Charmaine Crooks

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Charmaine Crooks CM, OLY
Crooks in 2013
36th President of the Canadian Soccer Association
Incumbent
Assumed office March 1, 2023
Preceded by	Nick Bontis
Personal details
Born	(1962-08-08) August 8, 1962 (age 61) Mandeville, Jamaica
Alma mater	University of Texas at El Paso
Sports career
Nationality	Canadian
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	58 kg (128 lb)
Sport	Running
Event(s)	400 metres, 800 metres
Medal record Women's athletics Representing  Canada Olympic Games 1984 Los Angeles 4x400 m relay Commonwealth Games 1982 Brisbane 4x400 m relay 1986 Edinburgh 4x400 m relay 1994 Victoria 800 m 1994 Victoria 4x400 m relay Pan American Games 1983 Caracas 400 m 1983 Caracas 4x400 m relay 1987 Indianapolis 4x400 m relay Francophone Games 1989 Casablanca 400 m 1989 Casablanca 4x400 m relay Pan American Junior Athletics Championships 1980 Sudbury 400 m 1980 Sudbury 4x400 m relay Representing Americas World Cup 1981 Rome 4x400 m relay 1989 Barcelona 4x400 m relay 1992 Havana 400 m 1992 Havana 4x400 m relay

Charmaine Crooks CM OLY^[1] (born August 8, 1962), is a Canadian businesswoman, sports executive, and retired sprinter and middle-distance runner.

Crooks was born in Mandeville, Jamaica, but represented Canada for close to 20 years in athletics. She was a five-time Olympian, winning silver and setting a national record of 3:21.21 in the 4 x 400 metres relay with her teammates Jillian Richardson, Molly Killingbeck, and Marita Payne. The first Canadian woman to run 800 metres in under two minutes, Crooks also won gold medals at the Pan American, Commonwealth, World Student Games, and World Cup. In 1996, she had the honour of being Canada's flag bearer at the opening ceremonies of the Atlanta Centennial Olympic Games. She is the fifth child with five sisters and three brothers.