Veronica Campbell Brown

Veronica Campbell-Brown
Veronica Campbell-Brown at the 2011 World Championships
Personal information
Birth nameVeronica Campbell
Born (1982-05-15) 15 May 1982 (age 42)
Clarks Town, Trelawny, Jamaica
Height1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)[1]
Weight61 kg (134 lb)[1]
Sport
SportTrack and Field
EventSprints
College teamArkansas Razorbacks
Medal record
Women's Athletics
Representing  Jamaica
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 3 3 2
World Championships 3 7 1
Commonwealth Games 1 4 0
World Indoor Championships 2 0 0
Continental Cup 2 0 0
World Athletics Final 3 1 0
World Relay Championships 1 1 0
World Junior Championships 2 1 0
CAC Junior Championships 4 0 0
Carifta Games 6 1 1
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2004 Athens 200 m
Gold medal – first place 2004 Athens 4×100 m relay
Gold medal – first place 2008 Beijing 200 m
Silver medal – second place 2000 Sydney 4×100 m relay
Silver medal – second place 2012 London 4×100 m relay
Silver medal – second place 2016 Rio de Janeiro 4×100 m relay
Bronze medal – third place 2004 Athens 100 m
Bronze medal – third place 2012 London 100 m
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2007 Osaka 100 m
Gold medal – first place 2011 Daegu 200 m
Gold medal – first place 2015 Beijing 4×100 m relay
Silver medal – second place 2005 Helsinki 100 m
Silver medal – second place 2005 Helsinki 4×100 m relay
Silver medal – second place 2007 Osaka 200 m
Silver medal – second place 2007 Osaka 4×100 m relay
Silver medal – second place 2009 Berlin 200 m
Silver medal – second place 2011 Daegu 100 m
Silver medal – second place 2011 Daegu 4×100 m relay
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Beijing 200 m
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 2014 Glasgow 4×100 m relay
Silver medal – second place 2002 Manchester 100 m
Silver medal – second place 2002 Manchester 4 × 100 m relay
Silver medal – second place 2006 Melbourne 200 m
Silver medal – second place 2014 Glasgow 100 m
World Indoor Championships
Gold medal – first place 2010 Doha 60 m
Gold medal – first place 2012 Istanbul 60 m
Continental Cup
Gold medal – first place 2014 Marrakech 100 m
Gold medal – first place 2014 Marrakech 4x100 m relay
Representing Americas
World Athletics Final
Gold medal – first place 2004 Monaco 100 m
Gold medal – first place 2004 Monaco 200 m
Gold medal – first place 2005 Monaco 100 m
Silver medal – second place 2005 Monaco 200 m
World Relay Championships
Gold medal – first place 2015 Nassau 4×100 m relay
Silver medal – second place 2015 Nassau 4×200 m relay
World Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2000 Santiago 100 m
Gold medal – first place 2000 Santiago 200 m
Silver medal – second place 2000 Santiago 4×100 m relay
CAC Championships
Gold medal – first place 1998 George Town 100 m
Gold medal – first place 1998 George Yown 4x100 m relay
Gold medal – first place 2000 San Juan 100 m
Gold medal – first place 2000 San Juan 4x100 m relay
Carifta Games
Gold medal – first place 1997 Bridgetown 4x100 m relay
Gold medal – first place 2000 St. George's 200 m
Gold medal – first place 2000 St. George's 4x100 m relay
Gold medal – first place 2001 Bridgetown 100 m
Gold medal – first place 2001 Bridgetown 200 m
Gold medal – first place 2001 Bridgetown 4x100 m relay
Silver medal – second place 2000 St. Georges's 100 m
Bronze medal – third place 1999 Fort-de-France 200 m
World Youth Championships
Gold medal – first place 1999 Bydgoszcz 100 m
Gold medal – first place 1999 Bydgoszcz 4x100 m relay
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Veronica Campbell Brown CD, OLY (born 15 May 1982) is a retired Jamaican track and field sprinter, who specialized in the 100 and 200 meters.[2] An eight-time Olympic medalist, she is the second of three women in history to win two consecutive Olympic 200 m events, after Bärbel Wöckel of Germany at the 1976 and 1980 Olympics and before fellow countrywoman Elaine Thompson-Herah at the 2016 and 2020 Olympics.[3] Campbell-Brown is one of only eleven athletes (along with Valerie Adams, Usain Bolt, Armand Duplantis, Jacques Freitag, Yelena Isinbayeva, Kirani James, Faith Kipyegon, Jana Pittman, Dani Samuels, and David Storl) to win world championships at the youth, junior, and senior level of an athletic event.

She holds personal bests of 10.76 seconds for the 100 m and 21.74 seconds for the 200 m. She was the 100 m gold medallist at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics and the 200 m gold medallist at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics. She has also won seven silver medals and one bronze medal in her career at the World Championships in Athletics. Over 60 metres, she is a two-time champion at the IAAF World Indoor Championships.

  1. ^ a b "IAAF: Veronica CAMPBELL-BROWN - Profile". iaaf.org. Archived from the original on 19 March 2020. Retrieved 12 March 2009.
  2. ^ "Athlete Biography: CAMPBELL-BROWN Veronica". Beijing2008.cn. The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad. Archived from the original on 25 August 2008. Retrieved 30 August 2008.
  3. ^ "2008 SUMMER OLYMPICS : Campbell-Brown wins 200-meter gold in Beijing - Veronica Campbell Brown - Zimbio". Archived from the original on 5 October 2012. Retrieved 23 August 2008.