Churandy Martina

Churandy Martina
	Martina during the 2014 European Championships
Personal information
Nationality	Netherlands
Born	3 July 1984 (age 37); Willemstad, Netherlands Antilles
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	74 kg (163 lb)
Sport
Sport	Running
Event(s)	100 metres, 200 metres
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	30 m: 3.81 WB; 60 m: 6.58 NR; 100 m: 9.91 NR; 200 m: 19.81 NR; 400 m: 46.13;
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Men's athletics
Representing the Netherlands Antilles
Pan American Games
Central American and Caribbean Games
South American Games
Continental Cup
Pan American Junior Championships
CARIFTA Games ; Junior (U20)
CARIFTA Games ; Youth (U17)
Representing Netherlands
European Championships

Churandy Martina (born 3 July 1984) is a Dutch sprinter from Curaçao, currently representing the Netherlands. Previously, he represented the Netherlands Antilles until its dissolution in 2010. His personal best time over 100 metres is 9.91 seconds, a Dutch record, achieved in a 2012 London Olympic Games semi-final. In addition, he holds the 200 metres national record with a time of 19.81 seconds, achieved at the IAAF Diamond League meeting in Lausanne, Switzerland. He originally finished second in the 200 m at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing but was disqualified due to a lane violation.

Career[]

Born in Willemstad, Curaçao, Martina began his international career at the youth level, reaching the 100 metres semifinals of the 1999 World Youth Championships in Athletics. Moving up to the junior level, he ran at the World Junior Championships in Athletics in 2000 and 2002, although he was less successful at that level. His first gold came in the 100 m at the 2002 South American Games in Belém, Brazil.^[1] He improved his personal best to 10.29 seconds in 2003,^[2] and represented the Netherlands Antilles at the 2003 CAC Championships (setting a personal best in the heats), and also competed at the 2003 Pan American Games (reaching the semis). He made his first appearance on the world stage at the 2003 World Championships in Athletics, although he was eliminated in the heats of the 100 metres.^[3]

He made his first Olympic appearance as one of three competitors representing the Netherlands Antilles at the 2004 Summer Olympics. He bore their flag in the opening ceremony. The 2004 season also saw much improvement in his times as he knocked 0.16 off his previous year's personal record with a 10.13-second run in Santo Domingo.^[2] Martina won the 100 m bronze medal at the 2005 Central American and Caribbean Championships and also anchored the Netherlands Antilles team to a national record time in the 4×100 metres relay to win a silver medal.^[4]^[5] He led the team to the final at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics and improved the national record further to 38.45 seconds for sixth place.^[6] He competed in the individual 100 m but was knocked out in the second round.^[2]

The following year he ran a Games record to win the 100 m gold medal at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games (CAC Games).^[7] He also led the relay team to victory for his second gold medal of the tournament. He improved his personal best to 10.04 seconds that year with a run in El Paso, Texas.^[2] He had success at continental level in July 2007 when he won the gold medal at the 2007 Pan American Games in the 100 metres, having already run a Games record-equalling time in the qualifiers.^[8] He finished fifth in the finals of both the 100 m and 200 m at the 2007 World Championships in Osaka, Japan. He ended the year with a sixth-place finish in the 100 m at the 2007 IAAF World Athletics Final.^[2]

2008 Summer Olympics[]

He bore the national flag for the second consecutive time at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. In the second round of heats he set a new national record in the 100 m, running below ten seconds for the first time in his career with a time of 9.99 s. In the semi finals he finished third in his race behind Asafa Powell and Richard Thompson, but improved the national record to 9.94 s. He qualified for the final in which he came close to the medals, finishing in fourth place behind Usain Bolt, Thompson and Walter Dix. Whilst he left the final without a medal, he had cause for celebration as he broke the national record for a third time, finishing in 9.93 s.^[9]

On 20 August 2008, he originally placed second in the 200 m at the Olympics, finishing behind Usain Bolt with a time of 19.82 s. This would have been both a national record and the second-ever Olympic medal for the Netherlands Antilles after Jan Boersma's silver in the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. However he was disqualified an hour after the race for a lane violation. American Wallace Spearmon, who had initially placed third, was disqualified moments after the race for having stepped on his inside lane line during the race. The American coaches appealed the decision and upon viewing footage of Spearmon's offence they noticed that Martina had committed the same infraction. They dropped their appeal for Spearmon in favour of a successful protest against Martina. As a result of the disqualifications, Shawn Crawford and Walter Dix, both of the United States, were promoted to silver and bronze respectively.^[10]

Martina representing the Netherlands Antilles in 2007.

