Cathleen Tschirch is a German sprinter who specialises in the 200 metres. Her personal best time on the individual distance is 22.97 seconds, achieved in August 2007 in Bochum. She has a personal best of 11.42 seconds in the 100 metres.
Kerron Stewart is a retired Jamaican sprinter who specialized in the 100 metres and 200 metres. She is the 2008 Jamaican national champion in the 100 m clocking 10.80s. She defeated World Champion Veronica Campbell-Brown in the process and now is the 2008 Summer Olympics silver medalist after she tied with Sherone Simpson in a time of 10.98s. She also earned a bronze medal in the 200 metres at the 2008 Summer Olympics with a time of 22.00s. She was born in Kingston and retired after the 2018 season.
Vanuatu competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. A total of three Vanuatuan athletes competed in two sports. Moses Kamut and Elis Lapenmal competed in, respectively, the men's and women's 100m sprints, and Priscilla Tommy competed in women's singles table tennis after being selected by the IOC's Tripartite Commission. Tommy's appearance in particular was Vanuatu's debut into table tennis. Tommy was also the country's flagbearer during the opening ceremony. The Vanuatuan delegation to Beijing included the country's head of state and prime minister, but only included Elis Lapenmal; the other two athletes did not accompany the delegation and arrived in China at different times.
Yevgeniya Andreyevna Polyakova is a Russian sprinter who specializes in the 100 metres.
Guzel Khubbieva is an Uzbekistani sprinter who specializes in the 100 and 200 metres.
Dana Hussain Abdul-Razak Al-Khafaji is a sprinter on Iraq's national track and field team, coached by Yousif Abdul-Rahman. Due to the International Olympic Committee ban on Iraq competing at the 2008 Summer Olympics, there were concerns that she might be unable to participate, despite qualifying for the 100- and 200-meter sprint events. The ban was, however, subsequently lifted. She was the only athlete on Iraq's 2008 Olympic team to train within the war-torn country. In Beijing she competed at the 100 metres sprint. In her first round heat she placed sixth in a time of 12.36 which was not enough to advance to the second round.
Asenate Manoa is a Tuvaluan track and field athlete who represented Tuvalu at the 2008 Summer Olympics, at the 2009 World Championships & 2011 World Championships and at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Manoa represented Tuvalu in the sport of powerlifting at the Pacific Games 2015 and won a bronze medal in the 72 kg Female category. She was the first woman to represent Tuvalu at the Olympics.
Yuliya Igorevna Chermoshanskaya is a Russian track and field athlete. She competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the 4x100 metres relay. She is the daughter of former sprinter Galina Malchugina.
Inna Eftimova is a track and field sprint athlete who competes internationally for Bulgaria.
Wan Kin Yee is a track and field sprint athlete who competes internationally for Hong Kong.
Jéssica Carolina Aguilera Aguilera is a track and field sprint athlete who competes internationally for Nicaragua.
Pauline Kwalea is a track and field sprint athlete who competes internationally for the Solomon Islands.
Hinikissia Albertine Ndikert is a track and field sprint athlete who competes internationally for Chad.
Anita Pistone is a track and field sprint athlete who competes internationally for Italy.
Nataliya Mikhaylovna Kresova-Rusakova is a Russian track and field sprint athlete.
Lina Grinčikaitė-Samuolė is a track and field sprint athlete, who competes internationally for Lithuania.
Virgen Benavides Muñoz is a track and field sprint athlete who competes internationally for Cuba.
Daria Onyśko-Korczyńska is a retired track and field sprint athlete who competed internationally for Poland.
Batafoé N’Gnoron Jeanne Audrey Larissa Alloh is a sprinter who competes internationally for Italy.
Laphassaporn Tawoncharoen is a track and field sprint athlete who competes internationally for Thailand.
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