Emmanuel Callender

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Emmanuel Callender
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Emmanuel Callender at the 2012 Olympics
Personal information
Nationality Trinidad and Tobago
Born (1984-05-10) 10 May 1984 (age 40)
Height1.89 m (6 ft 2+12 in)
Weight86 kg (190 lb)
Sport
Sport Running
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)100m: 10.05
200m: 20.40
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago
Olympic Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2008 Beijing 4×100 m relay
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2012 London 4 x 100 m relay
World Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2009 Berlin 4×100 m relay
Pan American Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2011 Guadalajara 100 m
NACAC Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2007 San Salvador 4×100 m relay
CAC Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2008 Cali 200 m
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2009 Havana 100 m
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2011 Mayagüez 4×100 m relay
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2013 Morelia 4×100 m relay
Updated on 7 August 2016

Emmanuel Earl Callender (sometimes Callander; born 10 May 1984 in Arouca, Trinidad and Tobago) [1] is a track and field sprint athlete, who competes internationally for Trinidad and Tobago. [2]

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Callender represented Trinidad and Tobago at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. He competed at the 4 × 100 m relay, together with Marc Burns, Aaron Armstrong, Keston Bledman and Richard Thompson. In their qualification heat (without Callender) they placed first in front of Japan, the Netherlands and Brazil. Their time of 38.26 was the fastest of all sixteen teams participating in the first round and they qualified for the final. Armstrong was replaced by Callender for the final race and they sprinted to a time of 38.06 seconds, the second fastest time after the Jamaican team, winning the silver medal. [3]

At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he raced in the first round and the final, and Trinidad and Tobago won the silver medal. [4]

Callender set new personal bests in the 100 and 200 meters at the Grande Prêmio Brasil Caixa meet in May 2009, recording times of 10.16 and 20.40 seconds respectively. [5] Since then, he has improved his 100 m personal best, to 10.05 s. [2]

Personal bests

International competitions

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago
2006 NACAC Under-23 Championships Santo Domingo, Dominican Rep. 3rd4 × 100 m 39.98
2007 NACAC Championships San Salvador, El Salvador 5th200 m 20.93 (+1.8 m/s)
3rd4 × 100 m 39.92
Pan American Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 5th200 m 21.03 (+0.8 m/s)
4th4 × 100 m 39.23
2008 Central American and Caribbean Championships Cali, Colombia 1st200 m 20.69 (+0.5 m/s)
Olympic Games Beijing, China 1st4 × 100 m 38.06
2009 Central American and Caribbean Championships La Habana, Cuba 1st100 m 10.08 (+0.1 m/s)
200 m10th (h) 21.10 (-0.5 m/s)
1st4 × 100 m 38.73
World Championships Berlin, Germany 26th (qf)100 m 10.27 (+0.1 m/s)
8th (sf)200 m 20.70 (+0.3 m/s)
2nd4 × 100 m 37.62
2010 Central American and Caribbean Games Mayagüez, Puerto Rico 3rd (h)100 m 10.16 (+1.4 m/s)
6th200 m 20.81 (0.0 m/s)
1st4 × 100 m 38.24
Commonwealth Games Delhi, India 4th100 m 10.25 (+0.3 m/s)
7th200 m 21.12 (+0.1 m/s)
2nd (h)4 × 100 m 39.47
2011 Central American and Caribbean Championships Mayagüez, Puerto Rico 5th200 m 21.12 (+1.1 m/s)
2nd4 × 100 m 38.89
World Championships Daegu, South Korea 200 m33rd (h) 20.97 (-0.3 m/s)
Pan American Games Guadalajara, Mexico 3rd100 m 10.16 (+0.2 m/s)
4 × 100 m DNF
2012 Olympic Games London, United Kingdom 2nd4 × 100 m 38.12
2013 Central American and Caribbean Championships Morelia, México 3rd4 × 100 m 39.26
2014 Central American and Caribbean Games Xalapa, México 4th (h)100 m 10.46 A(-0.7 m/s)
3rd (h)*200 m 21.33 A(-0.8 m/s)
2015 NACAC Championships San José, Costa Rica 4th (sf)100 m 10.25 w(+2.7 m/s)
5th4 × 100 m 38.90
2016 Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 6th (h)4 × 100 m 37.96
2017 IAAF World Relays Nassau, Bahamas 1st (B)4 × 100 m 39.04
4th4 × 200 m 1:21.39
World Championships London, United Kingdom 27th (h)100 m 10.25
9th (h)4 × 100 m 38.61
2018 World Indoor Championships Birmingham, United Kingdom27th (h)60 m 6.80
Commonwealth Games Gold Coast, Australia 23rd (sf)100 m 10.54
4 × 100 m DQ

: Disqualified in the final.
: Did not finish in the final.
*: Disqualified in the semifinal.

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References

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  3. 2008 Summer Olympics Results - Track and Field ESPN
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