Veronica Campbell Brown
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Medal record
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Veronica Campbell Brown
She holds personal bests of 10.76 seconds for the 100 m and 21.74 seconds for the 200 m. She was the 100 m gold medallist at the
Early life
Campbell was born to Cecil Campbell and Pamela Bailey
Junior career
In 1999, she won two
College career
Campbell attended
Professional career
At 18 years old, Campbell-Brown won the first Olympic medal of her illustrious career. She competed at the
At the age of 22, Campbell-Brown represented Jamaica at the 2004 Athens Olympics.. She competed in both the 100 m and 200 m. In the finals of the 100 m she placed third. Campbell Brown later competed in the 200 m finals, a race American Allyson Felix was favored to win. VCB went on to decimate the field in the 200 m finals. She ran a blistering curve, and held her form down the final stretch to become the first Jamaican and Caribbean woman in the history of the Olympic games to win a sprint Olympic title. At the medal ceremony, a visibly emotional Campbell Brown was brought to tears as her national anthem was played in the stadium and flag hoisted.
Campbell-Brown then teamed up with Aleen Bailey, Tayna Lawrence, and Sherone Simpson in the finals of the 4 × 100 m. VCB ran a scintillating anchor leg as Jamaica went on to win the women's 4 × 100 m. Jamaica created history as it was the first time Jamaica had won the 4 × 100 m relay at the Olympics.
In August 2005, Campbell won the silver medal in the 100 m at the
At the 2007 World Championships, Campbell won three medals, a gold in the 100 m, silver in the 200 m (second to Felix) and silver in the 4 x 100 m relay.
At the 2008 Jamaican Olympic trials, she finished fourth in the 100 m, thereby missing the qualifying requirement to automatically make the Jamaican Olympic roster for that event. She clocked 10.88 s in the final, which is the second fastest time ever for a fourth-place finish. She however bounced back to take the 200 m final in what was then a personal best time of 21.94 s. Having failed to qualify for the 100 m, she only competed in the 200 m and the 4 x 100 m relay at the Olympic Games.
At the opening ceremony of the 2008 Olympics, Veronica Campbell-Brown carried the Jamaican flag during the Athletes' Parade. She successfully defended her Olympic 200 m title in a new personal best time of 21.74 s. She competed at the 4 x 100 m relay together with Shelly-Ann Fraser, Sheri-Ann Brooks and Aleen Bailey. In the first round heats, Jamaica placed first in front of Russia, Germany and China. The Jamaican teams' time of 42.24 s was the first time overall out of sixteen participating nations. With this result, Jamaica qualified for the final, replacing Brooks and Bailey with Sherone Simpson and Kerron Stewart. Jamaica did not finish the race due to a mistake in the baton exchange.[2]
At the end of the 2008 season, Campbell-Brown was selected the top 200 m runner in the world as well as the fourth best in the 100 m (following three other Jamaicans) by Track and Field News. She also finished eighth overall in voting for the magazine's Woman of the Year.[7]
She qualified for her third World Championships by winning the 200 m national title. She beat runners up Shelly Ann Fraser and Simone Facey with a time of 22.40 seconds in June 2009, although a toe injury had left her lacking full fitness.[8]
At the
In 2010, she won her first World Indoor 60m Gold medal in a time of 7.00. She later went on to run the fastest time for the 200 m in 21.98 in New York. She also ran a 10.78 in Eugene Oregon beating Fraser-Pryce and Jeter.
In 2011 Veronica Campbell-Brown won the Jamaican athletic trials in both the 100 & 200 m and was one of the favorites for both gold medals at the world championships in Daegu. At the championships she won the silver medal in the women's 100 m in 10.98 behind Jeter, who won in 10.90. She later went on to win her first 200 m world title in a timer of 22.22, beating Jeter and Felix who were second and third respectively. In 2015 Campbell made it to the Semi's and Finals of the World Championships 100 and 200m, Finishing 3rd in the 200m which was won by Dafne Schippers.
In 2012, she defended her 60m World Indoor Gold medal where she won in a time of 7.01. Later in June Veronica qualified for the 2012 Olympic games in London in both the 100 m and the 200 m. In the 100 m she came third behind Shelly Ann Fraser Pryce and Carmelita Jeter.[11] In the 200 m she finished just outside the medals in 4th place, 0.24 of a second outside of bronze.[12] In the 4 × 100 m relay final, she and the Jamaican team came second behind the U.S., which won in a new world record of 40.82 s.[13]
In 2014, Campbell-Brown competed at the 2014 World Indoor Championships in Sopot, Poland, and over the 60 m race, ending up in 5th placed with a time of 7.13 s. In 2015, she competed at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics in Beijing, China, and participated in sprint events of 100 m, 200 m and 4 × 100 m relay—where she finished in fourth place with a time of 10.91 s, won the bronze medal with a time of 21.97 s and secured the gold with a time of 41.07 s respectively.
