Rosemarie Whyte
Rosemarie Whyte ( 2.v.r. ) 2009
Rosemarie Whyte ( born September 8, 1986 at the Trelawny Parish ) is a Jamaican sprinter who specializes in the 400 -meter run.
She attended the Holmwood Technical High School and then studied at the GC Foster College. She was coached by Maurice Wilson.
The NACAC Championships 2007 in San Salvador, she won silver in the Jamaican 4 x 400 - meter relay and Gold 4 x 100 meters.
In 2008 she was Jamaican champion in the 400 - meter race. At the Olympic Games in Beijing in 2008 she reached the seventh place over this distance in a single race. Together with Shericka Williams, Shereefa Lloyd and Novlene Williams won with the Jamaican 4 x 400 meters relay at the time of 3:20,40 min the bronze medal.
At the World Athletics Championships in Berlin in 2009, she won with the Jamaican 4 x 400 - meter relay in the same cast as last year in Beijing, the silver medal.
At Diamond League meeting in London in 2011 she finished in a new personal best of 49.84 s in second place over 400 meters. A few weeks later, she retired at the World Athletics Championships 2011 in Daegu in the semifinals over 400 meters as third place with 50.90 s from. With the 4 x 400 - meter relay team, she won along with Davita Prendergast, Novlene Williams - Mills and Shericka Williams at the time of 3:18,71 min the silver medal.
At the 2012 Summer Olympic Games in London, she reached the final run over 400 meters and finished there with a time of 50.79 seconds in eighth place. With the Jamaican 4 x 400 - meter relay team, she won her second Olympic bronze medal.