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]
Personal bests [ edit ] 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.
References [ edit ]
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 )
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 )