in Doha, Qatar, from 27 September to 6 October 2019.