Michelle Burgher

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Michelle Burgher
Personal information
Born (1977-03-12) 12 March 1977 (age 48)
Kingston, Jamaica
Sport
Sport Track and field
Medal record
Representing Flag of Jamaica.svg Jamaica
Olympic Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2000 Sydney 4 × 400 m relay
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2004 Athens 4 × 400 m relay
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2001 Edmonton 4 × 400 m relay
CAC Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2001 Guatemala City 400 m
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2003 St. George's 4 × 400 m relay
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2003 St. George's 400
Pan American Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2003 Sto Domingo 4 × 400 metres relay
CAC Junior Championships (U20)
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1996 San Salvador 4 × 400 m relay
CARIFTA Games
Junior (U20)
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1996 Kingston 400 m hurdles
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1996 Kingston 400 m

Michelle Burgher (born 12 March 1977) is a track and field athlete, competing internationally for Jamaica.

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Career

She was a bronze medalist in the 4 × 400 m relay at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece.

She conducts coaching clinics and talks for school kids. Her ambition is to become a pediatric psychologist.

In 2008, Burgher joined the track and field coaching staff at the Indiana University of Pennsylvania in Indiana, PA. The move reunited Burgher with IUP's head coach, Ralph White. White coached Burgher at Clemson and she was an assistant coach under White at Williams from 2001 to 2004.1

Achievements

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica
1996 CARIFTA Games (U-20) Kingston, Jamaica 2nd400 m54.36
1st400 m hurdles59.98
Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U-20) San Salvador, El Salvador 5th400 m56.12
1st4 × 400 m relay3:41.99
World Junior Championships Sydney, Australia 7th (h) [1] 4 × 400 m relay 3:40.58
2000 Olympic Games Sydney, Australia 2nd4 × 400 m relay 3:25.65 (h)
2001 Central American and Caribbean Championships Ciudad de Guatemala, Guatemala 1st400 m 53.04 A
World Championships Edmonton, Canada 1st4 × 400 m relay 3:24.87 (h)
2003 Central American and Caribbean Championships St. George's, Grenada 2nd400 m 52.19
1st4 × 400 m relay 52.19
Pan American Games Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic 8th400 m 53.26
2nd4 × 400 m relay 3:27.34
2004 Olympic Games Athens, Greece 3rd4 × 400 m relay 3:22.00 SB

Notes

  1. Disqualified in the final.

References