Kineke Alexander

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Kineke Alexander
Personal information
Full nameKineke Alicia Alexander
Born (1986-02-21) 21 February 1986 (age 39)
Kingstown, Saint Vincent [1]
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight65 kg (143 lb)
Sport
CountryFlag of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.svg  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Sport Track
Event 400m
College team Iowa
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing Flag of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.svg  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Pan American Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2015 Toronto 400 m
CAC Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2013 Morelia 200 m
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2013 Morelia 400 m

Kineke Alicia Alexander (born 21 February 1986 in Kingstown, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines) is a Vincentian sprinter [2] who competed in the 400m event at the 2008 Summer Olympics and the 2012 Summer Olympics. [3] [4] [5] She was the flag bearer for Saint Vincent and the Grenadines at the 2008 opening ceremony and the 2012 opening ceremony. [6] [7] She was also the Saint Vincent and the Grenadines flagbearer at the 2014 Commonwealth Games. [8]

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At the 2008 Summer Olympics, she finished in 4th place in her 400 m heat and therefore did not progress further. [4] At the London 2012 Olympics, Kineke competed in the first Round of the Women's 400m but she didn't finish. Alexander qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics and was again the flag bearer for the Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. At the 2016 Summer Olympics, she finished 7th in her heat and did not qualify for the semifinals. [9]

Personal bests

EventResultVenueDate
Outdoor
100 m11.69 s(wind: -1.3 m/s) Flag of the United States.svg Houston, Texas 23 Mar 2013
200 m23.00 sA(wind: -0.6 m/s) Flag of Mexico.svg Morelia 7 Jul 2013
400 m51.23 s Flag of the United States.svg San Marcos, Texas 26 Apr 2014
Indoor
60 m7.34 s Flag of the United States.svg Houston, Texas 17 Jan 2014
200 m23.24 s Flag of the United States.svg Fayetteville, Arkansas 14 Feb 2015
400 m51.48 s Flag of the United States.svg Fayetteville, Arkansas 10 Mar 2007

Achievements

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing Flag of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.svg  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
2001 CARIFTA Games (U17) Bridgetown, Barbados 7th200m25.38 (-4.0 m/s)
8th400m59.66
World Youth Championships Debrecen, Hungary 13th (h)1200m25.00 (+0.1 m/s)
24th (h)400m57.54
2002 CARIFTA Games (U17) Nassau, Bahamas 5th200m24.97 (-1.3 m/s)
3rd400m56.23
Long jumpNM
Central American and Caribbean
Junior Championships
(U17)
Bridgetown, Barbados 5th200m25.30 (-1.0 m/s)
2nd400m55.42
Central American and Caribbean
Junior Championships
(U20)
7th4 × 100 m relay49.11
5th4 × 400 m relay4:02.33
2003 CARIFTA Games (U20) Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago 6th400m54.34
7th800m2:22.80
World Youth Championships Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada 36th (h)200m25.10 (+1.0 m/s)
14th (sf)400m57.49
Pan American Junior Championships Bridgetown, Barbados 5th (h)200m24.70 (+0.4 m/s)
4th (h)400m56.00
2004 CARIFTA Games (U20) Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago 5th (h)200m24.49 w(+2.3 m/s)
2nd400m53.83
Central American and Caribbean
Junior Championships (U20)
Coatzacoalcos, México 8th200m24.91 w(+2.7 m/s)
1st400m53.93
World Junior Championships Grosseto, Italy 15th (sf)400m 56.42
2005 Central American and Caribbean Championships Nassau, Bahamas 9th (h)400 m 53.43
Pan American Junior Championships Windsor, Ontario, Canada 4th400m53.28
World Championships Helsinki, Finland 6th (h)400 m 54.45
2006 Commonwealth Games Melbourne, Australia 17th (sf)400m 53.19
NACAC Under-23 Championships Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic 4th400m 52.95
Central American and Caribbean Games Cartagena, Colombia 3rd400m 52.04
2007 NACAC Championships San Salvador, El Salvador 3rd400m 53.52
Pan American Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 10th (h)400m 52.37
World Championships Osaka, Japan 28th (h)400 m 52.51
2008 Central American and Caribbean Championships Cali, Colombia 11th (h)400m 52.68 A
NACAC U-23 Championships Toluca, México 6th400m 53.22 A
Olympic Games Beijing, China 32nd (h)400 m 52.87
2009 World Championships Berlin, Germany 22nd (sf)400 m 53.43
2011 Central American and Caribbean Championships Mayagüez, Puerto Rico 16th (h)400m 55.41
Pan American Games Guadalajara, México 12th (h)400m 53.42 A
2012 World Indoor Championships Istanbul, Turkey 20th (h)400 m 55.88
Olympic Games London, United Kingdom 400 m DNF
2013 BVI Twilight Invitational Road Town, British Virgin Islands Bronze medal icon.svg200m23.40 (-0.8 m/s)
Bronze medal icon.svg400m51.67
Central American and Caribbean Championships Morelia, México 1st200m 23.00 A(-0.6 m/s)
3rd400m 52.81 A
World Championships Moscow, Russia 33rd (h)200 m 23.42 (+0.1 m/s)
15th (sf)400 m 51.64
2014 World Indoor Championships Sopot, Poland 13th (h)400 m 52.80
Commonwealth Games Glasgow, United Kingdom 5th (sf)200m 23.58 (-0.2 m/s)
5th400m 52.78
Pan American Sports Festival Ciudad de México, México 4th400m 51.94 A
Central American and Caribbean Games Xalapa, México 6th400m 54.21 A
2015 NACAC Championships San José, Costa Rica 4th400m 52.51
World Championships Beijing, China 34th (h)200 m 23.30
31st (h)400 m 52.24
2016 Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 34th (h)400 m 52.45
2018 World Indoor Championships Birmingham, United Kingdom 30th (h)400 m 55.46
Commonwealth Games Gold Coast, Australia 19th (sf)400 m 54.35
Central American and Caribbean Games Barranquilla, Colombia 10th (h)400 m 54.78
NACAC Championships Toronto, Canada 7th400 m 55.36

1: Did not show in the semifinal.

References

  1. "2018 Commonwealth Games profile" . Retrieved 30 April 2018.[ dead link ]
  2. Iowa Women's Track & Field - Kineke Alexander, Iowa Hawkeyes, archived from the original on December 30, 2014, retrieved December 30, 2014
  3. Kineke Alexander at World Athletics OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  4. 1 2 Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Kineke Alexander". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2012.
  5. London 2012 profile Archived 2012-07-22 at the Wayback Machine
  6. "List of Flagbearers Beijing 2008" (PDF). www.olympic.org. Retrieved 2011-09-06.
  7. Staff (27 July 2012). "London 2012 Opening Ceremony - Flag Bearers" (PDF). Olympics . Retrieved 15 June 2012.
  8. "Glasgow 2014 - Kineke Alexander Profile". g2014results.thecgf.com. Archived from the original on 2018-09-16. Retrieved 2016-02-03.
  9. "Rio 2016". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-08-21. Retrieved 2016-08-23.
Olympic Games
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Beijing 2008
London 2012
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