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| Nationality | Trinidad and Tobago | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 26 July 2002 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Sprint | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 60m: 7.20 (Lubbock, 2024) 100m: 11.08 (Bloomington, 2023) 200m: 22.98 (Ann Arbor, 2024) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Leah Bertrand (born 26 July 2002) is a sprinter from Trinidad and Tobago. She was national champion over 100 metres in 2022. [1]
She was a silver medalist in the 100 metres at the NACAC U20 Championships in San Jose, Costa Rica in 2021. [2] She reached the semi finals of the 100 metres at the 2021 World Athletics U20 Championships in Nairobi. [3]
She became national champion over 100 metres in June 2022 in Port-of-Spain. [4] She won the gold medal in the U23 Caribbean Games in the 4x100m relay in Guadeloupe. [5] [6] She represented Trinidad and Tobago at the 2022 Commonwealth Games. [7]
She ran a personal best 11.08 seconds on her way to winning the Big Ten Championships in Bloomington, Indiana in May 2023. [8] She was a silver medalist at the 2023 U23 NACAC Championships in Costa Rica over 100 metres. She was a bronze medalist in the 4x100m relay at the same championships. [9] She competed in the 100 metres for Trinidad and Tobago at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest. [10]
Competing for Ohio State University she ran a wind-assisted 11.05 seconds for the 100 metres to finish seventh at the NCAA Division 1 Championship final in Eugene, Oregon. [11] [12] [13]
She participated in the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris in the 100 metres and 4 x 100 metres relay competitions.
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