Anthonique Strachan (/strɔːn/; born 22 August 1993) is a Bahamian sprinter, she is the 2012 100m and 200m World Junior Champion. She competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics, 2016 Summer Olympics and the 2020 Summer Olympics, in 200 m. and 4 × 400 m relay[1]
Career
editShe attended St. Augustine's College in Nassau, Bahamas, and trained with Club Monica Athletics. She trained in Auburn, Alabama under coach Henry Rolle who also coached Kerron Stewart, Darrel Brown and Marc Burns,[2] before moving to Kingston, Jamaica to train with MVP Track and Field Club under coach Stephen Francis.[3]
At the 2011 CARIFTA Games, she won two gold medals (100 metres in 11.38s (−0.8 m/s), and 200 metres in 23.17s (0.0 m/s)) in the junior (U-20) category equalling Veronica Campbell's 200 metres games record of 22.93s (1.1 m/s) in the heats. She was consequently awarded the Austin Sealy Trophy for the most outstanding athlete of the games.
Strachan won gold medals over 200 metres and 4×100 metres relay at the 2011 Pan American Junior Athletics Championships.[4] Her 200 metres time of 22.70 was a new World Junior Leading and a new championship record.[5]
At the 2012 CARIFTA Games, she won three gold medals: 100 metres in wind-assisted 11.22s (4.4 m/s), 200 metres, this year improving Veronica Campbell's and her own 200 metres games record to 22.85s (−0.7 m/s), and finally, she led the Bahamas 4 × 100 m relay team to gold in 45.02s. For the second time in the role, she was awarded the Austin Sealy Trophy for the most outstanding athlete of the games.[6]
Strachan broke the 11 second barrier over 100m on April 26 in Kingston, Jamaica at the Wolmer Speedfest. Strachan placed first in a time of 10.99 (+0.5).[7]
Achievements
edit| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Representing  Bahamas
| |||||
| 2009 | CARIFTA Games (U-17) | Vieux Fort, Saint Lucia | 2nd | 200 m | 23.95 (−0.4 m/s) |
| 3rd | 4×100 m relay | 47.04 | |||
| 2010 | CARIFTA Games (U-20) | George Town, Cayman Islands | 5th | 200 m | 24.57 (0.5 m/s) |
| 2nd | 4 × 100 m relay | 45.59 | |||
| Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U-20) | Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | 4th | 200 m | 24.19 (−1.3 m/s) | |
| — | 400 m | DNF | |||
| 3rd | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:38.81 | |||
| World Junior Championships | Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada | 12th (sf) | 200m | 23.99 (wind: +1.8 m/s) | |
| 2011 | CARIFTA Games (U-20) | Montego Bay, Jamaica | 1st | 100 m | 11.38 (−0.8 m/s) |
| 1st | 200 m | 23.17 (0.0 m/s) | |||
| — | 4 × 100 m relay | DQ | |||
| 2012 | CARIFTA Games (U-20) | Hamilton, Bermuda | 1st | 100 m | 11.22s (4.4 m/s) |
| 1st | 200 m | 22.85s (−0.7 m/s) CR | |||
| 1st | 4 × 100 m relay | 45.02 | |||
References
edit- ^ "Athletics STRACHAN Anthonique". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 2 August 2021. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
- ^ Finlayson, Alpheus (24 July 2011). "Anthonique Strachan Clocks World's Best Junior Time, New Bahamian National Junior and New Pan American Jr. Championships Record". The Bahamas Weekly.
- ^ "Third Place Finish For Anthonique Strachan In Zagreb". The Tribune 242. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
- ^ Johnson, Kelsie (27 July 2011). "Junior track stars end season on high note". Nassau Guardian.
- ^ Dorsett, Renaldo (25 July 2011). "Anthonique strikes gold, sets a new meet record". The Tribune. Archived from the original on 15 March 2012.
- ^ Finisterre, Terry (10 April 2012), Weather improves to allow records to highlight last day of CARIFTA Games, IAAF, retrieved 31 May 2012
- ^ "Strachan Dips Under 11 Seconds In 100 Metres". The Tribune 242. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
External links
edit- Anthonique Strachan at World Athletics
- Profile at the MVP Track Club
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