Kaliese Spencer
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Nationality | Jamaican | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 6 May 1987 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 75 kg (165 lb)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Jamaica | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | 400 m hurdles | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Kaliese Spencer Carter (born 6 May 1987) is a Jamaican track and field athlete who specialises in the 400 metres hurdles. She won the bronze medal in the event at the 2012 London Olympics. Spencer was the Commonwealth Games champion in 2014 and a double silver medallist at the 2014 World Indoor Championships. She finished fourth at both the 2009 and 2011 World Championships in Athletics.
Spencer was the 2006 World junior champion. She is a four-time Diamond League 400 m hurdles winner.
Career
Born in the parish of
Spencer made a strong start to the 2008 outdoor season by running a world-leading time in the 400 metres at the Azuza Pacific Invitational, winning in a personal best time of 50.55 seconds.[3] However, she suffered a hip injury and only trained sporadically in the rest of the year, missing out on the Jamaican Olympic team for the 2008 Beijing Games as a result.[5]
She began competing in the
The
The 24-year-old set a personal best in the 400 m hurdles of 52.79 s at the Aviva Grand Prix in Crystal Palace on 5 August 2011. As a result, Spencer was heavy favourite to win the gold medal at 2011 World Championships in Athletics in Daegu, South Korea, where she finished fourth.
At the 2012 London Olympics, Spencer initially narrowly missed out on a medal, finishing in fourth place in the 400 m hurdles. She was upgraded to the bronze medal in December 2022, following the stripping of gold medallist Natalya Antyukh of Russia.[12][13]
Spencer won the gold medal in her specialist event at the 2014 Commonwealth Games held in Glasgow.[14]
Achievements
All information taken from World Athletics profile.
Personal bests
Event | Time (sec) | Venue | Date |
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200 metres | 23.11 | Rovereto, Italy | 3 September 2013 |
400 metres hurdles | 52.79 | Crystal Palace, London, United Kingdom | 5 August 2011 |
400 metres | 50.19 | Rieti, Italy | 8 September 2013 |
400 metres indoor | 51.54 | Sopot, Poland | 8 March 2014 |
800 metres | 2:03.01 | Kingston, Jamaica | 5 March 2011 |
International competitions
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Time |
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2006 | CARIFTA Games (U-20) | Les Abymes, Guadeloupe | 2nd | 400 m | 51.99 |
1st | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:31.90 CR | |||
World Junior Championships | Beijing, China | 1st | 400 m hurdles | 55.11 | |
3rd | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:31.62 | |||
2007 | World Championships | Osaka, Japan | 8th (sf) | 400 m hurdles | 56.69 |
2009 | World Championships | Berlin, Germany | 4th | 400 m hurdles | 53.56 |
2nd | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:24.721 | |||
World Athletics Final | Thessaloniki, Greece | 2nd | 400 m hurdles | 53.99
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2011 | World Championships | Daegu, South Korea | 4th | 400 m hurdles | 54.01 |
2012 | Olympic Games | London, United Kingdom | 3rd | 400 m hurdles | 53.66 |
2013 | World Championships | Moscow, Russia | – (h) | 400 m hurdles | DQ |
– (h) | 4 × 400 m relay | DQ | |||
2014 | World Indoor Championships | Sopot, Poland | 2nd | 400 m | 51.54 |
2nd | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:26.54 | |||
World Relays | Nassau, Bahamas | 2nd | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:23.26 | |
Commonwealth Games | Glasgow, United Kingdom | 1st | 400 m hurdles | 54.10 | |
2015 | World Championships | Beijing, China | 8th | 400 m hurdles | 55.47 |
1Time from the heats; Spencer was replaced in the final.
Circuit wins and titles
- Diamond League overall winner 400 m hurdles (4): 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014
- 400 metres hurdles wins, other events specified in parentheses
- London Grand Prix, Zürich Weltklasse (PB)
- 2011 (4): Shanghai Golden Grand Prix (WL), Stockholm DN Galan (MR), London (WL MR), Zürich
- 2012 (4): Rome Golden Gala (SB), Lausanne Athletissima (SB), Birmingham British Grand Prix (MR), Brussels Memorial Van Damme
- 2014 (6): Eugene Prefontaine Classic (WL), Rome (WL), Oslo Bislett Games, Monaco, Birmingham, Brussels
- 2015 (3): Shanghai (WL), Birmingham (SB), Oslo (WL)
National titles
- Jamaican Athletics Championships
- 400 m hurdles: 2011, 2014
References
- ^ a b Kaliese Spencer. Glasgow2014. Retrieved on 2015-08-03.
- ^ Pochert, Alexander (2008-05-08). Kaliese Spencer – Die Talentierteste (in German). Leichtathletik. Retrieved on 2010-07-12.
- ^ a b Graham, Raymond (2008-04-21). Spencer hits top form in California Archived 13 October 2014 at the Wayback Machine. The Jamaica Star. Retrieved on 2010-07-12.
- ^ IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-07-12.
- ^ Tucker, Eton. Asafa may have to step up pace, says Francis » Archived 16 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine. Sports Caribe. Retrieved on 2010-07-12.
- ^ a b Kaliese SPENCER. The-Sports.Org. Retrieved on 2010-07-12.
- IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-08-24.
- IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-07-12.
- IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-07-12.
- IAAF Diamond League. Retrieved on 2010-07-12.
- IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-08-09.
- ^ "London 2012 400m hurdles women - Olympic Athletics". International Olympic Committee. 9 August 2016. Retrieved 12 November 2016.
- ^ "Russia's Antyukh stripped of London 2012 gold". BBC Sport. 21 December 2022. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
- ^ "Glasgow 2014 - Kaliese Spencer Profile". g2014results.thecgf.com. Retrieved 12 November 2016.