Ainsley Waugh

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Ainsley Waugh
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica
CAC Junior Championships (U20)
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1996 San Salvador 4x400 m relay

Ainsley Waugh (born 17 September 1981) is a Jamaican track and field sprinter who specialises in the 100 and 200 metres. [1]

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He made his major tournament debut at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics, reaching the quarter-finals in the 100 metres event. He competed at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in both the 100 and 200 metres but failed to progress beyond the semi-finals, registering below-par performances of 10.35 and 21.15. [2]

He finished third in the 200 metres at the Grande Prêmio Brasil Caixa meeting in 2009, setting a new personal best of 20.22 seconds. [3] Waugh also won the 100 metres race with a season's best of 10.16 seconds. [4]

Personal bests

EventTime (seconds)VenueDate
100 metres 10.11 Lappeenranta, Finland13 August 2011
200 metres 20.22 Belém, Brazil24 May 2009

Achievements

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica
1996 CAC Junior Championships (U-20) San Salvador, El Salvador1st4 × 400 m relay3:09.67
2002 NACAC U-25 Championships San Antonio, Texas, United States 3rd200m 21.04 (wind: +0.5 m/s)
3rd4 × 100 m relay 39.86
Central American and Caribbean Games San Salvador, El Salvador 4th (h)200m 21.22 (wind: 0.0 m/s)
2005 World Championships Helsinki, Finland5th (qf)100 m 10.39   (-1.2 m/s)
4th4 × 100 m relay 38.28 SB
2006 Commonwealth Games Melbourne, Australia7th (sf)100 m 10.35   (-0.6 m/s)
8th (sf)200 m 21.15   (1.0 m/s)
1st4 × 100 m relay 38.36

References

  1. ↑ Star Athletes Photo Gallery - Ainsley Waugh - Track & Field Archived 28 May 2012 at the Wayback Machine . University of Technology, Jamaica. Retrieved on 18 April 2012.
  2. 1 2 Waugh Ainsley biography. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-05-30.
  3. ↑ Biscayart, Eduardo (2009-05-25). Belém spectacular produces five world season leads – IAAF World Athletics Tour. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-05-30.
  4. ↑ Official Result 100m men. Confederação Brasileira de Atletismo. Retrieved on 2009-05-30.
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