Alonso Edward

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Alonso Edward
Alonso Edward 2012 Olympics.jpg
Personal information
Full nameAlonso Reno Edward Henry
Born (1989-12-08) 8 December 1989 (age 34)
Panama City, Panamá Province, Panama
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight77 kg (170 lb)
Sport
Sport Running
Event Sprints
Coached byLance Brauman
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)100 m: 10.01 (Cochabamba 2018)
200 m: 19.81 (Berlin 2009)
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing Flag of Panama.svg  Panama
World Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2009 Berlin 200 m
Pan American Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2015 Toronto 200 m
South American Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2014 Santiago 100 m
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2018 Cochabamba 100 m
South American Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2009 Lima 100 m
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2009 Lima 200 m
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2023 São Paulo 200 m
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2007 São Paulo 4×100 m relay
Central American and Caribbean Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2018 Barranquilla 200 m
Central American Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2010 Panama City 100 m
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2013 San José 200 m
Central American Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2012 Managua 200 m
South American Junior Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2007 São Paulo 100 m
South American Youth Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2006 Caracas 100 m
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2006 Caracas 200 m
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2006 Caracas 4×100 m relay
Representing Americas (orthographic projection).svg Americas
Continental Cup
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2014 Marrakech 200 m
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2018 Ostrava 200 m
Updated on 9 Sep 2018

Alonso Reno Edward Henry (born 8 December 1989), commonly known as Alonso Edward, [nb] is a Panamanian sprinter who specialises in the 100 and 200 metres.

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He set a South American junior record in the 100 m in 2007. Edward competed in his first World Junior Championships in 2008, finishing in sixth place. He made significant improvements in the 2009 season, setting national records in the 100 m and 200 m in May and winning both events at the 2009 South American Championships in Athletics. Prior to the 2009 World Championships, he again beat the 200 m national record, becoming the fourth fastest runner of the season. At his first ever World Championships, he set a South American record to win the silver medal in the 200 metres final, becoming the youngest ever medallist in that event.

Early career

Born in Panama City, Panamá, Edward is of Jamaican descent on his mother's side. [1] [2] He was initially coached by Cecilio Woodruf in his home country and came to prominence on the youth and junior athletics circuit, winning a 100/200 m double at the South American Youth Championships and the 100 m gold at the 2007 South American Junior Championships. [3] His time of 10.28 seconds, at the junior championships, was a new South American junior record, improving upon his own previous mark. [4] He also attended the 2007 Pan American Junior Championships, but pulled up in the heats. [5] Following in the footsteps of fellow Panamanian athlete Irving Saladino, he moved to train in Brazil but an injury interrupted the start of his season, all but eliminating his chances to qualify for the 2008 Summer Olympics. [3] While recovering, Edward moved to the United States and enrolled with Barton County Community College in Great Bend, Kansas, working under the tutelage of Matt Kane. [6] He made his first appearance at a world competition; the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics. A season's best run of 10.91 seconds in the 100 m saw him eliminated in the heats stage. [7]

Breakthrough season

In the 2009 athletics season, Edward had markedly improved from the previous season: at the Texas Invitational meet in early May, he ran 9.97 seconds to break the 10-second barrier, with the wind assistance just over the legal limit (2.3  m/s). [8] Later that month he broke two national records, running 10.09 seconds in the 100 m and 20.34 seconds in the 200 m at a meet in Hutchinson, Kansas. [6] The following month he proved his ability to win at the senior regional level, taking two gold medals in a sprint double at the 2009 South American Championships in Athletics. He beat the competition in the 200 m by almost half a second, finishing with 20.45 seconds. [6]

Further improvements came in the 200 m in Rethymno in July, as he broke his own national record to win in twenty seconds flat. [9] This time ranked him as fourth fastest in the world coming into the 2009 World Championships in Athletics, with only Usain Bolt, Tyson Gay, and Wallace Spearmon running faster. [10] [11]

In the 200 metres at the World Championships, Edward reached a new level of performance. Touted as a possible surprise finalist, [12] he started well, winning his heat and his quarter-final. [13] [14] In the semi-finals, he finished second to Usain Bolt and was the third fastest of the round overall, after Spearmon, with a run of 20.22 seconds. [15] Although Bolt won the final race by a margin of 0.62 seconds to set a new world record, Edward set a South American record of 19.81 seconds. He had started the season with a best of 20.62 seconds, but he had improved by 0.81 seconds in just one year, breaking Bolt's previous record for the fastest time by a 19-year-old and becoming the youngest ever World Championship medallist in the men's 200 m in the process. [16]

Prior to the 2010 season, Edward decided that he would miss the 2010 World Indoor Championships in Athletics in favour of focusing upon the first IAAF Diamond League, keen to become the first South American to break the 10-second barrier. [3] He began his outdoor season in April, winning the 100 m gold at the Central American Games in Panama, but he suffered a strained hamstring in the 200 m and missed much of the year through the injury. [17]

Personal bests

EventTime (sec)VenueDate
100 metres 10.01 s Cochabamba, Bolivia6 June 2018
200 metres 19.81 s Berlin, Germany20 August 2009
200 metres (indoor)20.70 s Fayetteville, United States23 January 2010


Track records

As of September 2024, Edward holds the following track records for 100 metres and 200 metres.


