Chelsea Hammond

Chelsea Hammond ( born August 2, 1983 in New York City ) is a Jamaican track and field athlete. She specializes in the long jump.

Life

Chelsea Hammond attended Elmont Memorial High School in Elmont, Nassau County, Long Iceland. Then she got a degree in sociology at the University of South Carolina in Columbia. Sponsored she is from Puma. Trained it is since 2009 by Raina Rider. Your coach at the University of South Carolina was Delethea Quarles.

Achievements

In the Trials for the 2004 Summer Olympics, she was behind the Jamaican and Central American and Caribbean record holder Elva Goulbourne second. The Jamaican long jump championship Chelsea Hammond could win for the first time in 2007. With 6.87 meters in the final jump left them in Kingston Elva Goulbourne behind. In 2008, she successfully defended her national champion title with 6.61 meters before Jovanee Jarrett. In May 2008, Chelsea Hammond finished the Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix in Doha with 6.69 m for third place. As a Jamaican champion she could take part in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. In qualifying, she qualified with 6.60 m for the final, where she finished in fourth place with her personal best of 6.79 m.

Personal best

Outdoor

  • Long Jump: 6.79 m on 22 August 2008 in Beijing ( had their 6.87 m at the Jamaican Championships 2007 2.2 m / s tailwind )
  • Heptathlon: 5405 points on 8 April 2004 in Knoxville (Tennessee ) 100 - meter hurdles: 14.05 s on 13 May 2004 in Oxford ( Mississippi)
  • High jump: 1,81 m in 2005
  • Shot Put: 10.81 m on 9 May 2002 in Starkville (Mississippi)
  • 200 - meter dash: 24.71 s on 7 April 2004 in Knoxville
  • Javelin: 25.99 m on 14 May 2004 in Oxford
  • 800 -meter run: 2:24,17 min on 8 April 2004 in Knoxville

Hall

  • Pentathlon: 4144 points on 13 March 2004 in Fayetteville ( Arkansas) 60 - meter hurdles: 8.45 s on 11 March 2006 in Fayetteville
  • High jump: 1,79 m on 31 January 2004 in Chapel Hill ( North Carolina)
  • Shot Put: 11,49 m on February 27, 2004 in Lexington ( Kentucky)
  • 800 -meter run: 2:27:30 min on 11 March 2006 in Fayetteville
  • 60 - yard dash: 7.61 s on January 26, 2007 in Baton Rouge ( Louisiana)
  • 55 - meter hurdles: 8.03 s on February 24, 2006 in Gainesville ( Florida)
Nassau County (New York) Kingston, Jamaica Knoxville (Tennessee) Oxford (Mississippi) Fayetteville (Arkansas) Chapel Hill (North Carolina) Lexington (Kentucky) 60 metres Baton Rouge, Louisiana Gainesville (Florida)
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