Emmanuel Callender

Emmanuel Callender

Emmanuel Callender at the 2012 Olympics
Personal information
Nationality	Trinidad and Tobago
Born	(1984-05-10) 10 May 1984
Height	1.89 m (6 ft 2 1⁄2 in)
Weight	86 kg (190 lb)
Sport
Sport	Running
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	100m: 10.05 200m: 20.40
Medal record Men’s athletics Representing  Trinidad and Tobago Olympic Games Silver 2008 Beijing 4×100 m relay Bronze 2012 London 4×100 m relay World Championships Silver 2009 Berlin 4×100 m relay Pan American Games Bronze 2011 Guadalajara 100 m NACAC Championships Bronze 2007 San Salvador 4×100 m relay CAC Championships Gold 2008 Cali 200 m Gold 2009 Havana 100 m Silver 2011 Mayagüez 4×100 m relay Bronze 2013 Morelia 4×100 m relay
Updated on 11 December 2014.

Emmanuel 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 x 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 time after the Jamaican team, winning the silver medal.^[3]

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.^[4]

Personal bests

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

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Trinidad and Tobago
2006	NACAC Under-23 Championships	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	3rd	4x100 m relay	39.98
2007	NACAC Championships	San Salvador, El Salvador	5th	200m	20.93 (wind: +1.8 m/s)
			3rd	4x100 m relay	39.92
	Pan American Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	5th	200m	21.03 (wind: +0.8 m/s)
			4th	4x100 m relay	39.23
2008	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Cali, Colombia	1st	200m	20.69 (wind: +0.5 m/s)
	Olympic Games	Beijing, China	2nd	4x100 m relay	38.06
2009	Central American and Caribbean Championships	La Habana, Cuba	1st	100m	10.08 (wind: +0.1 m/s)
			200m	10th (h)	21.10 (wind: -0.5 m/s)
			1st	4x100 m relay	38.73
	World Championships	Berlin, Germany	26th (qf)	100m	10.27 (wind: +0.1 m/s)
			8th (sf)	200m	20.70 (wind: +0.3 m/s)
			2nd	4x100 m relay	37.62
2010	Central American and Caribbean Games	Mayagüez, Puerto Rico	100m	3rd (h)†	10.16 (wind: +1.4 m/s)
			200m	6th	20.81 (wind: 0.0 m/s)
			1st	4x100 m relay	38.24
	Commonwealth Games	Delhi, India	4th	100m	10.25 (wind: +0.3 m/s)
			7th	200m	21.12 (wind: +0.1 m/s)
			2nd (h)‡	4x100 m relay	39.47
2011	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Mayagüez, Puerto Rico	5th	200m	21.12 (wind: +1.1 m/s)
			2nd	4x100 m relay	38.89
	World Championships	Daegu, South Korea	200m	33rd (h)	20.97 (wind: -0.3 m/s)
	Pan American Games	Guadalajara, Mexico	3rd	100m	10.16 (wind: +0.2 m/s)
			–	4x100 m relay	DNF
2012	Olympic Games	London, United Kingdom	2nd	4x100 m relay	38.12
2013	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Morelia, México	3rd	4x100 m relay	39.26
2014	Central American and Caribbean Games	Xalapa, México	4th (h)	100m	10.46 A (wind: -0.7 m/s)
			3rd (h)*	200m	21.33 A (wind: -0.8 m/s)

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

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