Emmanuel Callender
Emmanuel Callender at the 2012 Olympics
Personal information
NationalityTrinidad and Tobago
Born (1984-05-10) 10 May 1984
Height1.89 m (6 ft 2+1⁄2 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 place2009 Berlin4×100 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 place2008 Cali200 m
Gold medal – first place2009 Havana100 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.

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]

Personal bests

  • 100 m: 10.05 s (wind: +0.4 m/s) – Switzerland Zürich, 28 August 2009
  • 200 m: 20.40 s (wind: +0.3 m/s) – Brazil Belém, 24 May 2009
  • 400 m: 48.47 s – Jamaica Kingston, 26 January 2008

International competitions

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing  Trinidad and Tobago
2006 NACAC Under-23 Championships Santo Domingo, Dominican Rep. 3rd 4 × 100 m 39.98
2007 NACAC Championships San Salvador, El Salvador 5th 200 m 20.93 (+1.8 m/s)
3rd 4 × 100 m 39.92
Pan American Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 5th 200 m 21.03 (+0.8 m/s)
4th 4 × 100 m 39.23
2008 Central American and Caribbean Championships Cali, Colombia 1st 200 m 20.69 (+0.5 m/s)
Olympic Games Beijing, China 1st 4 × 100 m 38.06
2009 Central American and Caribbean Championships La Habana, Cuba 1st 100 m 10.08 (+0.1 m/s)
200 m 10th (h) 21.10 (-0.5 m/s)
1st 4 × 100 m 38.73
World Championships Berlin, Germany 26th (qf) 100 m 10.27 (+0.1 m/s)
8th (sf) 200 m 20.70 (+0.3 m/s)
2nd 4 × 100 m 37.62
2010 Central American and Caribbean Games Mayagüez, Puerto Rico 3rd (h)† 100 m 10.16 (+1.4 m/s)
6th 200 m 20.81 (0.0 m/s)
1st 4 × 100 m 38.24
Commonwealth Games Delhi, India 4th 100 m 10.25 (+0.3 m/s)
7th 200 m 21.12 (+0.1 m/s)
2nd (h)‡ 4 × 100 m 39.47
2011 Central American and Caribbean Championships Mayagüez, Puerto Rico 5th 200 m 21.12 (+1.1 m/s)
2nd 4 × 100 m 38.89
World Championships Daegu, South Korea 200 m 33rd (h) 20.97 (-0.3 m/s)
Pan American Games Guadalajara, Mexico 3rd 100 m 10.16 (+0.2 m/s)
– 4 × 100 m DNF
2012 Olympic Games London, United Kingdom 2nd 4 × 100 m 38.12
2013 Central American and Caribbean Championships Morelia, México 3rd 4 × 100 m 39.26
2014 Central American and Caribbean Games Xalapa, México 4th (h) 100 m 10.46 A (-0.7 m/s)
3rd (h)* 200 m 21.33 A (-0.8 m/s)
2015 NACAC Championships San José, Costa Rica 4th (sf) 100 m 10.25 w (+2.7 m/s)
5th 4 × 100 m 38.90
2016 Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 6th (h)† 4 × 100 m 37.96
2017 IAAF World Relays Nassau, Bahamas 1st (B) 4 × 100 m 39.04
4th 4 × 200 m 1:21.39
World Championships London, United Kingdom 27th (h) 100 m 10.25
9th (h) 4 × 100 m 38.61
2018 World Indoor Championships Birmingham, United Kingdom 27th (h) 60 m 6.80
Commonwealth Games Gold Coast, Australia 23rd (sf) 100 m 10.54
– 4 × 100 m DQ

†: Disqualified in the final.
‡: Did not finish in the final.
*: Disqualified in the semifinal.

References

  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. 1 2 "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.
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