Delloreen Ennis-London

Delloreen Ennis-London

Ennis-London in 2007
Personal information
Born	(1975-03-05) 5 March 1975 (age 50) Saint Catherine Parish, Jamaica
Sport
Sport	Track and field
Medal record Women's athletics Representing   Jamaica World Championships 2005 Helsinki 100 m hurdles 2007 Osaka 100 m hurdles 2009 Berlin 100 m hurdles Commonwealth Games 2006 Melbourne 100 m hurdles Pan American Games 2007 Rio 100 m hurdles CAC Championships 2003 St George's 100m hurdles CAC Junior Championships (U20) 1994 Port of Spain 100 m hurdles CARIFTA Games Junior (U20) 1994 Bridgetown 100 m hurdles 1992 Nassau 100 m hurdles

Delloreen Alverna Ennis-London (born 5 March 1975) is a Jamaican hurdling athlete who won the silver medal in the 100 metre hurdles at the 2005 World Championships.

Career

She broke onto the world scene in 1999 when she improved her best by more than half a second. Achieving the result of 12.52 in 2000, she finished fourth at the 2000 Olympics. In Athens 2004, however, she only reached the semi-final. She did not beat her own personal best until April 2004 in Denton, Texas, when she lowered it by 1/100 second.

She won the 100 m hurdles at the 2009 national championships, giving her the opportunity to compete at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics in Berlin that year where she won another bronze medal. ^[1]

Delloreen is coached by Remi Korchemny.

Personal bests

• 100 metres  : 11.77 (2005)
• 100 metres hurdles  : 12.50 (2007)

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing   Jamaica
1992	CARIFTA Games (U-20)	Nassau, Bahamas	1st	100 m hurdles	13.92
	World Junior Championships	Seoul, South Korea	11th (sf)	100 m hurdles	13.81 (wind: +0.3 m/s)
1994	CARIFTA Games (U-20)	Bridgetown, Barbados	1st	100 m hurdles	14.53
	Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U-20)	Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago	2nd	100 m hurdles	14.0   (-1.0 m/s)
1999	World Championships	Seville, Spain	7th	100 m hurdles	12.87   (0.7 m/s)
2000	IAAF Grand Prix Final	Doha, UAE	3rd	100 m hurdles	12.96   (1.2 m/s)
2003	Central American and Caribbean Championships	St. George's, Grenada	1st	100 m hurdles	12.70 CR
2004	Olympic Games	Athens, Greece	5th (sf)	100 m hurdles	12.60   (1.7 m/s)
2005	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	2nd	100 m hurdles	12.76   (-2.0 m/s)
2006	Commonwealth Games	Melbourne, Australia	3rd	100 m hurdles	13.00   (-0.3 m/s)
2007	Pan American Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	1st	100 m hurdles	12.65   (0.0 m/s) GRPB
	World Championships	Osaka, Japan	3rd	100 m hurdles	12.50   (-0.1 m/s)
2008	Olympic Games	Beijing, China	5th	100 m hurdles	12.65   (0.1 m/s)
2009	World Championships	Berlin, Germany	3rd	100 m hurdles	12.55   (0.2 m/s)
	IAAF World Athletics Final	Thessaloniki, Greece	3rd	100 m hurdles	12.61   (-0.1 m/s)

References

1. Foster, Anthony (2009-06-29). Bolt completes double; ‘Not 100%’ Veronica Campbell-Brown runs 22.40 – JAM Champs, Day 3. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-06-29.

External links

• Delloreen Ennis-London at World Athletics
• Delloreen Ennis-London at Diamond League
• Delloreen Ennis-London at Olympics.com
• Delloreen Ennis-London at Olympedia
• Delloreen Ennis-London at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)