Chandra Sturrup

Chandra Sturrup

Personal information
Born	Nassau, Bahamas
Died
Weight
Sport
Sport	Track and field
Medal record Representing Olympic Games Gold medal – first place 2000 Sydney 4 × 100 m relay Silver medal – second place 1996 Atlanta 4 × 100 m relay World Championships Gold medal – first place 1999 Seville 4 × 100 m relay Silver medal – second place 2009 Berlin 4 × 100 m relay Bronze medal – third place 2001 Edmonton 100 m Silver medal – second place 2003 Paris 100 m Pan American Games Gold medal – first place 1999 Winnipeg 100 m Bronze medal – third place 2007 Rio de Janeiro 100 m Central American and Caribbean Games Gold medal – first place 1998 Maracaibo 100 m Bronze medal – third place 1993 Ponce 100 m Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics Gold medal – first place 1997 San Juan 4 × 100 m relay Gold medal – first place 2005 Nassau 100 m Gold medal – first place 2008 Cali 100 m Silver medal – second place 1989 San Juan 4 × 100 m relay Silver medal – second place 1993 Cali 4 × 100 m relay Silver medal – second place 2005 Nassau 4 × 100 m relay Bronze medal – third place 2008 Cali 4 × 100 m relay Commonwealth Games Gold medal – first place 1998 Kuala Lumpur 100 m Gold medal – first place 2002 Manchester 4 × 100 m relay World Indoor Championships Gold medal – first place 2001 Lisbon 60 metres Continental Cup Silver medal – second place 1998 Johannesburg 100 m Silver medal – second place 1998 Johannesburg 4 × 100 m relay CAC Junior Championships (U20) Gold medal – first place 1988 Nassau 100 m Silver medal – second place 1988 Nassau 200 m Silver medal – second place 1988 Nassau 4 × 100 m relay Bronze medal – third place 1990 Havana 100 m Bronze medal – third place 1990 Havana 4 × 100 m relay Bronze medal – third place 1990 Havana 4 × 400 m relay CARIFTA Games Junior (U20) Silver medal – second place 1989 Bridgetown 200 m Bronze medal – third place 1988 Kingston 200 m Bronze medal – third place 1990 Kingston 100 m Bronze medal – third place 1990 Kingston 200 m

Chandra Vanessa Sturrup (born September 12, 1971) is a Bahamian track and field sprint athlete.

Career

She is a 100 m specialist and the Bahamian record holder for the women's 100 m with a personal best of 10.84 set in Lausanne, Switzerland on July 5, 2005. Sturrup is an alumnus of Norfolk State University, and has taken part in almost every major event since 1991 after the birth of her son, Shawn Murray Jr. For most of her career, she was coached by Trevor Graham.

Sturrup competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing at the 100 metres sprint. In her first-round heat she placed first in front of Kelly-Ann Baptiste and Lina Grincikaite in a time of 11.30 to advance to the second round. There she improved her time to 11.16 and placed third behind Sherone Simpson and Muna Lee. In her semi final Sturrup finished in fifth position with 11.22 seconds, causing elimination. Her fellow Bahamian Debbie Ferguson qualified for the final with the same time, but she finished fourth in her semi final.

Achievements

Chandra Vanessa Sturrup athletic achievements

Year	Event		Place
2005	World Championships	100 m	fourth place
2003	World Championships	100 m	bronze medal
2002	Commonwealth Games	4 × 100 m relay	gold medal
2001	World Championships	100 m	bronze medal
2001	World Indoor Championships	60 m	gold medal
2000	Summer Olympics	4 × 100 m relay	gold medal
2000	Summer Olympics	100 m	sixth place
1999	World Championships	4 × 100 m relay	gold medal
1999	World Championships	100 m	seventh place
1998	Commonwealth Games	100 m	gold medal
1997	World Indoor Championships	60 m	silver medal
1996	Summer Olympics	4 × 100 m relay	silver medal
1996	Summer Olympics	100 m	fourth place

Record in major international events

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing the
1988	CARIFTA Games (U-20)	Kingston, Jamaica	3rd	200 m	24.6
	Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U-20)	Nassau, Bahamas	1st	100 m	11.96
			2nd	200 m	24.27   (-0.3 m/s)
			2nd	4 × 100 m relay	46.77
	World Junior Championships	Sudbury, Canada	15th (sf)	100 m	11.93 (wind: -0.7 m/s)
			11th (sf)	200 m	23.96 w (wind: +2.7 m/s)
1989	CARIFTA Games (U-20)	Bridgetown, Barbados	2nd	200 m	24.1
1990	CARIFTA Games (U-20)	Kingston, Jamaica	3rd	100 m	11.84   (1.3 m/s)
			3rd	200 m	24.15   (-0.2 m/s)
	Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U-20)	Havana, Cuba	3rd	100 m	11.89   (-0.4 m/s)
			4th	200 m	24.22   (-0.5 m/s)
			3rd	4 × 100 m relay	47.44
			3rd	4 × 400 m relay	3:54.54
	World Junior Championships	Plovdiv, Bulgaria	6th (sf)	100 m	11.62 (wind: +1.0 m/s)
			6th	200 m	23.81 (wind: +1.3 m/s)
1993	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Cali, Colombia	2nd	4 × 100 m relay	44.28
	Central American and Caribbean Games	Ponce, Puerto Rico	3rd	100 m	11.89
			5th	200 m	23.94
1995	World Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	5th (h)	100 m	11.59   (0.5 m/s)
1996	Summer Olympics	Atlanta, United States	4th	100 m	11.00   (-0.7 m/s)
			6th	200 m	22.54   (0.3 m/s)
			2nd	4 × 100 m relay	42.14
1997	World Championships	Athens, Greece	6th (qf)	200 m	23.07   (0.3 m/s)
1998	Central American and Caribbean Games	Maracaibo, Venezuela	1st	100 m	11.14
			–	4 × 100 m relay	DQ
1999	World Championships	Seville, Spain	7th	100 m	11.06   (-0.1 m/s)
			6th (sf)	200 m	22.75   (0.5 m/s)
			1st	4 × 100 m relay	41.92 WL
2000	Summer Olympics	Sydney, Australia	6th	100 m	11.21   (-0.4 m/s)
			3rd (h)	200 m	23.09   (1.6 m/s)
			1st	4 × 100 m relay	41.95 SB
2001	World Championships	Edmonton, Canada	3rd	100 m	11.02   (-0.3 m/s)
2003	World Championships	Paris, France	3rd	100 m	11.02   (0.9 m/s)
2004	Summer Olympics	Athens, Greece	7th (qf)	100 m	11.46   (0.2 m/s)
			4th	4 × 100 m relay	42.69 SB
2005	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	4th	100 m	11.09   (1.3 m/s)
			—	4 × 100 m relay	DNF (h)
2007	World Championships	Osaka, Japan	6th (sf)	100 m	11.22   (-0.3 m/s)
2008	Summer Olympics	Beijing, China	5th (sf)	100 m	11.22   (-0.7 m/s)
2009	World Championships	Berlin, Germany	7th	100 m	11.05   (0.1 m/s)
			2nd	4 × 100 m relay	42.29 SB

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