Churandy Martina
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Born | Willemstad, Netherlands Antilles | 3 July 1984||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 74 kg (163 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Netherlands | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | 100 metres, 200 metres | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Churandy Thomas Martina (born 3 July 1984) is a Dutch sprinter. He originally placed second in the 200 metres at the 2008 Beijing Olympics but was later disqualified due to a lane violation. Martina secured four and two individual top-five finishes at the Summer Olympics and World Athletics Championships respectively. He was the 100 metres 2007 Pan American Games champion representing the Netherlands Antilles and claimed three individual titles at the Central American and Caribbean Games. He won gold medals in the 200 m and 100 m at the 2012 and 2016 European Athletics Championships respectively.
Martina is the
Career
Born in
He made his first Olympic appearance as one of three competitors representing the
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
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]
However, on 24 August, the Netherlands Antilles filed an appeal to the
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 2009 IAAF World Athletics Final—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.
Achievements
All information from World Athletics profile unless otherwise noted.[2]
Personal bests
Event | Time (s) | Venue | Date | Notes |
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30 metres indoor | 3.81 | Leeuwarden, Netherlands | 14 November 2008 | World best |
60 metres indoor | 6.58 | Stuttgart, Germany | 6 February 2010 | NR |
100 metres | 9.91 | London, United Kingdom | 5 August 2012 | NR |
200 metres | 19.81 | Lausanne, Switzerland | 25 August 2016 | NR |
400 metres | 46.13 | El Paso, TX, United States | 31 March 2007 | NR |
- Note: Martina's fastest 100 metres time is 9.76 seconds with 6.1 wind assisted run, set in El Paso, Texas on 13 May 2006, exceeds the World Athletics' legal limit of 2.0 m/s and cannot qualify as a record.[15]
International competitions
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Time | Notes |
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Representing Netherlands Antilles (until 2010) | ||||||
2000 | CARIFTA Games | St. George's, Grenada, Grenada | 2nd | 100 m | 10.73 | (+1.5 m/s) |
2nd | 200 m | 21.73 | (+1.7 m/s) | |||
World Junior Championships | Santiago, Chile | 36th (h) | 100 m | 10.77 | (+0.8 m/s) | |
DSQ | 200 m | DQ | ||||
2002 | World Junior Championships | Kingston, Jamaica | 19th (qf) | 100 m | 10.52 | w (+2.6 m/s) |
South American Games | Belém, Brazil | 1st | 100 m | 10.42 | (+0.8 m/s) | |
2nd | 200 m | 20.81 | (+1.1 m/s) | |||
Central American and Caribbean Games | San Salvador, El Salvador | 8th | 100 m | 10.55 | w (+2.1 m/s) | |
8th | 200 m | 21.89 | (-0.4 m/s) | |||
6th | 4 × 100 m relay | 42.14 | ||||
2003 | CARIFTA Games | Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago | 2nd | 100 m | 10.37 | w (+3.8 m/s) |
World Championships | Paris, France | 5th (h) | 100 m | 10.35 | (-0.6 m/s) | |
2004 | South American U23 Championships | Barquisimeto, Venezuela | 1st[16] | 4 × 100 m relay | 39.18 | |
NACAC U-23 Championships
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Sherbrooke, Canada | 1st | 100 m | 10.21 | (+0.1 m/s) | |
2nd | 200 m | 20.75 | (+0.0 m/s) | |||
Olympic Olympics | Athens, Greece | 7th (qf) | 100 m | 10.48 | (0.0 m/s) | |
2005 | World Championships | Helsinki, Finland | 6th (qf) | 100 m | 10.24 | (-1.2 m/s) |
6th | 4 x 100 m relay | 38.45 | ||||
CAC Championships
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Nassau, Bahamas | 3rd | 100 m | 10.10 | (+1.9 m/s) | |
2006 | Central American and Caribbean Games | Cartagena , Colombia
