Taahira Butterfield

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Taahira Butterfield
Personal information
Born (1996-10-05) 5 October 1996 (age 28)
Devonshire Parish, Bermuda
Education University at Albany, SUNY
Height1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) [1]
Weight49 kg (108 lb)
Sport
Country Athletics
Sport 100 metres, 200 metres
University team Albany Great Danes
League NCAA Division I
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing Flag of Bermuda.svg  Bermuda
Island Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2015 Jersey 100 m
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2015 Jersey 200 m
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2017 Gotland 100 m
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2017 Gotland 200 m
Updated on 2 November 2017

Taahira Naeema Butterfield is a Bermudan sprinter, who won two gold medals at the 2015 Island Games, and two silver medals at the 2017 Island Games. She has also competed at the CARIFTA Games, as well as the Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships in Athletics and the World Youth Championships in Athletics. She attends University at Albany, SUNY, where she competes as part of the Albany Great Danes.

Athletics career

Taahira Butterfield was born on 5 October 2000, [2] and raised in Devonshire Parish, Bermuda. She attended Cedarbridge Academy, and then moved to the United States to study at the University at Albany, SUNY in New York. [3] Butterfield competed for Bermuda at the CARIFTA Games from 2011 onwards, and at the 2012 Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships in Athletics in San Salvador, El Salvador. [4]

She travelled to Ukraine to compete at the 2013 World Youth Championships in Athletics. As a result of this, while at CedarBridge Academy, she was named senior girl's winner of the Denton Hurdle Award in Bermuda. Outside of Athletics, she has also competed in netball in the national under-18s team. [4] She competes in athletics for Albany Great Danes, the University's sports team. [3]

Butterfield competed for Bermuda at the 2015 Island Games in Jersey in the 100 and 200 meters, winning the gold medal in both events. [5] At the 2017 Island Games in Gotland, Sweden, she competed in the same events again, this time finishing in second place each time winning two silver medals. [2] [6]

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References

  1. ↑ "2018 CAC Games bio" . Retrieved 2 August 2018.
  2. 1 2 "Taahira Butterfield". 2017 Island Games. Retrieved 2 November 2017.
  3. 1 2 "Taahira Butterfield". Great Danes. Retrieved 2 November 2017.
  4. 1 2 Trott, Lawrence (20 June 2014). "Butterfield and Smith rewarded for hard work". The Royal Gazette. Retrieved 2 November 2017.
  5. ↑ "Bermuda Wins 8 More Island Games Medals". Bernews. 3 July 2015. Retrieved 2 November 2017.
  6. ↑ Wright, Stephen (30 June 2017). "Butterfield wins second silver in Gotland". The Royal Gazette. Retrieved 2 November 2017.
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