Sophie McKinna

Sophie McKinna (born 31 August 1994) is a British Olympic athlete specialising in the shot put.

At the 2019 World Championships in Doha she threw a new outdoor personal best of 18.61m to qualify for the final.

Domestically, as of 2023 McKinna is a six-time national champion, winning both indoors and outdoors in 2019, outdoors again in 2020 and 2021, and indoors in 2022 and 2023 She is the granddaughter of the former Norwich City footballer and manager Dave Stringer.

[5] McKinna works for Norfolk Constabulary as a detention custody officer.

[8] After sustaining an injury in early 2024, McKinna began working at a Dogs Trust centre in Snetterton.