However, on 24 August, the Netherlands Antilles filed an appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport to reinstate Martina's medal, arguing that the American protest came after the 30-minute deadline for protests and appeals set by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), and also that they had their own video footage (not the official Olympic video footage) showing that Martina never left his lane.^[10] On 6 March 2009, the CAS rejected the appeal against Martina's disqualification.^[11] Shawn Crawford, who had been awarded the Olympic silver medal, reportedly gave his medal to Martina on 28 August 2008.^[12]

At the start of the 2009 outdoor season, Martina set a world-leading time of 9.97 seconds in the 100 m at the Fanny Blankers-Koen Games; the fourth time he had finished with a sub-ten-second time.^[13] He could not build upon his Olympic success at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics and only reached the quarter-finals of the men's 100 m. He was sixth at the —the competition's final edition. He defended his regional title at the 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games, holding off a challenge from Daniel Bailey to win in 10.07 seconds—just one hundredth off his championship record.^[14]

After the dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles, Martina has represented the Netherlands in 2011 World Championships and 2012 European Championships, where he won gold in 200 metres and 4x100 metre relay.

2012 Summer Olympics[]

Martina competed at the London 2012 Summer Olympics, again in his three disciplines, the 100 metres, 200 metres and 4x100 metre relay. Only narrowly making it through to the 100-metre semi-final, Martina improved his personal best in the semi-final to 9.91. This race was also the fastest ever semi-final run, with Justin Gatlin running 9.82. In the final, Martina placed sixth behind Usain Bolt, posting 9.94. Martina then competed in the 200 m, where he finished in fifth, again behind Bolt, in 20 seconds flat. In the relay, the Netherlands finished sixth in a time of 38.39. However, after the Olympics, Martina broke the 200 m national record in Lausanne, lowering the time to 19.85, ending his reasonably successful season.

In 2016, Martina won the European Championships 100 metres before a home crowd. The following day, he crossed the line in first place in the 200 metres, but was denied the sprint double because he crossed inside of his lane line again, giving the win to Bruno Hortelano.

International competitions[]

