Veronica Campbell
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| Olympic medalist | |||
 Veronica Campbell at the Helsinki Grand Prix in July 2005 |
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| Medal record | |||
| Women's Athletics | |||
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| Gold | 2004 Athens | 200 metres | |
| Gold | 2004 Athens | 4x100m relay | |
| Silver | 2000 Sydney | 4x100m relay | |
| Bronze | 2004 Athens | 100 metres | |
Veronica Campbell (born May 15, 1982) is a Track and Field sprint athlete, competing internationally for Jamaica and the current Olympic 200m champion. She is a four-time Olympic medalist.
Campbell attends the University of Arkansas where she stood out as a sprint star in a program dominated by long-distance runners.
In 2000, she was a member of the 4 x 100 meter relay team the won silver at the 2000 Summer Olympics for Jamaica.
At the 2004 Olympics she first placed third in the 100 meters and two days later won the 200 meters, beating out Allyson Felix of the United States.
She later teamed up with Aleen Bailey, Tayna Lawrence, and Sherone Simpson to win the 4 x 100 meter relay race. In August 2005 she has won the silver medal in the 100 meters at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics, she won there also another silver medal, in the 4x100 m relay (together with Daniele Browning, Aleen Bailey and Sherone Simpson). She is the only female to win both 100 meter and 200 meter sprints at the same world youth championship
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| Olympic champions in women's 200 m |
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| 1948: Fanny Blankers-Koen | 1952: Marjorie Jackson | 1956: Betty Cuthbert | 1960: Wilma Rudolph | 1964: Edith McGuire | 1968: Irena Szewińska | 1972: Renate Stecher | 1976: Bärbel Eckert | 1980: Bärbel Eckert | 1984: Valerie Brisco-Hooks | 1988: Florence Griffith-Joyner | 1992 Gwen Torrence | 1996: Marie-José Pérec | 2000: Marion Jones | 2004: Veronica Campbell |
Categories: 1982 births | Living people | Jamaican athletes | Sprinters | Athletes at the 2000 Summer Olympics | Athletes at the 2004 Summer Olympics | Athletes at the 2006 Commonwealth Games | Olympic competitors for Jamaica | Olympic gold medalists for Jamaica | Olympic silver medalists for Jamaica | Olympic bronze medalists for Jamaica
