Astia Walker

Astia Walker ( born April 4, 1975 in Trelawny Parish ) is a retired Jamaican sprinter.

Your greatest achievements came in the Jamaican 4 x 100 meters relay. At the World Athletics Championships in Edmonton in 2001, she won the bronze medal. Originally they had indeed reached s on the anchor leg of the relay with Juliet Campbell, Merlene Frazer and Beverly McDonald the target in 42.40 only in fourth. But by the subsequent disqualification of the U.S. season because of a doping offense their runners Kelli White and Marion Jones, the Jamaicans moved up in the rankings by one place. In addition, Walker got together with Elva Goulbourne, Juliet Campbell and Veronica Campbell-Brown in 42.73 s the silver medal at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester.

As a single starter, she joined international championships at various distances. In 1997, she reached the semifinals in the 100 - meter hurdles at the World Athletics Championships in Athens. At the Olympic Games in Sydney in 2000 she went to the 200 - meter race, but retired in the quarterfinal round of hurt. In 2001 she won at the Central American and Caribbean Championships, the silver medal in the 100 - meter race, at the World Championships in Edmonton it failed over the same distance in the quarterfinals.

Astia Walker had a competition weight of 60 kg at a height of 1.80 m.

Bests

  • Free air: 100 m: 11.28 s, 22 June 2001 Kingston
  • 200 m: 22.79 s, August 8, 2000, Linz
  • 100m hurdles: 12.82 s, August 20, 2000 in Leverkusen
  • 60 m: 7.41 s, January 16, 1999, Baton Rouge
  • 200 m: 23.15 s, March 1, 1998, Baton Rouge
  • 60m hurdles: 8.07 s, 7 February 2003 Chemnitz
4 × 100 metres relay 2001 World Championships in Athletics Juliet Campbell (athlete) Athletics at the 2002 Commonwealth Games 1997 World Championships in Athletics Kingston, Jamaica 60 metres Baton Rouge, Louisiana
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