Christine Amertil

Christine Amertil ( born August 18, 1979 in Nassau ) is a Bahamian sprinter who specializes in the 400 -meter run.

She celebrated her first international success by winning the silver medal over 400 meters at the IAAF World Indoor Championships in Birmingham in 2003. Previously, she was already out at the Olympic Games in Sydney in 2000 and at the World Athletics Championships 2001 in Edmonton in the first qualifying round.

At the World Athletics Championships in Paris in 2003, she reached the semi-finals and at the 2004 Olympics in Athens, she finished in the final seventh place in the 400 -meter run. After another semi-final at the World Athletics Championships in Helsinki in 2005 Amertil again showed its strength in hall competitions. At the IAAF World Indoor Championships in Moscow in 2006, she won the bronze medal over 400 m. She presented with 50.34 s on a personal Hallenbestleistung. In the same year, she still finished fourth in the 400 - meter race at the Commonwealth Games in Melbourne.

A year later, her at the Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro winning the silver medal over 400 meters. At the World Athletics Championships 2007 in Osaka and at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, however, she parted from each in the semifinal round.

However, the biggest success of her career, she celebrated with the Bahamian 4 x 100 - meter relay. In the table Sheniqua Ferguson, Chandra Sturrup, Christine Amertil and Debbie Ferguson - McKenzie, the squadron took at the World Athletics Championships in Berlin in 2009 with a time of 42.29 s the silver medal.

Christine Amertil has a competition weight of 55 kg at a height of 1.68 m.

Bests

Free air:

Hall:

• 60 m: 7.50 s, January 18, 2003 Blacksburg (Virginia)
• 200 m: 23.25 s, 1 March 2003 Blacksburg (Virginia)
• 400 m: 50.34 s, March 12, 2006, Moscow