Emmanuel Callender

Emmanuel Callender
Emmanuel Callender at the 2012 Olympics
Personal information
NationalityTrinidad and Tobago
Born (1984-05-10) 10 May 1984 (age 40)
Height1.89 m (6 ft 2+12 in)
Weight86 kg (190 lb)
Sport
SportRunning
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)100m: 10.05
200m: 20.40
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Trinidad and Tobago
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2008 Beijing 4×100 m relay
Silver medal – second place 2012 London 4 x 100 m relay
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2009 Berlin 4×100 m relay
Pan American Games
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Guadalajara 100 m
NACAC Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2007 San Salvador 4×100 m relay
CAC Championships
Gold medal – first place 2008 Cali 200 m
Gold medal – first place 2009 Havana 100 m
Silver medal – second place 2011 Mayagüez 4×100 m relay
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Morelia 4×100 m relay
Updated on 7 August 2016
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Emmanuel Earl Callender (sometimes Callander; born 10 May 1984 in Arouca, Trinidad and Tobago)[1] is a track and field sprint athlete, who competes internationally for Trinidad and Tobago.[2]

Callender represented Trinidad and Tobago at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. He competed at the 4 × 100 m relay, together with Marc Burns, Aaron Armstrong, Keston Bledman and Richard Thompson. In their qualification heat (without Callender) they placed first in front of Japan, the Netherlands and Brazil. Their time of 38.26 was the fastest of all sixteen teams participating in the first round and they qualified for the final. Armstrong was replaced by Callender for the final race and they sprinted to a time of 38.06 seconds, the second fastest time after the Jamaican team, winning the silver medal.[3]

At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he raced in the first round and the final, and Trinidad and Tobago won the silver medal.[4]

Callender set new personal bests in the 100 and 200 meters at the Grande Prêmio Brasil Caixa meet in May 2009, recording times of 10.16 and 20.40 seconds respectively.[5] Since then, he has improved his 100 m personal best, to 10.05 s.[2]

  1. ^ "Emmanuel Callender Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
  2. ^ a b "IAAF: Athlete profile for Emmanuel Callender". iaaf.org. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
  3. ^ 2008 Summer Olympics Results - Track and Field ESPN
  4. ^ "London 2012 4x100m relay men Results - Olympic athletics".
  5. ^ Biscayart, Eduardo (25 May 2009). Belém spectacular produces five world season leads – IAAF World Athletics Tour. IAAF. Retrieved 30 May 2009.