Savatheda Fynes

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Savatheda Fynes
Personal information
Born (1974-10-17) October 17, 1974 (age 50)
Abaco Islands, Bahamas
Sport
Sport Track and field
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas
Olympic Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2000 Sydney 4 × 100 m relay
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1996 Atlanta 4 × 100 m relay
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1999 Seville 4 × 100 m relay
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1997 Athens 100 m
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2002 Manchester 4 × 100 m relay
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2002 Manchester 100 m
CAC Junior Championships (U20)
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1992 Tegucigalpa 200 m
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1992 Tegucigalpa 100 m
CAC Junior Championships (U17)
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1990 Havana 4 × 400 m relay
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1990 Havana 100 m
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1990 Havana 200 m
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1990 Havana 4 × 100 m relay
CARIFTA Games
Junior (U20)
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1992 Nassau 200 m
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1991 Port of Spain 100 m
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1992 Nassau 100 m
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1992 Nassau 4 × 100 m relay
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1992 Nassau 4 × 400 m relay
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1993 Fort-de-France 100 m
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1993 Fort-de-France 4 × 100 m relay
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1993 Fort-de-France 4 × 400 m relay
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1993 Fort-de-France 200 m
CARIFTA Games
Youth (U17)
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1990 Kingston 100 m

Savatheda Fynes Coke (born October 17, 1974) is a track and field sprint athlete, competing internationally for Bahamas. She is an Olympic gold medalist in the 4 x 100 meter relay race. Some sources spell her first name "Sevatheda".

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Career

She graduated Physiology and Exercise Science at Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA. She missed the 2001 World Championships due to injury. She had a minor car accident prior to the 2000 Olympic trials, which limited her training. At the World Championships in 1999 she was eliminated in semifinals due to an injured hip flexor. In 1996 a hamstring injury kept her out of the 100 m at the Atlanta Games.

She was a member of the Bahamas 4 × 100 m relay team that won gold at the 1999 World Championships. After that performance the team of Fynes, Pauline Davis-Thompson, Debbie Ferguson, Chandra Sturrup and Eldece Clark-Lewis were dubbed the Golden Girls. When they won the relay again at the Sydney Olympics they showed the world why they had earned that name. The girls returned home from Sydney to a six-day fanfare of festivities in their honor, from receptions and parades to monetary awards and land grants. Central Bank has even been commissioned to mint a commemorative gold coin to honour their victory.

She earned an athletic scholarship to Southern University at New Orleans, but later transferred to Eastern Michigan University and then to Michigan State University.

She was forced to sit out the 1996 season because she was a transfer. She attended an indoor meet that year and stayed in a hotel room paid for by Michigan State. That being a violation, she lost her final season of eligibility in 1998, and her coach lost her job.

Coaching career

In 2010, Fynes Coke worked as an assistant coach for the NJIT Highlanders track and field team. [1]

Personal bests

Achievements

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing the Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas
1990 CARIFTA Games (U-17) Kingston, Jamaica 3rd100 m12.20   (1.9 m/s)
Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U-17) Havana, Cuba2nd100 m12.13   (0.2 m/s)
2nd200 m24.68   (0.2 m/s)
3rd4 × 100 m relay47.66
1st4 × 400 m relay3:47.22
1991 CARIFTA Games (U-20) Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago2nd100 m11.64   (1.7 m/s)
1992 CARIFTA Games (U-20) Nassau, Bahamas 2nd100 m11.52 w  (4.7 m/s)
1st200 m23.49 w  (3.1 m/s)
2nd4 × 100 m relay45.61
2nd4 × 400 m relay3:42.37
Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U-20) Tegucigalpa, Honduras2nd100 m12.1   (0.0 m/s)
1st200 m24.1   (-0.1 m/s)
1993 CARIFTA Games (U-20) Fort-de-France, Martinique2nd100 m11.52  (0.3 m/s)
3rd200 m23.81  (-1.2 m/s)
2nd4 × 100 m relay45.53
2nd4 × 400 m relay3:39.32
Central American and Caribbean Championships Cali, Colombia2nd4 × 100 m relay44.28
1995 World Championships Gothenburg, Sweden6th (qf)100 m 11.36   (0.8 m/s)
5th (h)200 m 23.01   (-0.5 m/s)
4th4 × 100 m relay 43.14
1996 Olympic Games Atlanta, United States6th (qf)200 m 23.26   (0.3 m/s)
2nd4 × 100 m relay 42.14
1997 World Championships Athens, Greece3rd100 m 11.03   (0.4 m/s)
6th4 × 100 m relay 42.77
1999 World Championships Seville, Spain6th (sf)100 m 11.15   (-0.1 m/s)
1st4 × 100 m relay 41.92 WL
2000 Olympic Games Sydney, Australia7th100 m 11.22   (-0.4 m/s)
1st4 × 100 m relay 41.95 SB
2003 World Championships Paris, France6th (qf)100 m 11.36   (0.0 m/s)
3rd (h)4 × 100 m relay 43.64
2006 Central American and Caribbean Games Cartagena, Colombia 14th (h)100 m 11.75   (+2.3 m/s)

References

  1. "Savatheda Fynes Coke - Men's Track & Field Coach". New Jersey Institute of Technology Athletics. Retrieved 28 July 2024.