Medal record | ||
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Athletics | ||
Representing Saint Kitts and Nevis | ||
CAC Junior Championships (U20) | ||
2002 Bridgetown | 400 m | |
2002 Bridgetown | 4x100 m relay | |
CAC Junior Championships (U17) | ||
2000 San Juan | 200 m | |
2000 San Juan | 400 m | |
CARIFTA Games Junior (U20) | ||
2003 Port of Spain | 200 m | |
2001 Bridgetown | 400 m | |
2003 Port of Spain | 400 m | |
2001 Bridgetown | 200 m | |
CARIFTA Games Youth (U17) | ||
1999 Fort-de-France | 200 m | |
1999 Fort-de-France | 400 m |
Tiandra Tamika Ponteen (born 9 November 1984) is a Saint Kitts and Nevis sprinter who specializes in the 200 metres and the 400 metres.
She won the 400 metres silver medal at the 2005 Central American and Caribbean Championships. [1] She reached the semi-final at the 1999 World Youth Championships, the 2002 World Junior Championships (in 200 m), the 2004 Olympic Games, the 2005 World Championships and the 2009 World Championships. She also competed at the 2000 World Junior Championships, the 2008 Olympic Games and the 2010 World Indoor Championships without progressing from the first round. [2]
Her personal best times are 23.41 seconds in the 200 metres, achieved in April 2005 in Oxford; and 50.83 in the 400 metres, achieved in June 2005 in Sacramento. On the indoor track she has 23.24 seconds in the 200 metres, achieved in February 2006 in Fayetteville. [2] She also holds the Saint Kitts record in the 4 x 100 metres relay, with 44.41 seconds achieved in July 2004 in Bogotá together with Carol Clarke, Nathandra John and Virgil Hodge. [3]
Competing for the Florida Gators track and field team, Ponteen won the 2005 400 meters at the NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships in a time of 50.91 seconds. [4]
Saint Kitts and Nevis took part in the 2004 Summer Olympics, which were held in Athens, Greece, from August 13 to 29. The country's participation at Athens marked its third appearance at the Summer Olympics. The delegation included two track and field athletes: Kim Collins in the men's 100 meters, and Tiandra Ponteen in the women's 400 meters.
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The Saint Kitts and Nevis National Olympic Committee sent four athletes to the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. All four participated in the track and field competitions across four different events. Three women and one man comprised the Kittitian delegation. Williams and Ponteen did not advance past Qualifications in their events; Hodge reached quarterfinals in both the 100m and 200m sprints; and Collins, who participated in two events, reached the Semifinal round in the 100m sprint, and ranked sixth in the finals in the 200m sprint. Saint Kitts and Nevis did not win any medals during the Beijing Olympics. The flag bearer for the team at the opening ceremony was first-time Olympian Virgil Hodge.
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