Rhonda Watkins

Rhonda Watkins

Medal record
Athletics
Competitor for  Trinidad and Tobago
CAC Junior Championships (U20)
Gold	2006 Port of Spain	Long jump
Gold	2006 Port of Spain	High jump
Gold	2004 Coatzacoalcos	Long jump
Gold	2004 Coatzacoalcos	High jump
CAC Junior Championships (U17)
Gold	2002 Bridgetown	Long jump
Silver	2002 Bridgetown	High jump
CARIFTA Games Junior (U20)
Gold	2005 Bacolet, Tobago	Long jump
Gold	2005 Bacolet, Tobago	High jump
Gold	2004 Hamilton	Long jump
Silver	2004 Hamilton	High jump
CARIFTA Games Youth (U17)
Gold	2003 Port of Spain	High jump
Gold	2003 Port of Spain	Long jump
Silver	2001 Bridgetown	High jump

Rhonda Watkins (born 9 December 1987) is a Trinidad and Tobago long jumper.

Career

She won the gold medal at the 2006 World Junior Championships, and competed without reaching the final round at the 2008 Olympic Games. She also finished thirteenth in the high jump at the 2003 World Youth Championships.^[1]

She has 6.82 metres in the long jump, achieved in May 2007 in Eugene. In the high jump she has 1.84 metres, achieved in May 2007 in Palo Alto.^[1]

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Trinidad and Tobago
2001	CARIFTA Games (U17)	Bridgetown, Barbados	2nd	High jump	1.68m
			11th	Long jump	4.31m
2002	CARIFTA Games (U17)	Nassau, Bahamas	5th	High jump	1.60m
			4th	Long jump	5.12m
	Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U-17)	Bridgetown, Barbados	2nd	High jump	1.71m
			1st	Long jump	5.56m   (-0.4 m/s)
2003	CARIFTA Games (U17)	Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago	1st	High jump	1.73m
			1st	Long jump	5.79m   (0.8 m/s)
			5th	4x100 m relay	47.37s
	World Youth Championships	Sherbrooke, Canada	13th	High jump	1.70m
			7th (q)	Long jump	5.85m   (1.0 m/s)
2004	CARIFTA Games (U20)	Hamilton, Bermuda	2nd	High jump	1.76m
			1st	Long jump	6.29m   (1.1 m/s)
	Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U-20)	Coatzacoalcos, México	1st	High jump	1.76m
			1st	Long jump	5.85m   (-1.7 m/s)
	World Junior Championships	Grosseto, Italy	10th (q)	Long jump	5.92   (-0.2 m/s)
2005	CARIFTA Games (U20)	Bacolet, Trinidad and Tobago	1st	High jump	1.82m
			1st	Long jump	6.29m   (0.4 m/s)
	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Nassau, Bahamas	8th	High jump	1.80 m
			9th	Long jump	5.86 m (w)
2006	Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U-20)	Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago	1st	High jump	1.83m
			1st	Long jump	6.56m CR   (0.0 m/s)
	World Junior Championships	Beijing, PR China	9th (q)	High jump	1.74m
			1st	Long jump	6.46m   (-0.3 m/s)
2008	Olympic Games	Beijing, PR China	18th (q)	Long jump	5.88m   (0.5 m/s)
2009	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Havana, Cuba	2nd	Long jump	6.47 m
2010	Central American and Caribbean Games	Mayagüez, Puerto Rico	1st	Long jump	6.67 m

External links

• Picture of Rhonda Watkins^[2]

References