Michelle Baptiste

Michelle Baptiste

Personal information
Born	(1977-08-27) 27 August 1977 (age 47) Castries, Saint Lucia
Sport
Sport	Track and field
Medal record Athletics Representing   Saint Lucia CAC Junior Championships (U20) 1996 San Salvador Long jump CARIFTA Games Junior (U20) 1995 George Town Long jump 1992 Nassau 4x400m relay CARIFTA Games Youth (U17) 1992 Nassau Long Jump

Michelle Baptiste (born 27 August 1977) is a Saint Lucian long jumper. She was the first woman to represent Saint Lucia at the Olympics. ^[1]

Career

She won the bronze medal at the 1999 Central American and Caribbean Championships. ^[2] She also competed at the 1996 Olympic Games without reaching the final round.

Her personal best jump is 6.47 metres, achieved in May 1996 in Springfield. ^[3]

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing   Saint Lucia
1992	CARIFTA Games (U-17)	Nassau, Bahamas	3rd	Long jump	5.50 m
	CARIFTA Games (U-20)		3rd	4 × 400 m relay	4:05.94
1995	CARIFTA Games (U-20)	George Town, Cayman Islands	7th	100 m	12.10
			1st	Long jump	5.66 m
1996	Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U-20)	San Salvador, El Salvador	4th	100 m	11.69   (0.7 m/s)
			2nd	Long jump	5.99 m
	Olympic Games	Atlanta, United States	46th (h)	100 m	11.92   (0.6 m/s)
	World Junior Championships	Sydney, Australia	20th (qf)	100m	12.08 (wind: -1.3 m/s)
			22nd (q)	Long jump	5.34 m (wind: +0.4 m/s)
1999	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Bridgetown, Barbados	3rd	Long jump	6.26 m
	Pan American Games	Winnipeg, Canada	13th	Long jump	5.92 m

References

1. "First female competitors at the Olympics by country". Olympedia. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
2. Central American and Caribbean Championships (Women) – GBR Athletics
3. Michelle Baptiste, Missouri State Bears. CBS Interactive, retrieved 12 April 2012

External links

• Michelle Baptiste at World Athletics
• Michelle Baptiste at Olympedia

Olympic Games
Preceded by First	Flag bearer for   Saint Lucia Atlanta 1996	Succeeded by Dominic Johnson