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Trinidad and Tobago sprinter
Emmanuel Callender
Emmanuel Callender at the 2012 Olympics
Nationality Trinidad and Tobago Born (1984-05-10 ) 10 May 1984 (age 40) Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2+ 1 ⁄2 in) Weight 86 kg (190 lb) Sport Running Personal best(s) 100m : 10.05
200m : 20.40Updated on 7 August 2016
Emmanuel Earl 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 × 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 fastest time after the Jamaican team, winning the silver medal .[ 3]
At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he raced in the first round and the final, and Trinidad and Tobago won the silver medal.[ 4]
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.[ 5] Since then, he has improved his 100 m personal best, to 10.05 s.[ 2]
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
International competitions [ edit ]
Year
Competition
Venue
Position
Event
Notes
Representing Trinidad and Tobago
2006
NACAC Under-23 Championships
Santo Domingo , Dominican Rep.
3rd
4 × 100 m
39.98
2007
NACAC Championships
San Salvador , El Salvador
5th
200 m
20.93 (+1.8 m/s)
3rd
4 × 100 m
39.92
Pan American Games
Rio de Janeiro , Brazil
5th
200 m
21.03 (+0.8 m/s)
4th
4 × 100 m
39.23
2008
Central American and Caribbean Championships
Cali , Colombia
1st
200 m
20.69 (+0.5 m/s)
Olympic Games
Beijing , China
1st
4 × 100 m
38.06
2009
Central American and Caribbean Championships
La Habana , Cuba
1st
100 m
10.08 (+0.1 m/s)
200 m
10th (h)
21.10 (-0.5 m/s)
1st
4 × 100 m
38.73
World Championships
Berlin , Germany
26th (qf)
100 m
10.27 (+0.1 m/s)
8th (sf)
200 m
20.70 (+0.3 m/s)
2nd
4 × 100 m
37.62
2010
Central American and Caribbean Games
Mayagüez , Puerto Rico
3rd (h)†
100 m
10.16 (+1.4 m/s)
6th
200 m
20.81 (0.0 m/s)
1st
4 × 100 m
38.24
Commonwealth Games
Delhi , India
4th
100 m
10.25 (+0.3 m/s)
7th
200 m
21.12 (+0.1 m/s)
2nd (h)‡
4 × 100 m
39.47
2011
Central American and Caribbean Championships
Mayagüez , Puerto Rico
5th
200 m
21.12 (+1.1 m/s)
2nd
4 × 100 m
38.89
World Championships
Daegu , South Korea
200 m
33rd (h)
20.97 (-0.3 m/s)
Pan American Games
Guadalajara , Mexico
3rd
100 m
10.16 (+0.2 m/s)
–
4 × 100 m
DNF
2012
Olympic Games
London , United Kingdom
2nd
4 × 100 m
38.12
2013
Central American and Caribbean Championships
Morelia , México
3rd
4 × 100 m
39.26
2014
Central American and Caribbean Games
Xalapa , México
4th (h)
100 m
10.46 A (-0.7 m/s)
3rd (h)*
200 m
21.33 A (-0.8 m/s)
2015
NACAC Championships
San José , Costa Rica
4th (sf)
100 m
10.25 w (+2.7 m/s)
5th
4 × 100 m
38.90
2016
Olympic Games
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
6th (h)†
4 × 100 m
37.96
2017
IAAF World Relays
Nassau, Bahamas
1st (B)
4 × 100 m
39.04
4th
4 × 200 m
1:21.39
World Championships
London , United Kingdom
27th (h)
100 m
10.25
9th (h)
4 × 100 m
38.61
2018
World Indoor Championships
Birmingham , United Kingdom
27th (h)
60 m
6.80
Commonwealth Games
Gold Coast, Australia
23rd (sf)
100 m
10.54
–
4 × 100 m
DQ
† : Disqualified in the final.
‡ : Did not finish in the final.
* : Disqualified in the semifinal.
