Veronica Campbell-Brown

Veronica Campbell-Brown, 2011 in Daegu

Veronica Campbell-Brown (nee Campbell; born May 15, 1982 in Clark 's Town, Trelawny Parish ) is a Jamaican sprinter. She is a multiple Jamaican champion, Olympic champion and world champion in the 100 - and 200 -meter run.

Life

Campbell, who has nine brothers and sisters, studied in the United States at the University of Arkansas where she graduated in 2006. In athletics team at the University she was the only sprinter.

At the Olympic Games in Sydney in 2000, she won with the Jamaican 4 x 100 meters relay silver medal, at the age of only 18 years. Four years later in Athens in 2004 she became a third party in the 100 - meter race and then won the 200 - meter race. With the 4 x 100 - meter relay, she was the second time Olympic gold medalist, along with Aleen Bailey, Tayna Lawrence Sherone Simpson and.

As an Olympic champion it was also regarded as one of the favorites over 200 meters at the World Athletics Championships in Helsinki in 2005. However, the title won Allyson Felix (USA ), while Campbell was only fourth. First, however, she had won the silver medal behind the USA's Lauryn Williams over 100 meters, and with the Jamaican 4 x 100 - meter relay team, she won on the penultimate day of competition nor the silver medal behind the U.S. season.

At the 2007 World Championships in Osaka Campbell won the title in the 100 meters in a time of 11.01 s and sat so close to the U.S. Americans Lauryn Williams ( 11.01 s ) and Carmelita Jeter ( 11.02 s ) by. About 200 meters and the 4 x 100 - meter relay team won silver.

In the national selection for the 2008 Olympics, she was despite a time of 10.88 s only fourth in the 100 meters, but won the 200m in her personal best time of 21.94 s

In the finals of the 2008 Olympics in Beijing she won with a personal best time of 21.74 s and thus won the competition and the gold medal.

At the World Championships in Berlin in 2009, she was in the final of the 100 meters Fourth. At 200 meters, she won the silver medal with a time of 22.35 s.

She won 14 March 2010 the gold medal in the 60 - meter sprint at the World Indoor Championships in Doha in a time of 7.00 s

At the 2011 World Championships in Daegu, she won the silver medal in the 100 -meter run with a time of 10.97 s. About 200 meters, she won the gold medal with 22.22 seconds. Another silver medal of these world championships, she won together with Shelly- Ann Fraser - Pryce, Kerron Stewart and Sherone Simpson in the 4 x 100 meters relay competition with a time of 41.70 s

At the World Indoor Athletics Championships 2012 in Istanbul, she managed to defend their world title about 60 meters. She won the final in a time of 7.01 s at the Olympic Games 2012 in London Campbell-Brown won the bronze medal in the 100 - meter sprint and the final together with Fraser - Pryce, Simpson and Stewart, with a time of 41 41 s the silver medal in the 4 x 100 - meter relay.

Veronica Campbell has a competition weight of 61 kg at a height of 1.63 m. End of 2007, she married her fellow sprinter Omar Brown. Between 2004 and 2011, she was elected seven times to Jamaica Sportswoman of the Year. In 2008, she was awarded the Order of Distinction ( Commander Class).

In May 2013 Campbell-Brown tested positive for a diuretic, which can serve inter alia as a fogging agent for banned substances. Your first threatened a two -year ban. In June, the world governing body IAAF classified the offense Campbell - Brown to be marginal, in October and the national Jamaican Athletics Association JAAA spoke only a public warning against Campbell-Brown and conceded her a start right for future competitions, because the substance is not performance enhancement was used. The IAAF transferred the case to the International Court of Sport (CAS ), who acquitted in February 2014.

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