Astia Walker

Astia Walker-Eastwood (born 4 April 1975 in Trelawny Parish^[1]) is a retired Jamaican athlete who competed mostly in the sprinting and hurdling events.^[2] She represented her country in the 200 metres at the 2000 Summer Olympics reaching the second round. Most of her successes came in the 4 × 100 metres relay. Walker-Eastwood ran track collegiately at Louisiana State University.

Competition record

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Jamaica
1993	CARIFTA Games (U20)	Fort-de-France, Martinique	2nd	200 m	23.65
			–	100 m H	DQ
1994	Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U20)	Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago	1st	200 m	23.5
			1st	100 m H	13.5
	World Junior Championships	Lisbon, Portugal	2nd (sf)	200 m	23.46[3]
			4th (sf)	100 m H	13.37[4]
			1st	4x100 m	44.01
1997	World Championships	Athens, Greece	12th (sf)	100 m H	13.00
2000	Olympic Games	Sydney, Australia	27th (h)	200 m	23.33[5]
2001	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Guatemala City, Guatemala	2nd	100 m	11.41
			2nd	100 m H	13.32
	World Championships	Edmonton, Canada	17th (qf)	100 m	11.39
			3rd	4x100 m	42.40
	Goodwill Games	Brisbane, Australia	3rd	4x100 m	43.13
2002	Commonwealth Games	Manchester, United Kingdom	9th (sf)	200 m	23.31
			2nd	4x100 m	42.73

Personal bests

Outdoor

• 100 metres – 11.28 (+0.2 m/s) (Kingston 2001)
• 200 metres – 22.79 (+0.7 m/s) (Linz 2000)
• 100 metres hurdles – 12.82 (+0.8 m/s) (Leverkusen 2000)

Indoor

• 60 metres – 7.41 (Baton Rouge 1999)
• 200 metres – 23.15 (Baton Rouge 1998)
• 60 metres hurdles – 8.07 (Chemnitz 2003)

References