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing Netherlands Antilles (up until 2010)
2000	CARIFTA Games	St. George's, Grenada, Grenada	2nd	100 m	10.73 (+1.5 m/s)
	CARIFTA Games	St. George's, Grenada, Grenada	2nd	200 m	21.73 (+1.7 m/s)
	World Junior Championships	Santiago, Chile	36th (h)	100m	10.77 (+0.8 m/s)
	World Junior Championships	Santiago, Chile	—	200m	DQ
2002	World Junior Championships	Kingston, Jamaica	19th (qf)	100m	10.52 w (+2.6 m/s)
	South American Games	Belém, Brazil	1st	100 m	10.42 (+0.8 m/s)
	South American Games	Belém, Brazil	2nd	200 m	20.81 (+1.1 m/s)
	Central American and Caribbean Games	San Salvador, El Salvador	8th	100m	10.55 w (+2.1 m/s)
			8th	200m	21.89 (-0.4 m/s)
			6th	4 × 100 m	42.14
2003	CARIFTA Games	Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago	2nd	100 m	10.37 w (+3.8 m/s)
2003	World Championships	Paris, France	5th (h)	100 m	10.35 (-0.6 m/s)
2004	South American U23 Championships	Barquisimeto, Venezuela	1st^[15]	4 × 100 m	39.18
	NACAC U-23 Championships	Sherbrooke, Canada	1st	100m	10.21 (+0.1 m/s)
	NACAC U-23 Championships	Sherbrooke, Canada	2nd	200m	20.75 (+0.0 m/s)
	Summer Olympics	Athens, Greece	7th (qf)	100m	10.48 (0.0 m/s)
2005	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	6th (qf)	100 m	10.24 (-1.2 m/s)
	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	6th	4x100 m	38.45
	CAC Championships	Nassau, Bahamas	3rd	100 m	10.10 (+1.9 m/s)
2006	Central American and Caribbean Games	Cartagena, Colombia	1st	100 m	10.06 s (+0.6 m/s) CR
2006	Central American and Caribbean Games	Cartagena, Colombia	1st	4x100 m	39.29
2007	Pan American Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	1st	100 m	10.15 (+1.0 m/s)
	World Championships	Osaka, Japan	5th	100 m	10.08 (-0.5 m/s)
	World Championships	Osaka, Japan	5th	200 m	20.28 (-0.8 m/s)
2008	Olympic Games	Beijing, PR China	4th	100 m	9.93 (+0.0 m/s)
2008	Olympic Games	Beijing, PR China	DSQ (in final)	200 m	20.11 (sf) (-0.9 m/s)
2009	World Championships	Berlin, Germany	4th (qf)	100 m	10.19 (+0.1 m/s)
2010	Central American and Caribbean Games	Mayagüez, Puerto Rico	1st	100 m	10.07 (+0.7 m/s)
			1st	200 m	20.25 (+0.0 m/s)
			3rd	4 × 100 m	38.82
Representing Netherlands (since 2011)
2012	European Championships	Helsinki, Finland	1st	200 m	20.42
	European Championships	Helsinki, Finland	1st	4 × 100 m	38.34
	Olympic Games	London, United Kingdom	6th	100 m	9.94
			5th	200 m	20.00
			6th	4 × 100 m	38.39
2014	European Championships	Zurich, Switzerland	9th	100 m	10.34
			4th	200 m	20.37
			5th	4 × 100 m	38.60
2015	World Championships	Beijing, China	16th (sf)	100 m	10.09
2015	World Championships	Beijing, China	10th (sf)	200 m	20.20
2016	World Indoor Championships	Portland, United States	22nd (h)	60 m	6.67
	European Championships	Amsterdam, Netherlands	1st	100 m	10.07
			DSQ	200 m	20.37
			4th	4 × 100 m	38.57
	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	26th (h)	100 m	10.22
	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	5th	200 m	20.13
2017	World Relays	Nassau, Bahamas	4th (h)	4 × 100 m	38.71¹
2018	European Championships	Berlin, Germany	6th	100 m	10.16
			10th (sf)	200 m	20.51
			3rd	4 × 100 m relay	38.03
2019	World Relays	Yokohama, Japan	10th (h)	4 × 100 m relay	38.67
2019	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	7th (h)	4 × 100 m relay	37.91²
2021	World Relays	Chorzów, Poland	5th (h)	4 × 100 m relay	38.79

¹Did not finish in the final
²Disqualified in the final

Personal bests[]

Date	Event	Venue	Time (seconds)
14 November 2008	30 metres	Leeuwarden, Netherlands	3.81 (indoor) - unofficial World Best
6 February 2010	60 metres	Stuttgart, Germany	6.58
5 August 2012	100 metres	London, United Kingdom	9.91 – National record
25 August 2016	200 metres	Lausanne, Switzerland	19.81 – National record^[16]^[17]
31 March 2007	400 metres	El Paso, Texas	46.13

All information from IAAF Profile^[2]
Note: Martina's fastest 100 metres time is 9.76 seconds with 6.1 m/s wind. However, the wind assisted run, set in El Paso, Texas on 13 May 2006, exceeds the IAAF's legal limit of 2.0 m/s and cannot qualify as a record.^[18]

References[]

