 Emmanuel Callender at the 2012 Olympics | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
Nickname | EMAN |
| Nationality | Trinidad and Tobago |
| Born | (1984-05-10)10 May 1984 (age 41) |
| Height | 1.89 m (6 ft2+1⁄2 in) |
| Weight | 86 kg (190 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Running |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personalbest(s) | 100 m: 10.05 200 m: 20.40 |
Medal record | |
| Updated on 7 August 2016 | |
Emmanuel Earl Callender (sometimes Callander; born 10 May 1984 inArouca, Trinidad and Tobago)[1] is atrack and fieldsprint athlete, who competes internationally forTrinidad and Tobago.[2]
Callender representedTrinidad and Tobago at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. He competed at the4 × 100 m relay, together withMarc Burns,Aaron Armstrong,Keston Bledman andRichard 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 theJamaican team, winning thesilver 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 the100 and200 meters at theGrande 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]
Zürich, 28 August 2009
Belém, 24 May 2009
Kingston, 26 January 2008†: Disqualified in the final.
‡: Did not finish in the final.
*: Disqualified in the semifinal.