100 metres

LocationTimeWindspeed
m/s		Date
Cochabamba 10.01
PB		– 0.706/06/2018


200 metres

LocationTimeWindspeed
m/s		DateNotes
Barranquilla 19.96+ 0.431/07/2018
Georgetown20.00+ 0.307/05/2014
Marrakesh 19.98+ 0.214/09/2014Track record is shared with
Rasheed Dwyer (JAM) from the same race.
Rabat 20.07+ 3.822/05/2016
Rethymno 20.00+ 1.320/07/2009

Competition record

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing Flag of Panama.svg  Panama
2006 Central American Junior
Championships (U20) 		Guatemala City, Guatemala 2nd100 m11.05 (wind: -0.7 m/s)
3rd200m22.07 (wind: +0.7 m/s)
South American Youth Championships Caracas, Venezuela 1st100 m10.60 s (wind: +0.0 m/s)
1st200 m21.18 s (wind: +0.0 m/s)
2nd4 × 100 m41.96 s
6th1000 m medley relay2:03.41 min
2007 ALBA Games Caracas, Venezuela 1st100 m10.25 s w(wind: +2.3 m/s)
2nd200 m20.62 s NRNR-j(wind: +2.0 m/s)
2nd4 × 100 m relay40.07 s
Central American Junior
Championships (U20) 		San Salvador, El Salvador 1st100 m10.59 (wind: -2.9 m/s)
1st200 m21.08 (wind: -1.2 m/s)
1st4 × 400 m relay3:23.01
South American Championships São Paulo, Brazil 5th 4 × 100 m relay 40.13 s
3rd 4 × 400 m relay 3:09.67 min
South American Junior Championships São Paulo, Brazil 1st100 m10.28 s (wind: +0.0 m/s)
2nd (h) [18] 200 m21.84 (wind: -0.3 m/s)
Pan American Junior Championships São Paulo, Brazil —100 mDNF
2008 World Junior Championships Bydgoszcz, Poland 45th100 m 10.91 s (wind: 0.2 m/s)
2009 South American Championships Lima, Peru 1st100 m 10.29 s A(wind: 0.6 m/s)
1st200 m 20.45 s A(wind: 0.0 m/s)
World Championships Berlin, Germany 2nd200 m 19.81 AR (-0.3 m/s)
2010 Central American Games Panama City, Panama 1st 100 m 10.24 s GR (wind: -0.2 m/s)
8th 200 m 47.18 s (wind: 0.1 m/s)
2011 South American Championships Buenos Aires, Argentina – 100 m DQ
World Championships Daegu, South Korea – 200 m DNF (f)
2012 Central American Championships Managua, Nicaragua 1st200 m21.23 (wind: 0.3 m/s)
Olympic Games London, United Kingdom – 200 m DQ (h)
2013 Central American Games San José, Costa Rica 1st 200 m 20.52 s w(wind: +2.1 m/s)
— 4 × 100 m relay DNF
World Championships Moscow, Russia 7th (sf) 200 m 20.67 s (wind: -0.3 m/s)
2014 South American Games Santiago, Chile 1st 100 m 10.23 s GR (wind: +1.1 m/s)
2015 World Championships Beijing, China 4th200 m 19.87
2016 Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 7th200 m 20.23
2017 World Championships London, United Kingdom 29th (h)200 m 20.61
2018 South American Games Cochabamba, Bolivia 1st100 m 10.01 GR
Central American and Caribbean Games Barranquilla, Colombia 2nd200 m 20.17
2019 Pan American Games Lima, Peru 4th200 m 20.55
2021 Olympic Games Tokyo, Japan 23rd (h)200 m 20.60 1
2022 World Championships Eugene, United States 44th (h)200 m 22.08
2023 Central American and Caribbean Games San Salvador, El Salvador –100 m DQ
3rd200 m 20.46
South American Championships São Paulo, Brazil 5th100 m 10.14
2nd200 m 20.30
World Championships Budapest, Hungary 29th (h)200 m 20.63
Pan American Games Santiago, Chile 5th100 m 10.41
5th200 m 21.01

1Did not finish in the semifinal

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References

  1. ↑ Weeks D., Reinaldo A. (July 23, 2012), El desafío de Edward. Pese a las lesiones y su prolongada inactividad de 10 meses, el corredor panameño quiere dar otra sorpresa en Londres 2012. (in Spanish), La Prensa, Panamá, República de Panamá, retrieved September 3, 2012
  2. ↑ Alonso Edward, Official London 2012 website, archived from the original on August 31, 2012, retrieved September 3, 2012
  3. 1 2 3 4 Biscayart, Eduardo (2009-12-29). Alonso Edward: at 19, faster than Bolt. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-12-30.
  4. ↑ Biscayart, Eduardo (2007-07-02). Edwards runs 10.28 100m at South American Junior Champs. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-08-08.
  5. ↑ Pan American Junior Championship Archived 2013-08-31 at the Wayback Machine . WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY. Retrieved on 2009-08-08.
  6. 1 2 3 Biscayart, Eduardo (2009-06-22). Brazil repeats triumph at South American Championships – Day 3 report Archived 2009-08-26 at the Wayback Machine . IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-08-08.
  7. ↑ Biography Edward Alonso. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-08-08.
  8. ↑ Dunaway, James (2009-05-03). Fast times in Austin, Gay impresses in 400m. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-08-08.
  9. ↑ Sanders sets season’s best in Rethymno Archived 2009-07-24 at the Wayback Machine . Athletics Weekly (2009-07-20). Retrieved on 2009-08-08.
  10. ↑ Mulkeen, Jon (2009-08-08). Men's 200m - PREVIEW Archived 2009-08-28 at the Wayback Machine . IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-08-08.
  11. ↑ 200 Metres 2009. IAAF (2009-08-05). Retrieved on 2009-08-08.
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  17. ↑ Alonso Edward injured in Central American Sports Games. Xinhua (2010-04-19). Retrieved on 2010-07-19.
  18. ↑ Did not show in the final
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