Alonso Edward

Alonso Edward

Cochabamba 2018) 200 m: 19.81 (Berlin 2009)
Medal record Men's athletics Representing  Panama World Championships 2009 Berlin 200 m Pan American Games 2015 Toronto 200 m South American Games 2014 Santiago 100 m 2018 Cochabamba 100 m South American Championships 2009 Lima 100 m 2009 Lima 200 m 2023 São Paulo 200 m 2007 São Paulo 4×100 m relay Central American and Caribbean Games 2018 Barranquilla 200 m Central American Games 2010 Panama City 100 m 2013 San José 200 m Central American Championships 2012 Managua 200 m South American Junior Championships 2007 São Paulo 100 m South American Youth Championships 2006 Caracas 100 m 2006 Caracas 200 m 2006 Caracas 4×100 m relay Representing Americas Continental Cup 2014 Marrakech 200 m 2018 Ostrava 200 m
Updated on 9 Sep 2018.

Alonso Reno Edward Henry (born 8 December 1989), commonly known as Alonso Edward,[nb] is a Panamanian sprinter who specialises in the 100 and 200 metres.

He set a South American junior record in the 100 m in 2007. Edward competed in his first

In the 2009 athletics season, Edward had markedly improved from the previous season: at the Texas Invitational meet in early May, he ran 9.97 seconds to break the 10-second barrier, with the wind assistance just over the legal limit (2.3 m/s).^[8] Later that month he broke two national records, running 10.09 seconds in the 100 m and 20.34 seconds in the 200 m at a meet in Hutchinson, Kansas.^[6] The following month he proved his ability to win at the senior regional level, taking two gold medals in a sprint double at the 2009 South American Championships in Athletics. He beat the competition in the 200 m by almost half a second, finishing with 20.45 seconds.^[6]

Further improvements came in the 200 m in Rethymno in July, as he broke his own national record to win in twenty seconds flat.^[9] This time ranked him as fourth fastest in the world coming into the 2009 World Championships in Athletics, with only Usain Bolt, Tyson Gay, and Wallace Spearmon running faster.^[10][11]

In the 200 metres at the World Championships, Edward reached a new level of performance. Touted as a possible surprise finalist,^[12] he started well, winning his heat and his quarter-final.^[13][14] In the semi-finals, he finished second to Usain Bolt and was the third fastest of the round overall, after Spearmon, with a run of 20.22 seconds.^[15] Although Bolt won the final race by a margin of 0.62 seconds to set a new world record, Edward set a South American record of 19.81 seconds. He had started the season with a best of 20.62 seconds, but he had improved by 0.81 seconds in just one year, breaking Bolt's previous record for the fastest time by a 19-year-old and becoming the youngest ever World Championship medallist in the men's 200 m in the process.^[16]

Prior to the 2010 season, Edward decided that he would miss the

Personal bests

Event	Time (sec)	Venue	Date
100 metres	10.01 s	Cochabamba, Bolivia	6 June 2018
200 metres	19.81 s	Berlin, Germany	20 August 2009
200 metres (indoor)	20.70 s	Fayetteville, United States	23 January 2010

• All information taken from IAAF profile.

Competition record

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Panama
2006	Central American Junior Championships (U20)	Guatemala City, Guatemala	2nd	100 m	11.05 (wind: -0.7 m/s)
			3rd	200m	22.07 (wind: +0.7 m/s)
	South American Youth Championships	Caracas, Venezuela	1st	100 m	10.60 s (wind: +0.0 m/s)
			1st	200 m	21.18 s (wind: +0.0 m/s)
			2nd	4 × 100 m	41.96 s
			6th	1000 m medley relay	2:03.41 min
2007	ALBA Games	Caracas, Venezuela	1st	100 m	10.25 s w (wind: +2.3 m/s)
			2nd	200 m	20.62 s NR NR-j (wind: +2.0 m/s)
			2nd	4 × 100 m relay	40.07 s
	Central American Junior Championships (U20)	San Salvador, El Salvador	1st	100 m	10.59 (wind: -2.9 m/s)
			1st	200 m	21.08 (wind: -1.2 m/s)
			1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:23.01
	South American Championships	São Paulo, Brazil	5th	4 × 100 m relay	40.13 s
			3rd	4 × 400 m relay	3:09.67 min
	South American Junior Championships	São Paulo, Brazil	1st	100 m	10.28 s (wind: +0.0 m/s)
			2nd (h) [18]	200 m	21.84 (wind: -0.3 m/s)
	Pan American Junior Championships	São Paulo, Brazil	—	100 m	DNF
2008	World Junior Championships	Bydgoszcz, Poland	45th	100 m	10.91 s (wind: 0.2 m/s)
2009	South American Championships	Lima, Peru	1st	100 m	10.29 s A (wind: 0.6 m/s)
			1st	200 m	20.45 s A (wind: 0.0 m/s)
	World Championships	Berlin, Germany	2nd	200 m	19.81 AR (-0.3 m/s)
2010	Central American Games	Panama City, Panama	1st	100 m	10.24 s GR (wind: -0.2 m/s)
			8th	200 m	47.18 s (wind: 0.1 m/s)
2011	South American Championships	Buenos Aires, Argentina	–	100 m	DQ
	World Championships	Daegu, South Korea	–	200 m	DNF (f)
2012	Central American Championships	Managua, Nicaragua	1st	200 m	21.23 (wind: 0.3 m/s)
	Olympic Games	London, United Kingdom	–	200 m	DQ (h)
2013	Central American Games	San José, Costa Rica	1st	200 m	20.52 s w (wind: +2.1 m/s)
			—	4 × 100 m relay	DNF
	World Championships	Moscow, Russia	7th (sf)	200 m	20.67 s (wind: -0.3 m/s)
2014	South American Games	Santiago, Chile	1st	100 m	10.23 s GR (wind: +1.1 m/s)
2015	World Championships	Beijing, China	4th	200 m	19.87
2016	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	7th	200 m	20.23
2017	World Championships	London, United Kingdom	29th (h)	200 m	20.61
2018	South American Games	Cochabamba, Bolivia	1st	100 m	10.01 GR
	Central American and Caribbean Games	Barranquilla, Colombia	2nd	200 m	20.17
2019	Pan American Games	Lima, Peru	4th	200 m	20.55
2021	Olympic Games	Tokyo, Japan	23rd (h)	200 m	20.601
2022	World Championships	Eugene, United States	44th (h)	200 m	22.08
2023	Central American and Caribbean Games	San Salvador, El Salvador	–	100 m	DQ
			3rd	200 m	20.46
	South American Championships	São Paulo, Brazil	5th	100 m	10.14
			2nd	200 m	20.30
	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary	29th (h)	200 m	20.63
	Pan American Games	Santiago, Chile	5th	100 m	10.41
			5th	200 m	21.01

¹Did not finish in the semifinal

Notes

• ^nb His name is frequently written as Alonso Edwards, with his surname being anglicised. However, the name which the athlete himself uses is Alonso Edward without the final "s".^[3]

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Alonso Edward.

• Alonso Edward profile Archived 2016-04-24 at the Wayback Machine
• Alonso Edward at World Athletics
• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Alonso Edward". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
• Tilastopaja biography
• Interview after running sub-10 seconds in Texas

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