Chandra Sturrup

Chandra Sturrup

Personal information
Born	(1971-09-21) September 21, 1971 (age 53) Nassau, Bahamas
Sport
Sport	Track and field
Medal record Representing   Bahamas Olympic Games 2000 Sydney 4 × 100 m relay 1996 Atlanta 4 × 100 m relay World Championships 1999 Seville 4 × 100 m relay 2009 Berlin 4 × 100 m relay 2001 Edmonton 100 m 2003 Paris 100 m Pan American Games 1999 Winnipeg 100 m 2007 Rio de Janeiro 100 m Central American and Caribbean Games 1998 Maracaibo 100 m 1993 Ponce 100 m Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics 1997 San Juan 4 × 100 m relay 2005 Nassau 100 m 2008 Cali 100 m 1989 San Juan 4 × 100 m relay 1993 Cali 4 × 100 m relay 2005 Nassau 4 × 100 m relay 2008 Cali 4 × 100 m relay Commonwealth Games 1998 Kuala Lumpur 100 m 2002 Manchester 4 × 100 m relay World Indoor Championships 2001 Lisbon 60 metres Continental Cup 1998 Johannesburg 100 m 1998 Johannesburg 4 × 100 m relay CAC Junior Championships (U20) 1988 Nassau 100 m 1988 Nassau 200 m 1988 Nassau 4 × 100 m relay 1990 Havana 100 m 1990 Havana 4 × 100 m relay 1990 Havana 4 × 400 m relay CARIFTA Games Junior (U20) 1989 Bridgetown 200 m 1988 Kingston 200 m 1990 Kingston 100 m 1990 Kingston 200 m

Chandra Lavon Sturrup (born September 12, 1971) is a Bahamian track and field sprint athlete. ^[1]

Career

She is a 100 m specialist and the Bahamian record holder for the women's 100 m 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]

Achievements

• 2005 World Championships in Athletics - fourth place (100 m)
• 2003 World Championships in Athletics - bronze medal (100 m)
• 2002 Commonwealth Games - gold medal (4 × 100 m relay)
• 2001 World Championships in Athletics - bronze medal (100 m)
• 2001 World Indoor Championships in Athletics - gold medal (60 m)
• 2000 Olympic Games - gold medal (4 × 100 m relay)
• 2000 Olympic Games - sixth place
• 1999 World Championships in Athletics - gold medal (4 × 100 m relay)
• 1999 World Championships in Athletics - seventh place (100 m)
• 1998 Commonwealth Games - gold medal (100 m)
• 1997 World Indoor Championships in Athletics - silver medal (60 m)
• 1996 Olympic Games - silver medal (4 × 100 m relay)
• 1996 Olympic Games - fourth place (100 m)

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Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
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)	100 m	11.93 (wind: -0.7 m/s)
			11th (sf)	200 m	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
	Central American and Caribbean Games	Ponce, Puerto Rico	3rd	100 m	11.89
			5th	200 m	23.94
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

References

1. "Athlete biography: Chandra Sturrup". Beijing2008.cn . Archived from the original on 15 September 2008. Retrieved 27 August 2008.

External links

• Chandra Sturrup at World Athletics
• Chandra Sturrup at Diamond League
• Chandra Sturrup at Olympics.com
• Chandra Sturrup at Olympedia
• Chandra Sturrup at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)