Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie

Debbie Ferguson - McKenzie at the 2009 World Cup

Debbie Ferguson - McKenzie (born Debbie Ferguson, born January 16, 1976 in Nassau ) is a Bahamian sprinter and Olympic gold medalist.

She studied and graduated from the University of Georgia, where she also started her athletic career. 1993, at the age of 17, she won the silver medal in the 200 -meter run at the Central American and Caribbean Games in Cali, in 1997, became the gold medal in 100 - meter race in San Juan, Puerto Rico, and in 1999 also the gold medal in the 200 meters at the Pan American Games in Winnipeg.

At the 1999 World Championships in Seville, she won the gold medal in the 4 x 100 - meter relay, and at the 2001 World Championships in Edmonton, she won silver over 200 meters, by the subsequent disqualification of the original world champion Marion Jones were Debbie Ferguson in early 2008 subsequently awarded the gold medal and the world Champion title in 2001 by the IAAF. At the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester she reached three gold medals in the 100 meters, 200 meters and in the team 4 times 100 meters.

Olympic gold medal she won at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney in both the 200m and the team win the 4 x 100 - meter relay along with teammates Savatheda Fynes, Chandra Sturrup and Pauline Davis. At the 2004 Olympics in Athens, she won the 200m bronze behind Veronica Campbell ( Jamaica) and Allyson Felix (USA).

Debbie Ferguson - McKenzie has a competition weight of 57 kg at a height of 1.70 m. Since 2005 she has been married to the Bahamian businessman Adrian McKenzie.