Chandra Sturrup (born September 12, 1971) is a Bahamian track and field sprint athlete. [1]
Chandra Sturrup (born September 12, 1971) is a Bahamian track and field sprint athlete. [1]
She is a 100m specialist and the Bahamian record holder for the women's 100m with a personal best of 10.84 set in Lausanne, Switzerland on July 5, 2005. Sturrup is an alumnus of Norfolk State University, and has taken part in almost every major event since 1991 after the birth of her son, Shawn Murray Jr. For most of her career, she was coached by Trevor Graham.
Sturrup competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing at the 100 metres sprint. In her first-round heat she placed first in front of Kelly-Ann Baptiste and Lina Grincikaite in a time of 11.30 to advance to the second round. There she improved her time to 11.16 and placed third behind Sherone Simpson and Muna Lee. In her semi final Sturrup finished in fifth position with 11.22 seconds, causing elimination. Her fellow Bahamian Debbie Ferguson qualified for the final with the same time, but she finished fourth in her semi final. [1]
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| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing the  Bahamas | |||||
| 1988 | CARIFTA Games (U-20) | Kingston, Jamaica | 3rd | 200 m | 24.6 |
| Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U-20) | Nassau, Bahamas | 1st | 100 m | 11.96 | |
| 2nd | 200 m | 24.27 (-0.3 m/s) | |||
| 2nd | 4 × 100 m relay | 46.77 | |||
| World Junior Championships | Sudbury, Canada | 15th (sf) | 100m | 11.93 (wind: -0.7 m/s) | |
| 11th (sf) | 200m | 23.96 w(wind: +2.7 m/s) | |||
| 1989 | CARIFTA Games (U-20) | Bridgetown, Barbados | 2nd | 200 m | 24.1 |
| 1990 | CARIFTA Games (U-20) | Kingston, Jamaica | 3rd | 100 m | 11.84 (1.3 m/s) |
| 3rd | 200 m | 24.15 (-0.2 m/s) | |||
| Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U-20) | Havana, Cuba | 3rd | 100 m | 11.89 (-0.4 m/s) | |
| 4th | 200 m | 24.22 (-0.5 m/s) | |||
| 3rd | 4 × 100 m relay | 47.44 | |||
| 3rd | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:54.54 | |||
| World Junior Championships | Plovdiv, Bulgaria | 6th (sf) | 100 m | 11.62 (wind: +1.0 m/s) | |
| 6th | 200 m | 23.81 (wind: +1.3 m/s) | |||
| 1993 | Central American and Caribbean Championships | Cali, Colombia | 2nd | 4 × 100 m relay | 44.28 |
| 1995 | World Championships | Gothenburg, Sweden | 5th (h) | 100 m | 11.59 (0.5 m/s) |
| 1996 | Olympic Games | Atlanta, United States | 4th | 100 m | 11.00 (-0.7 m/s) |
| 6th | 200 m | 22.54 (0.3 m/s) | |||
| 2nd | 4 × 100 m relay | 42.14 | |||
| 1997 | World Championships | Athens, Greece | 6th (qf) | 200 m | 23.07 (0.3 m/s) |
| 1998 | Central American and Caribbean Games | Maracaibo, Venezuela | 1st | 100 m | 11.14 |
| – | 4 × 100 m relay | DQ | |||
| 1999 | World Championships | Seville, Spain | 7th | 100 m | 11.06 (-0.1 m/s) |
| 6th (sf) | 200 m | 22.75 (0.5 m/s) | |||
| 1st | 4 × 100 m relay | 41.92 WL | |||
| 2000 | Olympic Games | Sydney, Australia | 6th | 100 m | 11.21 (-0.4 m/s) |
| 3rd (h) | 200 m | 23.09 (1.6 m/s) | |||
| 1st | 4 × 100 m relay | 41.95 SB | |||
| 2001 | World Championships | Edmonton, Canada | 3rd | 100 m | 11.02 (-0.3 m/s) |
| 2003 | World Championships | Paris, France | 3rd | 100 m | 11.02 (0.9 m/s) |
| 2004 | Olympic Games | Athens, Greece | 7th (qf) | 100 m | 11.46 (0.2 m/s) |
| 4th | 4 × 100 m relay | 42.69 SB | |||
| 2005 | World Championships | Helsinki, Finland | 4th | 100 m | 11.09 (1.3 m/s) |
| — | 4 × 100 m relay | DNF (h) | |||
| 2007 | World Championships | Osaka, Japan | 6th (sf) | 100 m | 11.22 (-0.3 m/s) |
| 2008 | Olympic Games | Beijing, China | 5th (sf) | 100 m | 11.22 (-0.7 m/s) |
| 2009 | World Championships | Berlin, Germany | 7th | 100 m | 11.05 (0.1 m/s) |
| 2nd | 4 × 100 m relay | 42.29 SB | |||
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