Cydonie Mothersille

Cydonie Mothersille

Mothersille at the 2007 World Athletic Championships in Osaka
Personal information
Born	(1978-03-19) 19 March 1978 (age 46) Jamaica
Height	1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)
Weight	57 kg (126 lb)
Sport
Country	Cayman Islands
Medal record Representing   Cayman Islands Women's athletics World Championships 2001 Edmonton 200 m Commonwealth Games 2010 Delhi 200 m Pan American Games 2003 Santo Domingo 200 m Central American and Caribbean Games 2010 Mayagüez 200 m Continental Cup 2010 Split 200 m
Updated on 22 July 2012

Cydonie Camille Mothersille (born 19 March 1978) is a female former track and field sprinter from the Cayman Islands. Her speciality at the beginning of her career was the 100 metres, while the 200 metres gradually became her main event. She represented her country at four Olympic Games from 1996 to 2008, six World Championships in Athletics, and three Commonwealth Games. Her greatest achievements were in the 200 m, including a bronze at the 2001 World Championships in Athletics), Commonwealth gold in 2010 and a silver at the 2003 Pan American Games. Her World Championship medal was the first ever for her nation. It was achieved several years after the event, following doping disqualifications of Marion Jones and Kelli White of the United States.

Mothersille was born in Jamaica in 1978 and moved to Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands at age 7. While in high school, she was discovered by her high school's physical education teacher Evelyn Rockette and began her track career. Mothersille began competing for the Cayman Islands by competing in the CARIFTA Games, where she performed well with a 100/200 m sprint double in 1996. In 1996, she was awarded the Austin Sealy Trophy for the most outstanding athlete of the 1996 CARIFTA Games. ^{[1] [2]}

While in college she competed in the 100 m, 200 m, 4 × 100 m relay and 4 × 400 m relay for Clemson University. She was a part of the Clemson All American 4 x 100 and 4 x 400 team.

In 2011, Cydonie was the highest paid athlete from the Cayman Islands (male or female) making $85,000 (USD). ^[3] Mothersille is married to Ato Stephens.

Mothersille was coached by Henry Rolle.

International competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing the   Cayman Islands
1992	CARIFTA Games (U-17)	Nassau, Bahamas	8th	200 m	27.12 w
1993	CARIFTA Games (U-17)	Fort-de-France, Martinique	8th	100 m	12.52   (−0.6 m/s)
1994	CARIFTA Games (U-17)	Bridgetown, Barbados	3rd	100 m	11.97
			2nd	200 m	24.31
	Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U-17)	Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago	8th	100 m	12.1   (−0.4 m/s)
			2nd	200 m	24.8   (−2.3 m/s)
	World Junior Championships	Lisbon, Portugal	27th (h) [4]	200m	24.65 (wind: +1.0 m/s)
1995	CARIFTA Games (U-20)	George Town, Cayman Island	3rd	100 m	11.72
			3rd	200 m	23.83
1996	CARIFTA Games (U-20)	Kingston, Jamaica	1st	100 m	11.35   (0.9 m/s)
			1st	200 m	23.77   (−4.4 m/s)
	Olympic Games	Atlanta, United States	6th (h)	100 m	11.61   (0.6 m/s)
	World Junior Championships	Sydney, Australia	6th	100m	11.51 (wind: +0.6 m/s)
			11th (qf) [5]	200m	24.20 (wind: -3.1 m/s)
1997	CARIFTA Games (U-20)	Bridgetown, Barbados	1st	100 m	11.54   (0.0 m/s)
	World Championships	Athens, Greece	6th (h)	100 m	11.87   (−1.5 m/s)
1998	Central American and Caribbean Games	Maracaibo, Venezuela	12th (h)	100 m	11.65
			8th (h)	200 m	24.16
2000	NACAC U-25 Championships	Monterrey, Mexico	3rd	100 m	11.83 (wind: -1.6 m/s)
			2nd	200 m	23.72 (wind: -3.1 m/s)
	Olympic Games	Sydney, Australia	4th (h)	100 m	11.38   (−0.4 m/s)
			4th (h)	200 m	22.78   (0.2 m/s)
2001	World Championships	Edmonton, Canada	3rd	200 m	22.88   (−0.3 m/s)
2002	Commonwealth Games	Manchester, England	5th	200 m
2003	World Indoor Championships	Birmingham, United Kingdom	5th	200 m
	World Championships	Paris, France	7th (sf)	200 m	23.07   (−0.2 m/s)
	World Athletics Final	Monte Carlo, Monaco	7th	200 m
	Pan American Games	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	2nd	200 m
2004	Olympic Games	Athens, Greece	5th (sf)	200 m	22.76   (1.1 m/s)
	World Athletics Final	Monte Carlo, Monaco	6th	200 m
2005	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	8th	200 m	23.00   (0.2 m/s)
2007	World Championships	Osaka, Japan	8th	200 m	23.08   (1.7 m/s)
2008	Olympic Games	Beijing, China	8th	200 m	22.68   (0.6 m/s)
2009	World Championships	Berlin, Germany	4th (sf)	200 m	22.80   (0.3 m/s)
2010	Commonwealth Games	New Delhi, India	1st	200 m	22.89

References

• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Cydonie Mothersille". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.

1. Carifta Games Magazine, Part 2 (PDF), Carifta Games 2011, archived from the original (PDF) on 25 April 2012, retrieved 12 October 2011
2. Carifta Games Magazine, Part 3 (PDF), Carifta Games 2011, archived from the original (PDF) on 25 April 2012, retrieved 12 October 2011
3. "The Mag: Best-paid players from 200 countries". 4 May 2012.
4. Did not show in the quarterfinal.
5. Did not show in the semifinal.

External links

• Cydonie Mothersille at World Athletics