Anthonique Strachan
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| Nationality |  Bahamas | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 22 August 1993 The Bahamas | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 138 lb (63 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Running | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | 100 metres, 200 metres | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Club Monica Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 100 m: 11.20 s (Barcelona 2012) 200 m: 22.32 s (Bahamas 2013) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Anthonique Strachan (/strɔːn/; born 22 August 1993) is a Bahamian sprinter, is the 2012 100m and 200m World Junior Champion. She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in 200 m. and 4 × 400 m relay[1]
Career[]
She attended St. Augustine's College in Nassau, Bahamas, and trained with Club Monica Athletics. She now lives and trains in Auburn, Alabama under coach Henry Rolle who also coaches Kerron Stewart and Marc Burns.[2]
At the 2011 CARIFTA Games, she won two gold medals (100 metres in 11.38s (−0.8 m/s), and 200 metres in 23.17s (0.0 m/s)) in the junior (U-20) category equalling Veronica Campbell's 200 metres games record of 22.93s (1.1 m/s) in the heats. She was consequently awarded the Austin Sealy Trophy for the most outstanding athlete of the games.
Strachan won gold medals over 200 metres and 4×100 metres relay at the 2011 Pan American Junior Athletics Championships.[3] Her 200 metres time of 22.70 was a new World Junior Leading and a new championship record.[4]
At the 2012 CARIFTA Games, she won three gold medals: 100 metres in wind-assisted 11.22s (4.4 m/s), 200 metres, this year improving Veronica Campbell's and her own 200 metres games record to 22.85s (−0.7 m/s), and finally, she led the Bahamas 4 × 100 m relay team to gold in 45.02s. For the second time in the role, she was awarded the Austin Sealy Trophy for the most outstanding athlete of the games.[5]
Achievements[]
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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| Representing Bahamas
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| 2009 | CARIFTA Games (U-17) | Vieux Fort, Saint Lucia | 2nd | 200 m | 23.95 (−0.4 m/s) |
| 3rd | 4×100 m relay | 47.04 | |||
| 2010 | CARIFTA Games (U-20) | George Town, Cayman Islands | 5th | 200 m | 24.57 (0.5 m/s) |
| 2nd | 4 × 100 m relay | 45.59 | |||
| Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U-20) | Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | 4th | 200 m | 24.19 (−1.3 m/s) | |
| — | 400 m | DNF | |||
| 3rd | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:38.81 | |||
| World Junior Championships | Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada | 12th (sf) | 200m | 23.99 (wind: +1.8 m/s) | |
| 2011 | CARIFTA Games (U-20) | Montego Bay, Jamaica | 1st | 100 m | 11.38 (−0.8 m/s) |
| 1st | 200 m | 23.17 (0.0 m/s) | |||
| — | 4 × 100 m relay | DQ | |||
| 2012 | CARIFTA Games (U-20) | Hamilton, Bermuda | 1st | 100 m | 11.22s (4.4 m/s) |
| 1st | 200 m | 22.85s (−0.7 m/s) CR | |||
| 1st | 4 × 100 m relay | 45.02 | |||
References[]
- ^ "Athletics STRACHAN Anthonique - Tokyo 2020 Olympics". .. Retrieved 2021-08-30.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Finlayson, Alpheus (July 24, 2011). "Anthonique Strachan Clocks World's Best Junior Time, New Bahamian National Junior and New Pan American Jr. Championships Record". The Bahamas Weekly.
- ^ Johnson, Kelsie (July 27, 2011). "Junior track stars end season on high note". Nassau Guardian.
- ^ Dorsett, Renaldo (July 25, 2011). "Anthonique strikes gold, sets a new meet record". The Tribune. Archived from the original on March 15, 2012.
- ^ Finisterre, Terry (Apr 10, 2012), Weather improves to allow records to highlight last day of CARIFTA Games, IAAF, retrieved May 31, 2012
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