Chandra Sturrup
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Chandra Sturrup (born September 12, 1971) is a Bahamian track and field
sprint athlete. She is a 100 m
specialist and the Bahamian national record holder for the women's 100 meter dash
with a personal best of 10.84 seconds set in Lausanne
, Switzerland
on July 5, 2005. She has had a very long career and has taken part in almost every major event since 1991. She is a well-respected athlete and very competitive.
Sturrup competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics
in Beijing
at the 100 metres
sprint. In her first round heat she placed first in front of Kelly-Ann Baptiste
and Lina Grincikaite
in a time of 11.30 to advance to the second round. There she improved her time to 11.16 seconds and placed third behind Sherone Simpson
and Muna Lee. In her semi final Sturrup finished in fifth position with 11.22 seconds, causing elimination. However her fellow Bahamian Debbie Ferguson
did qualify for the final with the same time, but she finished fourth in her semi final.
Track and field
Track and field is a sport comprising various competitive athletic contests based around the activities of running, jumping and throwing. The name of the sport derives from the venue for the competitions: a stadium which features an oval running track surrounding a grassy area...
sprint athlete. She is a 100 m
100 metres
The 100 metres, or 100-metre dash, is a sprint race in track and field competitions. The shortest common outdoor running distance, it is one of the most popular and prestigious events in the sport of athletics. It has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896...
specialist and the Bahamian national record holder for the women's 100 meter dash
100 metres
The 100 metres, or 100-metre dash, is a sprint race in track and field competitions. The shortest common outdoor running distance, it is one of the most popular and prestigious events in the sport of athletics. It has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896...
with a personal best of 10.84 seconds set in Lausanne
Lausanne
Lausanne is a city in Romandy, the French-speaking part of Switzerland, and is the capital of the canton of Vaud. The seat of the district of Lausanne, the city is situated on the shores of Lake Geneva . It faces the French town of Évian-les-Bains, with the Jura mountains to its north-west...
, Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
on July 5, 2005. She has had a very long career and has taken part in almost every major event since 1991. She is a well-respected athlete and very competitive.
Sturrup competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics
2008 Summer Olympics
The 2008 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, was a major international multi-sport event that took place in Beijing, China, from August 8 to August 24, 2008. A total of 11,028 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees competed in 28 sports and 302 events...
in Beijing
Beijing
Beijing , also known as Peking , is the capital of the People's Republic of China and one of the most populous cities in the world, with a population of 19,612,368 as of 2010. The city is the country's political, cultural, and educational center, and home to the headquarters for most of China's...
at the 100 metres
100 metres
The 100 metres, or 100-metre dash, is a sprint race in track and field competitions. The shortest common outdoor running distance, it is one of the most popular and prestigious events in the sport of athletics. It has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896...
sprint. In her first round heat she placed first in front of Kelly-Ann Baptiste
Kelly-Ann Baptiste
Kelly-Ann Kaylene Baptiste is a track and field sprint athlete who competes internationally for Trinidad and Tobago.-Junior:...
and Lina Grincikaite
Lina Grincikaite
Lina Grinčikaitė is a track and field sprint athlete who competes internationally for Lithuania.Grinčikaitė represented Lithuania at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. She competed at the 100 metres sprint and placed third in her first round heat after Chandra Sturrup and Kelly-Ann Baptiste in a...
in a time of 11.30 to advance to the second round. There she improved her time to 11.16 seconds and placed third behind Sherone Simpson
Sherone Simpson
Sherone Simpson is a track and field sprint athlete, competing internationally for Jamaica. She is a gold medalist in the 4 x 100 meter relay from the 2004 Olympics and silver medalist in 2005 World Championships and now is the silver medalist in the individual event at the 2008 Summer Olympics...
and Muna Lee. In her semi final Sturrup finished in fifth position with 11.22 seconds, causing elimination. However her fellow Bahamian Debbie Ferguson
Debbie Ferguson
Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie is a Bahamian sprint athlete who specialises in the 100 and 200 metres. She had her first major successes with the Bahamian 4×100 metres relay team, winning gold at the Pan American Games and World Championships in Athletics in 1999, and taking another gold at the Olympic...
did qualify for the final with the same time, but she finished fourth in her semi final.
Achievements
- 2005 World Championships in Athletics2005 World Championships in AthleticsThe 10th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations , were held in the Olympic Stadium, Helsinki, Finland , the site of the first IAAF World Championships in 1983. One theme of the 2005 championships was paralympic sports, some of...
- fourth place (100 m) - 2003 World Championships in Athletics2003 World Championships in AthleticsThe 9th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held from 23 August to 31 August 2003 in the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis, France.-Track:...
- bronze medal (100 m) - 2002 Commonwealth Games2002 Commonwealth GamesThe 2002 Commonwealth Games were held in Manchester, England from 25 July to 4 August 2002. The XVII Commonwealth Games was the largest multi-sport event ever to be held in the UK, eclipsing London's 1948 Summer Olympics in numbers of teams and athletes participating.After the 1996 Manchester...
- gold medal (4x100 m relay) - 2001 World Championships in Athletics2001 World Championships in AthleticsThe 8th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held at the Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada between 3 August and 12 August and was the first time the event had visited North America...
- bronze medal (100 m) - 2001 World Indoor Championships in Athletics - gold medal (60 m)
- 2000 Olympic Games - gold medal (4x100 m relay)
- 2000 Olympic Games - sixth place
- 1999 World Championships in Athletics1999 World Championships in AthleticsThe 7th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held at the Estadio Olímpico, Seville, Spain, between the August 20 and August 29....
- gold medal (4x100 m relay) - 1999 World Championships in Athletics1999 World Championships in AthleticsThe 7th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held at the Estadio Olímpico, Seville, Spain, between the August 20 and August 29....
- seventh place (100 m) - 1998 Commonwealth Games1998 Commonwealth GamesThe 1998 XVI Commonwealth Games were held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from 11 September to 21 September 1998 making it the first Asian country to act as host and the last Commonwealth Games for the 20th century. A record 70 nations supplied 3638 athletes...
- gold medal (100 m) - 1997 World Indoor Championships in Athletics - silver medal (60 m)
- 1996 Olympic Games - silver medal (4x100 m relay)
- 1996 Olympic Games - fourth place (100 m)