Bobby-Gaye Wilkins

Bobby-Gaye Wilkins
Personal information
Full name Bobby-Gaye Wilkins-Gooden
Born (1988-09-10) 10 September 1988
Manchester Parish, Jamaica
Sport
Country  Jamaica
Sport Athletics
Event(s) Running
Medal record
Bobby-Gaye Wilkins
Medal record
Women's athletics
Competitor for  Jamaica
Olympic Games
2008 Beijing 4x400 m relay
CAC Junior Championships (U20)
2006 Port of Spain 4x400 m relay
2006 Port of Spain 400 m
CARIFTA Games
Junior (U20)
2006 Les Abymes 800 m
2006 Les Abymes 4x400 m relay
2007 Providenciales 400 m
2007 Providenciales 4x400 m relay
2005 Bacolet, Tobago 800 m
CARIFTA Games
Youth (U17)
2004 Hamilton 4x400 m relay
Updated on 26 January 2015.

Bobby-Gaye Wilkins (born 10 September 1988) is a Jamaican athlete who represented Jamaica at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China, winning a bronze medal in the 4×400 metres relay.

Her first major international appearance came at the 2005 World Youth Championships in Athletics, where she reached the final of the 400 metres.

She was selected as a reserve for the relay at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics, but she did not compete.[1] She reached the semi-finals of the 400 m at the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships, but enjoyed greater success in the women's relay: along with Clora Williams, Davita Prendergast and Novlene Williams-Mills, she won the bronze medal in a Jamaican indoor record of 3:28.49 (also a Central American and Caribbean record).[2]

However, she failed her drug test at the competition, and the Jamaican team was disqualified. Her sample contained andarine (a selective androgen receptor modulator), making her the second international runner to test positive for the class of anabolic drugs, after Thomas Goller. She received a two-year ban from competitive athletics for the infraction.[3]

Personal bests

Event Result Venue Date
400 m 50.87 s Jamaica Kingston 28 Jun 2008
800 m 2:04.87 min Jamaica Kingston 22 Mar 2008

Achievements

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  Jamaica
2004 CARIFTA Games (U-17) Hamilton, Bermuda 4th 400 m 56.96
1st 4x400 m relay 3:48.32
2005 CARIFTA Games (U-20) Bacolet, Trinidad and Tobago 2nd 800 m 2:12.98
1st 4×400m relay 3:36.91
World Youth Championships Marrakesh, Morocco 7th 400 m 54.72
Pan American Junior Championships Windsor, Ontario, Canada 2nd 4x400m relay 3:36.99
2006 CARIFTA Games (U-20) Les Abymes, Guadeloupe 1st 800 m 2:09.36
1st 4x400 m relay 3:31.90 CR
Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U-20) Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago 2nd 400 m 53.19
1st 4x400 m relay 3:36.02
2007 CARIFTA Games (U-20) Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands 1st 400 m 53.01
1st 4x400 m relay 3:36.26
Pan American Junior Championships São Paulo, Brazil 1st 400m 51.72
2008 NACAC U-23 Championships Toluca, México 1st 400m 51.34 A
1st 4x400m relay 3:27.46 A
Olympic Games Beijing, China 3rd1 4x400 m relay 3:22.601
2010 World Indoor Championships Doha, Qatar DSQ 400m DSQ (52.59) (Doping)
DSQ (3rd) 4×400m relay DSQ (3:28.49) (Doping)
2013 Central American and Caribbean Championships Morelia, México 5th 400m 53.01 A
— 4×400m relay DQ
2014 Pan American Sports Festival Ciudad de México, México 3rd 400m 51.84 A
2015 NACAC Championships San José, Costa Rica 3rd 400m 52.45
2nd 4x400m relay 3:28.65

1: Competed only in the heat.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Jamaican team list announced for Berlin. IAAF (2009-07-14). Retrieved on 2010-09-09.
  2. ↑ Landells, Steve (2010-03-14). EVENT REPORT - WOMEN's 4x400 Metres Relay Final. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-09-09.
  3. ↑ Lowe, Andrew (2010-09-09). Wilkins banned for two years. Jamaica Star. Retrieved on 2010-09-09.

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