Campbell-Brown also for the 2016 Rio Olympics in the 200 m and 4 × 100 m relay. In the 200 m, she did not make it out of the heats and finished in 27th place with a time of 22.97 s but won the silver as part of the Jamaican team in the 4 × 100 m relay with a time of 41.36 s behind the US team, which finished with a time of 41.01 s, the second fastest time ever run for the event.
Positive doping test
On 14 June 2013, it was reported that Campbell-Brown had tested positive for diuretics while competing at the JAAA Supreme Ventures, a Jamaican meet.[14] She was provisionally suspended from competition. Campbell-Brown denied that she had intentionally taken any banned substances.[15]
On 2 October 2013, she was cleared by the
The
Personal life
In 2007, Campbell married Omar Brown, a fellow Jamaican sprinter and University of Arkansas alumnus, changing her name to Campbell-Brown, a few years later she dropped the hyphen from her name, changing it to Campbell Brown. They currently live and train in Clermont, Florida. She was appointed as a UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador in late 2009, and stated that she would use the role to promote gender equity in sport.[20]
Achievements
Campbell-Brown's personal best of 10.76 s in the 100 m ranks her all-time top fifteen in the world (tied 11th place) and sixth among Jamaican women. Her 200 m best (21.74 s) ranks her in the all-time top fifteen in the world. This time is the fifth best among Jamaican women. It is the tied sixth fastest time of the 21st century, and was the fastest since Marion Jones's 21.62 s in Johannesburg 1998.[21] She earned a total of 46 medals (27 gold, 16 silver, 3 bronze).
Personal bests
Event | Time (seconds) | Venue | Date | Remarks |
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60 metres | 7.00 | Doha, Qatar | 14 March 2010 | |
100 yards | 9.91+ | Ostrava, Czech Republic | 31 May 2011 | Official World Best |
100 metres | 10.76 | Ostrava, Czech Republic | 31 May 2011 | |
200 metres | 21.74 | Beijing, China | 21 August 2008 | |
400 metres | 52.24 | Fayetteville, Arkansas, United States | 22 January 2005 |
+ = en route to a longer distance
- All information from IAAF Profile[1]
Competition record
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing Jamaica | |||||
1996 | CAC Junior Championships (U-17) | San Salvador, El Salvador | 1st | 4 × 100 m relay | 46.31 |
1997 | CARIFTA Games (U-20) | Bridgetown, Barbados | 1st | 4 × 100 m relay | 45.27 |
1998 | CAC Junior Championships (U-17) | George Town, Cayman Islands | 1st | 100 m | 11.72 w (2.4 m/s) |
1st | 4 × 100 m relay | 45.35 | |||
World Junior Championships | Annecy, France | 17th (qf) | 100 m | 12.04 (wind: -0.7 m/s) | |
1999 | CARIFTA Games (U-20) | Fort-de-France, Martinique | 3rd | 200 m | 23.84 (1.6 m/s) |
World Youth Championships | Bydgoszcz, Poland | 1st | 100 m | 11.49 | |
2000 | CARIFTA Games (U-20) | St. George's, Grenada | 2nd | 100 m | 11.41 |
1st | 200 m | 23.05 (1.2 m/s) CR | |||
1st | 4 × 100 m relay | 44.63 | |||
World Junior Championships | Santiago, Chile | 1st | 100m | 11.12 (wind: +2.0 m/s) | |
1st | 200m | 22.87 (wind: +0.7 m/s) | |||
2nd | 4 × 100 m relay | 44.05 | |||
Olympic Games | Sydney, Australia | 2nd | 4 × 100 m relay | 42.13 | |
2001 | CARIFTA Games (U-20) | Bridgetown, Barbados | 1st | 100 m | 11.32 (0.0 m/s) |
1st | 200 m | 22.93 (−1.6 m/s) CR | |||
1st | 4 × 100 m relay | 44.96 | |||
2002 | Commonwealth Games | Manchester, England | 2nd | 100 m | 11.00 (1.5 m/s) |
2nd | 4 × 100 m relay
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42.73 | |||
2004 | Olympic Games | Athens, Greece | 3rd | 100 m | 10.97 |
1st | 200 m | 22.05 | |||
1st | 4 × 100 m relay | 41.73 NR | |||
World Athletics Final