^ South American Games. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2010-07-27.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Martina, Churandy biography". IAAF. Retrieved 3 November 2008.
^ 2003 World Championships 100 metres heats Archived 16 September 2009 at the Wayback Machine. IAAF (24 August 2003). Retrieved 2009-10-02.
^ Finisterre, Terry (11 July 2005). Meet record continue to tumble – CAC Championships, Day Two. IAAF. Retrieved 2010-07-27.
^ Finisterre, Terry (10 July 2005)A storm of top action in front of packed crowds - CAC Championships, Day One. IAAF. Retrieved 2010-07-27.
^ 2005 World Championships 4x100 Metres Relay - M Final Archived 21 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine. IAAF. Retrieved 2010-07-27.
^ Clavelo Robinson, Javier (27 July 2006). Robles and Martina break Games records - CAC Games Day Two. IAAF. Retrieved 2010-07-27.
^ Biscayart, Eduardo (25 July 2007). Barber takes 100m title with 11.02 – Pan American Games, Day 3. IAAF. Retrieved 2010-07-27.
^ Athlete biography: Churandy Martina, beijing2008.cn. Retrieved 2008-08-26
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "US men's sprint medal jeopardized by protest". International Herald Tribune. Associated Press. 24 August 2008. Archived from the original on 13 September 2008. Retrieved 26 August 2008.
^ Martina's bid to reclaim silver rejected, ESPN.com, 6 March 2009.
^ "Martina gets silver lining in 200m". 2 December 2008. Retrieved 14 February 2008.^{[dead link]}
^ Van Hemert, Wim (1 June 2009). Four world leads in Hengelo – IAAF World Athletics Tour. IAAF. Retrieved 2009-06-02.
^ Clavelo Robinson, Javier (26 July 2010). Martina defends 100m title, Brathwaite dominates the sprint hurdles in Mayaguez – CAC Games, days 1 and 2. IAAF. Retrieved 2010-07-27.
^ Guest final out of competition
^ Blake supersnel, record Martina. nos.nl. Retrieved: 2012-08-23
^ Yohan Blake and Usain Bolt sprint to Diamond League victories. BBC Sport. Retrieved: 2012-08-23
^ Burns, Bob (5 June 2006). "Stars aligned for stellar meet". NCAA. Retrieved 3 November 2008.^{[permanent dead link]}

External links[]

Olympic Games
Preceded by Cor van Aanholt	Flagbearer for Netherlands Antilles Athens 2004 Beijing 2008	Succeeded by None（Netherlands Antilles withdrew from IOC in 2011）
Preceded by Jeroen Dubbeldam	Flagbearer for Netherlands (with Keet Oldenbeuving) Tokyo 2020	Succeeded by Incumbent

[1] South American Games. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2010-07-27.

[IAAFBio-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Martina, Churandy biography". IAAF. Retrieved 3 November 2008.

[3] 2003 World Championships 100 metres heats Archived 16 September 2009 at the Wayback Machine. IAAF (24 August 2003). Retrieved 2009-10-02.

[4] Finisterre, Terry (11 July 2005). Meet record continue to tumble – CAC Championships, Day Two. IAAF. Retrieved 2010-07-27.

[5] Finisterre, Terry (10 July 2005)A storm of top action in front of packed crowds - CAC Championships, Day One. IAAF. Retrieved 2010-07-27.

[6] 2005 World Championships 4x100 Metres Relay - M Final Archived 21 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine. IAAF. Retrieved 2010-07-27.

[7] Clavelo Robinson, Javier (27 July 2006). Robles and Martina break Games records - CAC Games Day Two. IAAF. Retrieved 2010-07-27.

[8] Biscayart, Eduardo (25 July 2007). Barber takes 100m title with 11.02 – Pan American Games, Day 3. IAAF. Retrieved 2010-07-27.

[beijing-9] Athlete biography: Churandy Martina, beijing2008.cn. Retrieved 2008-08-26

[protest-10] Jump up to: ^a ^b "US men's sprint medal jeopardized by protest". International Herald Tribune. Associated Press. 24 August 2008. Archived from the original on 13 September 2008. Retrieved 26 August 2008.

[11] Martina's bid to reclaim silver rejected, ESPN.com, 6 March 2009.

[gave_medal-12] "Martina gets silver lining in 200m". 2 December 2008. Retrieved 14 February 2008.^{[dead link]}

[13] Van Hemert, Wim (1 June 2009). Four world leads in Hengelo – IAAF World Athletics Tour. IAAF. Retrieved 2009-06-02.

[14] Clavelo Robinson, Javier (26 July 2010). Martina defends 100m title, Brathwaite dominates the sprint hurdles in Mayaguez – CAC Games, days 1 and 2. IAAF. Retrieved 2010-07-27.

[15] Guest final out of competition

[nos-16] Blake supersnel, record Martina. nos.nl. Retrieved: 2012-08-23

[BBC_2012_08_23-17] Yohan Blake and Usain Bolt sprint to Diamond League victories. BBC Sport. Retrieved: 2012-08-23

[18] Burns, Bob (5 June 2006). "Stars aligned for stellar meet". NCAA. Retrieved 3 November 2008.^{[permanent dead link]}

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