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Kaliese Spencer
Spencer at the 2010 Hanžeković Memorial
Personal information
NationalityJamaican
Born (1987-05-06) 6 May 1987 (age 37)
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Weight75 kg (165 lb)[1]
Sport
CountryJamaica
SportAthletics
Event400 m hurdles
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Jamaica
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2012 London 400 m hurdles
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2009 Berlin 4x400 m relay
World Indoor Championships
Silver medal – second place 2014 Sopot 400 m
Silver medal – second place 2014 Sopot 4×400 m relay
World Relays
Silver medal – second place 2014 Nassau 4x400 m relay
Diamond League
First place 2010 400 m hurdles
First place 2011 400 m hurdles
First place 2012 400 m hurdles
First place 2014 400 m hurdles
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 2014 Glasgow 400 m hurdles
World Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2006 Beijing 400 m hurdles
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Beijing 4x400 m relay

Kaliese Spencer Carter (born 6 May 1987) is a Jamaican track and field athlete who specialises in the 400 metres hurdles. She won the bronze medal in the event at the 2012 London Olympics. Spencer was the Commonwealth Games champion in 2014 and a double silver medallist at the 2014 World Indoor Championships. She finished fourth at both the 2009 and 2011 World Championships in Athletics.

Spencer was the 2006 World junior champion. She is a four-time Diamond League 400 m hurdles winner.

Career

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Born in the parish of Westmoreland, Jamaica, her mother, Merfelin Spencer was a 400 m runner in college and her father Joshua Spencer was a middle-distance runner and she followed in their footsteps into the sport of athletics.[2] She attended the University of Technology in Jamaica and began focusing on her running under the tutelage of Stephen Francis as part of his Maximising Velocity and Power Track Club.[3] She had her first hurdles success at the 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics, where she won the junior 400 m hurdles title with a personal best run of 55.11 seconds. Her debut at the senior level came the following year and she reached the semi-finals of her event at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics in Osaka.[4]

Spencer made a strong start to the 2008 outdoor season by running a world-leading time in the 400 metres at the Azuza Pacific Invitational, winning in a personal best time of 50.55 seconds.[3] However, she suffered a hip injury and only trained sporadically in the rest of the year, missing out on the Jamaican Olympic team for the 2008 Beijing Games as a result.[5]

She began competing in the IAAF Golden League in 2009, performing at the Reebok Grand Prix, Golden Gala and Herculis meetings, although she failed to reach the podium on those occasions.[6] At the 2009 World Championships, Spencer reached the final of the women's 400 m hurdles and finished fourth with a personal best run of 53.56 seconds – her club teammate Melaine Walker won the gold in a championship record.[7] She was also the substitute runner in the 4 × 400 m relay at the championships and helped her team progress to the final where they won the silver medal. She took a victory over Walker shortly afterwards at the IAAF Zagreb Grand Prix.[8] Spencer ended her season by winning the silver medal at the 2009 IAAF World Athletics Final, running 53.99 seconds to finish behind Walker.[4]

The 2010 IAAF Diamond League became Spencer's principal target the following year and she was sixth at first meeting, the Shanghai Golden Grand Prix in May.[6] She won at the Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat, defeating Perri Shakes-Drayton,[9] and was third in the 400 m at the Jamaican Championships that month. She began making an impact on the Diamond League, finishing as runner-up behind Lashinda Demus at the Prefontaine Classic and the Golden Gala, recording a personal best 53.48 s. She had her first win on the major circuit at the British Grand Prix.[10] She won at the Herculis meeting soon after and also set a meet record of 53.72 s at the Spitzenleichtathletik competition in Switzerland.[11]

The 24-year-old set a personal best in the 400 m hurdles of 52.79 s at the Aviva Grand Prix in Crystal Palace on 5 August 2011. As a result, Spencer was heavy favourite to win the gold medal at 2011 World Championships in Athletics in Daegu, South Korea, where she finished fourth.

At the 2012 London Olympics, Spencer initially narrowly missed out on a medal, finishing in fourth place in the 400 m hurdles. She was upgraded to the bronze medal in December 2022, following the stripping of gold medallist Natalya Antyukh of Russia.[12][13]

Spencer won the gold medal in her specialist event at the 2014 Commonwealth Games held in Glasgow.[14]

Achievements

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Spencer races 400 m hurdles at the 2011 World Championships in Daegu

All information taken from World Athletics profile.

