Andrew Tynes

Andrew Tynes

Tynes in 1994
Medal record
Athletics
Competitor for  Bahamas
CAC Junior Championships (U20)
	1990 Havana	200 m
	1990 Havana	4x100 m relay
CARIFTA Games Junior (U20)
	1991 Port of Spain	200m
	1990 Kingston	200m

Andrew Tynes (born 13 February 1972) is a retired Bahamian sprinter who specialized in the 200 metres.

Biography

He won gold medals at the 1993 Central American and Caribbean Games and the 1993 Central American and Caribbean Championships, and a silver medal at the 1995 Pan American Games.

His personal best time was 20.22 seconds, achieved in April 1993 in El Paso. Tynes also co-holds the Bahamian record in the 4 x 100 metres relay, achieved with teammates Renward Wells, Dominic Demeritte and Iram Lewis.^[1]

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Performance
Representing the  Bahamas
1988	Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U-17)	Nassau, Bahamas	6th	100 m	11.25   (0.3 m/s)
			7th	200 m	23.35   (0.3 m/s)
1990	CARIFTA Games (U-20)	Kingston, Jamaica	2nd	200 m	21.55   (-3.7 m/s)
	Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U-20)	Havana, Cuba	6th	100 m	10.72   (-0.1 m/s)
			2nd	200 m	21.27   (-0.9 m/s)
			3rd	4x100 m relay	41.74
			4th	4x400 m relay	3:13.62
	World Junior Championships	Plovdiv, Bulgaria	16th (sf)	200m	21.57 (wind: -0.8m/s)
1991	CARIFTA Games (U-20)	Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago	1st	200 m	21.11   (-3.7 m/s)
1993	Central American and Caribbean Games	Ponce, Puerto Rico	1st	200 m	20.64 s
1995	Pan American Games	Mar del Plata, Argentina	2nd	200 m	20.33
	World Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	8th (sf)	200 m	20.72   (-0.9 m/s)
			7th (sf)	4 x 100 m relay	39.65
1996	Olympic Games	Atlanta, United States	DNS	100 m
			DSQ (sf)	4 x 100 m relay
1997	World Championships	Athens, Greece	6th (h)	200 m	21.00   (-0.7 m/s)
			7th (sf)	4 x 100 m relay	39.12
2000	Olympic Games	Sydney, Australia	5th (h)	200 m	21.00   (-0.7 m/s)
2001	World Championships	Edmonton, Canada	6th (sf)	4 x 100 m relay	39.20
2002	Central American and Caribbean Games	San Salvador, El Salvador	3rd (h)	200m	21.48 (wind: 1.6m/s)

References

Notes

Olympians - Andrew Tynes, Bahamas Olympic Committee, retrieved 25 March 2012 

External links

• Andrew Tynes profile at IAAF
• Picture of Andrew Tynes