LaVerne Jones-Ferrette

LaVerne Jones - Ferrette (born Janet LaVerne Jones, born September 16, 1981 Saint Croix ) is a sprinter from the U.S. Virgin Islands.

At the Olympic Games in Athens in 2004, she reached the quarter-finals in the 100 and 200 meters. The following year she came at the World Championships in Helsinki over 100 meters into the quarter-finals and the 200m semi-finals. In 2006 she won the silver medal over 100 meters at the Central American and Caribbean Games.

After another semi-final over 200 meters at the 2007 World Championships in Osaka, she ran in the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing again on the two shorter sprint distances to the quarterfinals.

In 2009, she came at the World Championships in Berlin 's 200m semi-finals and was in the IAAF World Athletics Final in each seventh in the 100 and 200 meters.

In the indoor season, 2010, she caused a sensation when it first then ran the fastest 60 meters the fastest time for two years and since the turn of the millennium. At the World Indoor Championships in Doha, she ran as a second at the finish, but was subsequently disqualifiert because in an unannounced exercise control, one month, the banned substance Clomiphene was discovered before. Clomiphene is used as a drug for the treatment of women with fertility ( Jones - Ferrette was shortly after the World Indoor Championships pregnant), but can also use for doping purposes. In addition to the disqualification of a six -month ban was imposed.

LaVerne Jones - Ferrette lives in Houston and is coached by her husband Stephen Ferrette.

Personal Best

All times are records for the United States Virgin Islands

  • 60 m (Hall ): 6.97 s, February 6, 2010, Stuttgart
  • 100 m: 11.13 s, 1 June 2009 Hengelo
  • 200 m: 22.46 s, 1 June 2009 Hengelo Hall: 23,16 s, 14 March 2003 Fayetteville
  • Hall: 51,60 s, February 3, 2007, Stuttgart
Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands 2005 World Championships in Athletics 2007 World Championships in Athletics 2009 World Championships in Athletics 60 metres 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships Fayetteville (Arkansas) 400 metres Lawrence (Kansas)
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