Ayanna Alexander Explained
Ayanna Alexander |
Nationality: | Trinidadian |
Birth Date: | 20 July 1982 |
Birth Place: | Trinidad & Tobago |
Height: | 1.73abbr=onNaNabbr=on |
Weight: | 61abbr=onNaNabbr=on |
Sport: | athletics |
Event: | Triple jump, Long jump |
Show-Medals: | yes |
Collegeteam: | Louisiana Tech |
Coach: | Emanuel "Skeeter" Jackson |
Pb: | Triple jump: 14.40 m |
Updated: | 9 January 2015 |
Ayanna Alexander is a track and field athlete from Trinidad and Tobago who is the first and only women in the country's history to compete at an Olympic games in the women's triple jump. Ayanna competes primarily in the triple jump and some times the long jump.[1] She competed in track and field collegiately in the United States at Louisiana Tech University and at McLean High School in McLean, VA. She is the Trinidad and Tobago national record holder in the triple jump at 14.40 meters. and is the first and only athlete from Trinidad and Tobago to qualify in the triple jump for the Olympic Games.
Personal bests
Event | Result | Venue | Date |
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Outdoor |
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100 m | 12.26 s (wind: +0.1 m/s) | | 13 Aug 2011 |
200 m | 24.85 s (wind: -1.4 m/s) | | 19 Mar 2005 |
400 m | 55.29 s | | 16 Mar 2002 |
100 m hurdles | 14.60 s (wind: +1.4 m/s) (ht) | | 13 May 2005 |
Long jump | 6.28 m (wind: +1.3 m/s) | | 24 Jun 2012 |
Triple jump | 14.40 m (wind: 0.0 m/s) | | 28 Aug 2014 |
Indoor |
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Long jump | 5.93 m | | 26 Jan 2013 |
Triple jump | 13.99 m | | 20 Feb 2010 | |
Competition record
Representing |
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2007 | NACAC Championships | San Salvador, El Salvador | bgcolor=gold | 1st | Triple jump | 13.29 m |
Pan American Games | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 7th | Triple jump | 13.21 m |
2008 | Central American and Caribbean Championships | Cali, Colombia | 3rd | Triple jump | 13.30 m |
2009 | Central American and Caribbean Championships | Havana, Cuba | 5th | Triple jump | 13.71 m |
2010 | Central American and Caribbean Games | Mayagüez, Puerto Rico | 3rd | Triple jump | 13.64 m |
Commonwealth Games | Delhi, India | 11th | Long jump | 5.87 m |
2nd | Triple jump | 13.91 m |
2011 | Central American and Caribbean Championships | Mayagüez, Puerto Rico | 7th | Long jump | 6.06 m |
bgcolor=gold | 1st | Triple jump | 13.50 m |
Pan American Games | Guadalajara, Mexico | 5th | Triple jump | 13.54 m |
2012 | Olympic Games | London, United Kingdom | 14th (q) | Triple jump | 14.09 m |
2013 | Central American and Caribbean Championships | Morelia, Mexico | 9th | Long jump | 5.70 m |
bgcolor=silver | 2nd | Triple jump | 13.17 m |
2014 | Commonwealth Games | Glasgow, United Kingdom | 23rd (q) | Long jump | 5.77 m |
3rd | Triple jump | 14.01 m |
Pan American Sports Festival | Ciudad de México, México | 6th | Triple jump | 13.49 m A (+1.3 m/s) |
Central American and Caribbean Games | Xalapa, México | 8th | Triple jump | 12.94 m A (-0.5 m/s) |
2015 | Pan American Games | Toronto, Canada | 8th | Triple jump | 13.83 m |
NACAC Championships | San José, Costa Rica | 5th | Triple jump | 13.68 m |
2016 | World Indoor Championships | Portland, United States | – | Triple jump | NM |
2018 | Commonwealth Games | Gold Coast, Australia | 6th | Triple jump | 13.47 m |
Central American and Caribbean Games | Barranquilla, Colombia | 14th | Long jump | 5.83 m (w) |
9th | Triple jump | 13.18 m |
NACAC Championships | Toronto, Canada | 6th | Triple jump | 12.94 m | |
External links
- Ayanna Alexander. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418103929/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/al/ayanna-alexander-1.html . dead . 2020-04-18 .
Notes and References
- Web site: Ayanna Alexander - Athletics . Ttoc.org . 14 July 2012.