Personal bests

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Event Time (sec) Venue Date
200 metres 23.11 Rovereto, Italy 3 September 2013
400 metres hurdles 52.79 Crystal Palace, London, United Kingdom 5 August 2011
400 metres 50.19 Rieti, Italy 8 September 2013
400 metres indoor 51.54 Sopot, Poland 8 March 2014
800 metres 2:03.01 Kingston, Jamaica 5 March 2011

International competitions

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Representing  Jamaica
Year Competition Venue Position Event Time
2006 CARIFTA Games (U-20) Les Abymes, Guadeloupe 2nd 400 m 51.99
1st 4 × 400 m relay 3:31.90 CR
World Junior Championships Beijing, China 1st 400 m hurdles 55.11
3rd 4 × 400 m relay 3:31.62
2007 World Championships Osaka, Japan 8th (sf) 400 m hurdles 56.69
2009 World Championships Berlin, Germany 4th 400 m hurdles 53.56
2nd 4 × 400 m relay 3:24.721
World Athletics Final Thessaloniki, Greece 2nd 400 m hurdles 53.99
2011 World Championships Daegu, South Korea 4th 400 m hurdles 54.01
2012 Olympic Games London, United Kingdom 3rd 400 m hurdles 53.66
2013 World Championships Moscow, Russia – (h) 400 m hurdles DQ
– (h) 4 × 400 m relay DQ
2014 World Indoor Championships Sopot, Poland 2nd 400 m 51.54
2nd 4 × 400 m relay 3:26.54
World Relays Nassau, Bahamas 2nd 4 × 400 m relay 3:23.26
Commonwealth Games Glasgow, United Kingdom 1st 400 m hurdles 54.10
2015 World Championships Beijing, China 8th 400 m hurdles 55.47

1Time from the heats; Spencer was replaced in the final.

Circuit wins and titles

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400 metres hurdles wins, other events specified in parentheses

National titles

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References

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  1. ^ a b Kaliese Spencer. Glasgow2014. Retrieved on 2015-08-03.
  2. ^ Pochert, Alexander (2008-05-08). Kaliese Spencer – Die Talentierteste (in German). Leichtathletik. Retrieved on 2010-07-12.
  3. ^ a b Graham, Raymond (2008-04-21). Spencer hits top form in California Archived 13 October 2014 at the Wayback Machine. The Jamaica Star. Retrieved on 2010-07-12.
  4. ^ a b Spencer Kaliese Biography. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-07-12.
  5. ^ Tucker, Eton. Asafa may have to step up pace, says Francis » Archived 16 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine. Sports Caribe. Retrieved on 2010-07-12.
  6. ^ a b Kaliese SPENCER. The-Sports.Org. Retrieved on 2010-07-12.
  7. ^ Jalava, Mirko (2009-08-20). Event Report – Women's 400m Hurdles – Final Archived 5 June 2012 at the Wayback Machine. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-08-24.
  8. ^ Ramsak, Bob (2009-08-31). Vlasic tops 2.08m in Zagreb – IAAF World Athletics Tour. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-07-12.
  9. ^ Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat – Rabat (MAR) – Sunday, 6 June 2010. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-07-12.
  10. ^ Martin, David. Overview Disciplines – 10.07.2010 400m Hurdles – Women Archived 18 August 2010 at the Wayback Machine. IAAF Diamond League. Retrieved on 2010-07-12.
  11. ^ Sampaolo, Diego (2010-08-09). Blazing 100m in Nottwil – Carter edges Dix 9.86 to 9.88. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-08-09.
  12. ^ "London 2012 400m hurdles women - Olympic Athletics". International Olympic Committee. 9 August 2016. Retrieved 12 November 2016.
  13. ^ "Russia's Antyukh stripped of London 2012 gold". BBC Sport. 21 December 2022. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
  14. ^ "Glasgow 2014 - Kaliese Spencer Profile". g2014results.thecgf.com. Retrieved 12 November 2016.
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