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1st | 100 m | 10.06 s
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(+0.6 m/s) CR |
1st | 4 x 100 m relay | 39.29
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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) | |
5th | 200 m | 20.28
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(-0.8 m/s) | |||
2008 | Olympic Games | Beijing, China | 4th | 100 m | 9.93 | (+0.0 m/s) |
DSQ (f) | 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 | World Indoor Championships | Doha, Qatar | 8th (sf) | 60 m | 6.65 | |
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 relay | 38.82 | ||||
Representing Netherlands (since 2011) | ||||||
2011 | World Championships | Daegu, South Korea | 18th (sf) | 100 m | 10.29 | (-0.8 m/s) |
– (sf) | 200 m | DNS | ||||
2012 | European Championships | Helsinki, Finland | 1st | 200 m | 20.42 | (-0.9 m/s) |
1st | 4 × 100 m relay | 38.34 | ||||
Olympic Games | London, United Kingdom | 6th | 100 m | 9.94 | (+1.5 m/s) | |
5th | 200 m | 20.00 | (+0.4 m/s) | |||
6th | 4 × 100 m relay | 38.39 | ||||
2014 | European Championships | Zurich , Switzerland
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9th (sf) | 100 m | 10.34 | (+0.6 m/s) |
4th | 200 m | 20.37 | (-1.6 m/s) | |||
5th | 4 × 100 m relay | 38.60 | ||||
2015 | World Championships | Beijing, China | 16th (sf) | 100 m | 10.09 | (-0.4 m/s) |
10th (sf) | 200 m | 20.20 | (+0.4 m/s) | |||
2016 | World Indoor Championships | Portland, OR, United States | 22nd (h) | 60 m | 6.67 | |
European Championships | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 1st | 100 m | 10.07 | (0.0 m/s) | |
DSQ | 200 m | 20.37 | (-0.9 m/s) | |||
4th | 4 × 100 m relay | 38.57 | ||||
Olympic Games | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 26th (h) | 100 m | 10.22 | (-0.5 m/s) | |
5th | 200 m | 20.13 | (-0.5 m/s) | |||
2017 | World Relays | Nassau, Bahamas | 4th (h) | 4 × 100 m relay | 38.71 | [note 1] |
2018 | European Championships | Berlin, Germany | 6th | 100 m | 10.16 | (0.0 m/s) |
10th (sf) | 200 m | 20.51 | (+0.3 m/s) | |||
3rd | 4 × 100 m relay | 38.03 | ||||
2019 | World Relays | Yokohama, Japan | 10th (h) | 4 × 100 m relay | 38.67 | |
World Championships | Doha, Qatar | 7th (h) | 4 × 100 m relay | 37.91 | [note 2] | |
2021 | World Relays | Chorzów, Poland | 5th (h) | 4 × 100 m relay | 38.79 | |
Olympic Games | Tokyo, Japan | – | 4 × 100 m relay | DNF |
Circuit wins, National titles
- Diamond League
- New York Grand Prix (200m, NR)
- 2013: Lausanne Athletissima (200m, SB)
- 2016: Rome Golden Gala (4 × 100 m relay), Lausanne (200m, NR)
- Dutch Athletics Championships
- 100 metres (7): 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018
- 200 metres (6): 2011, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2021
Notes
References
- ^ South American Games. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 27 July 2010.
- ^ a b c d e f "Churandy MARTINA – Athlete Profile". World Athletics. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
- IAAF(24 August 2003). Retrieved 2 October 2009.
- IAAF. Retrieved 27 July 2010.
- IAAF. Retrieved 27 July 2010.
- IAAF. Retrieved 27 July 2010.
- IAAF. Retrieved 27 July 2010.
- IAAF. Retrieved 27 July 2010.
- The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad. Archived from the originalon 20 August 2008. Retrieved 26 August 2008.
- ^ 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]
- IAAF. Retrieved 2 June 2009.
- IAAF. Retrieved 27 July 2010.
- NCAA. Retrieved 3 November 2008.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Guest final out of competition
External links
- Churandy Martina at World Athletics
- Churandy Martina at Olympedia
- Churandy Martina at Olympics.com
- Churandy Martina at TeamNL (archive) (in Dutch)
- Churandy Martina on Instagram
- Churandy.com at the Wayback Machine (archived 14 October 2008)