1912 : David Jacobs , Henry Macintosh , Victor d'Arcy , Willie Applegarth (GBR )
1920 : Charley Paddock , Jackson Scholz , Loren Murchison , Morris Kirksey (USA )
1924 : Loren Murchison , Louis Clarke , Frank Hussey , Al LeConey (USA )
1928 : Frank Wykoff , James Quinn , Charley Borah , Henry Russell (USA )
1932 : Bob Kiesel , Emmett Toppino , Hector Dyer , Frank Wykoff (USA )
1936 : Jesse Owens , Ralph Metcalfe , Foy Draper , Frank Wykoff (USA )
1948 : Barney Ewell , Lorenzo Wright , Harrison Dillard , Mel Patton (USA )
1952 : Dean Smith , Harrison Dillard , Lindy Remigino , Andy Stanfield (USA )
1956 : Ira Murchison , Leamon King , Thane Baker , Bobby Morrow (USA )
1960 : Bernd Cullmann , Armin Hary , Walter Mahlendorf , Martin Lauer (EUA )
1964 : Paul Drayton , Gerry Ashworth , Richard Stebbins , Bob Hayes (USA )
1968 : Charles Greene , Mel Pender , Ronnie Ray Smith , Jim Hines (USA )
1972 : Larry Black , Robert Taylor , Gerald Tinker , Eddie Hart (USA )
1976 : Harvey Glance , Lam Jones , Millard Hampton , Steve Riddick (USA )
1980 : Vladimir Muravyov , Nikolay Sidorov , Aleksandr Aksinin , Andrey Prokofyev (URS )
1984 : Sam Graddy , Ron Brown , Calvin Smith , Carl Lewis (USA )
1988 : Viktor Bryzhin , Vladimir Krylov , Vladimir Muravyov , Vitaliy Savin (URS )
1992 : Michael Marsh , Leroy Burrell , Dennis Mitchell , Carl Lewis , James Jett (USA )
1996 : Robert Esmie , Glenroy Gilbert , Bruny Surin , Donovan Bailey , Carlton Chambers (CAN )
2000 : Jon Drummond , Bernard Williams , Brian Lewis , Maurice Greene , Tim Montgomery , Kenny Brokenburr (USA )
2004 : Jason Gardener , Darren Campbell , Marlon Devonish , Mark Lewis-Francis (GBR )
2008 : Keston Bledman , Marc Burns , Emmanuel Callender , Richard Thompson , Aaron Armstrong (TTO )
2012 : Nesta Carter , Michael Frater , Yohan Blake , Usain Bolt , Bailey-Cole (JAM )
2016 : Asafa Powell , Yohan Blake , Nickel Ashmeade , Usain Bolt , Jevaughn Minzie , Kemar Bailey-Cole (JAM )
2020 : Lorenzo Patta , Marcell Jacobs , Fausto Desalu , Filippo Tortu (ITA )
2024 : Aaron Brown , Jerome Blake , Brendon Rodney , Andre De Grasse (CAN )
1926: Mexico (Ahumada , Gómez , Ramírez , Aguilar )
1930: Cuba (Torriente , Rodríguez , Alfonso , Seino )
1935: Cuba (Rodríguez , Acosta , Torriente , Verrier )
1938: Puerto Rico (Villodas , Guerra , Malavé , Vázquez )
1946: Panama (Loney , Thomas , Clarke , La Beach )
1950: Cuba (Fortún , Farrés , Mazorra , Wilson )
1954: Jamaica (LaBeach , Rhoden , Gardner , Laing )
1959: Venezuela (Bonas , Murad , Esteves , Romero )
1962: Venezuela (Herrera , Murad , Romero , Esteves )
1966: Jamaica (Clayton , McNeil , Headley , Fray )
1970: Cuba (Ramírez , Montes , Morales , Triana )
1974: Cuba (Triana , Montes , Bandomo , Leonard )
1978: Trinidad and Tobago (Noel , Crawford , Husbands , Serrette )
1982: Cuba (Lara , Casañas , Peñalver , Saborit )
1986: Cuba (Lara , Peñalver , Querol , Simón )
1990: Cuba (Simón , Peñalver , Stevens , Isasi )
1993: Cuba (Simón , I. García , Isasi , Aguilera )
1998: Cuba (A. García , Ortiz , I. García , Pérez )
2002: Dominican Republic (Matos , Morillo , Sainfleur , Báez )
2006: Netherlands Antilles (Mariano , Kwidama , Duzant , Martina )
2010: Trinidad and Tobago (Sorrillo , Burns , Callender , Bledman )
2014: Cuba (Ruíz , Mena , Luis , Carrero )
2018: Barbados (Brathwaite , Burke , Ellis , Hoyte )
2023: Trinidad and Tobago (Hosten , Benjamin , Harrison Jr. , Augustine )