Delloreen Ennis-London
Delloreen Ennis - London 2007
Delloreen Ennis - London (nee Ennis, born May 5, 1975 at the Saint Catherine Parish ) is a Jamaican athlete who specializes in the 100 - meter hurdles.
Sporting successes
Already in 1992 she participated in the Junior World Championships. She reached the semifinals, but resigned 13.81 seconds ( Jahresbestzeit ) from.
Her international breakthrough came the Jamaican 1999., Increasing its personal best by more than 0.5 seconds. With 12.71 seconds they undercut the important 13 -second mark clearly. She became internationally known in particular for her performance at the World Championships in Seville. There, she reached the final and finished with a time of 12.87 seconds in seventh place. One year she missed at the Olympic Games in Sydney, a medal just barely. 12.80 seconds meant fourth.
International Championship medals followed then after several unsuccessful years at the World Championships in 2005 and 2007. During the 2005 World Championships in Helsinki she won silver. With 12.76 seconds she reached exactly one tenth of a second after the winner Michelle Perry (USA ) is the target. At the 2007 World Championships in Osaka she put in the finals with minimal wind (-0.1 m / s), a new personal best of 12.50 seconds, which still only enough to bronze behind Michelle Perry Perdita Felicien and (CAN). At the World Championships in Berlin in 2009 she reached behind Brigitte Foster - Hylton (JAM ) and Priscilla Lopes - Schliep ( CAN) 12.55 seconds, press the bronze medal.
With her personal best of 12.50 seconds is Delloreen Ennis - London among the 30 fastest hurdler of all time.