Carmiesha Cox

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Carmiesha Cox
Personal information
NationalityFlag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas
Born (1995-05-16) 16 May 1995 (age 29)
The Bahamas
Sport
Sport Running
Event(s) 100 metres, 200 metres,
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing the Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas
Pan American Junior Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2011 Miramar 4×100 m relay
CAC Junior Championships (Youth)
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2012 San Salvador 100 m
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2012 San Salvador 200 m
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2012 San Salvador 4×100 m relay
CARIFTA Games (Junior)
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2012 Hamilton 4×100 m relay
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2013 Nassau 4×100 m relay
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2012 Hamilton 100 m
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2013 Nassau 100 m
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2013 Nassau 200 m
CARIFTA Games (Youth)
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2011 Montego Bay 200 m
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2011 Montego Bay 4×100 m relay

Carmiesha Cox (born 16 May 1995) is a Bahamian sprinter and hurdler who attended Purdue University. She was part of a gold-medal winning Bahamian team at the 2011 Pan American Junior Athletics Championships. [1] [2] She also ran the third leg of the 4x400 metres Relay at the 2016 Olympic Games. [3]

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Early life

Carmiesha Arecta Anna Cox was born to Carmen and Dwight Cox. [4] She has four siblings - three older brothers and one older sister. [4] Cox attended high school at Aquinas College. She later attended Purdue University, from 2014 to 2018, where she majored in Business Management. [4]

References

  1. ↑ "Bahamas Athletics' Athlete Profiles: Andre Colebrooke, Carmiesha Cox, Devynne Charlton". The Bahamas Weekly. 22 June 2012. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
  2. ↑ "Added for relay duties are Camiesha Cox and Keianna Albury (women's 4 x 100m);". The Tribune 242. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
  3. ↑ "Women, like men, making inroads in the relays". Tribune newspaper. Nassau, Bahamas. 1 February 2017. Last year at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics, the Bahamian quartet broke the national record... The team of Lanece Clarke, Anthonique Strachan, Carmiesha Cox and Christine Amertil, in that order, ran a new national record time of 3:26.36, slaughtering the old national mark by over two seconds.
  4. 1 2 3 "Purdues' 2017-18 Track & Field Roster: Carmiesha Cox". Purdue Boilermakers. 2017. Retrieved 13 August 2024.


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