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Monaco, Monaco | 1st | 100 m | 10.91 | |
1st | 200 m | 22.64 | |||
2005 | World Championships | Helsinki, Finland | 2nd | 100 m | 10.95 |
4th | 200 m | 22.38 | |||
2nd | 4 × 100 m relay | 41.99 | |||
World Athletics Final
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Monaco, Monaco | 1st | 100 m | 10.92 | |
2nd | 200 m | 22.37 | |||
2006 | Commonwealth Games | Melbourne, Australia | 2nd | 200 m | 22.72 |
2007 | World Championships | Osaka, Japan | 1st | 100 m | 11.01 |
2nd | 200 m | 22.34 | |||
2nd | 4 × 100 m relay | 42.01 | |||
2008 | Olympic Games | Beijing, China | 1st | 200 m | 21.74 (0.6 m/s) |
DNF | 4 × 100 m relay | ||||
2009 | World Championships | Berlin, Germany | 4th | 100 m | 10.95 |
2nd | 200 m | 22.35 | |||
2010 | World Indoor Championships | Doha, Qatar | 1st | 60 m | 7.00 |
2011 | World Championships | Daegu, Korea | 2nd | 100 metres | 10.97 (−0.4 m/s) |
1st | 200 metres | 22.22 (−1.0 m/s) | |||
2nd | 4 x 100 metres relay | 41.70 NR | |||
2012 | World Indoor Championships | Istanbul, Turkey | 1st | 60 m | 7.01 |
2012 | Olympic Games | London, England | 3rd | 100 metres | 10.81 |
4th | 200 metres | 22.38 | |||
2nd | 4 × 100 m relay
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41.41 NR | |||
2014 | World Indoor Championships | Sopot, Poland | 5th | 60 m | 7.13 |
2015 | World Championships | Beijing, China | 4th | 100 m | 10.91 |
3rd | 200 m | 21.97 | |||
1st | 4 × 100 m relay | 41.07 | |||
2016 | Olympic Games | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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27th (h) | 200 m | 22.97 |
2nd | 4 × 100 m relay | 41.36 |
References
- ^ a b c "IAAF: Veronica CAMPBELL-BROWN - Profile". iaaf.org. Archived from the original on 19 March 2020. Retrieved 12 March 2009.
- ^ The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad. Archived from the originalon 25 August 2008. Retrieved 30 August 2008.
- ^ "2008 SUMMER OLYMPICS : Campbell-Brown wins 200-meter gold in Beijing - Veronica Campbell Brown - Zimbio". Archived from the original on 5 October 2012. Retrieved 23 August 2008.
- ^ "LIFE - TIME". Archived from the original on 7 October 2014 – via time.com.
- ^ Carifta Games Magazine, Part 2 (PDF), Carifta Games 2011, archived from the original (PDF) on 25 April 2012, retrieved 12 October 2011
- ^ Carifta Games Magazine, Part 3 (PDF), Carifta Games 2011, archived from the original (PDF) on 25 April 2012, retrieved 12 October 2011
- ^ Track & Field News, February 2009
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- ^ "London 2012 - Athletics - Women's 100 m". www.olympic.org. IOC. Retrieved 26 March 2015.
- ^ "London 2012 - Athletics - Women's 200 m". www.olympic.org. IOC. Retrieved 26 March 2015.
- ^ "London 2012 - Athletics - Women's 4 x 100 m relay". www.olympic.org. IOC. Retrieved 26 March 2015.
- ^ Veronica Campbell Brown tests positive for banned substance: Jamaican news report Archived 18 June 2013 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ VCB camp breaks silence, says athlete will vigorously try to clear name . Jamaica Gleaner (18 June 2013). Retrieved on 29 July 2014.
- ^ Veronica Campbell Brown clear to compete after failed drugs test. BBC Sport (3 October 2014). Retrieved on 29 July 2014.
- ^ "Veronica Campbell-Brown receives warning, no suspension from Jamaican track and field panel". nbcsports.com. 3 October 2013.
- ^ Ingle, Sean (3 October 2013). "Veronica Campbell-Brown clears hurdle in bid to compete again". The Guardian.
- ^ Veronica Campbell Brown cleared of doping due to 'deplorable' mistakes. The Guardian (15 April 2014). Retrieved on 29 July 2014.
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- IAAF. Retrieved on 7 September 2015.