Charmaine Crooks, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Charmaine Crooks

Canadian sprinter and middle distance runner

Date of Birth: 08-Aug-1962

Place of Birth: Mandeville, Jamaica

Profession: sprinter

Nationality: Canada

Zodiac Sign: Leo


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About Charmaine Crooks

  • Charmaine Crooks, (born August 8, 1962), is a Canadian athlete, five-time Olympian and Olympic Silver Medallist (LA '84, 4X400m Relay).
  • Crooks was born in Mandeville, Jamaica, but represented Canada for close to 20 years in athletics.
  • The first Canadian woman to run 800 metres in under two minutes, she won gold medals at the Pan American, Commonwealth, World Cup, and the World Student Games.
  • In 1996, she had the honour of being Canada's Flag Bearer at the Opening Ceremonies of the Atlanta Centennial Olympic Games.
  • She is the fifth child with five sisters and three brothers. Crooks won the 400 metre title at the first Pan Am Junior Championships in 1980, as well as a silver in the 4 x 400 metre relay.
  • In 1981 she won a bronze at the World Cup in Rome as a member of the America's 4 x 400 metre relay team.
  • She Won Gold medal in the 4 x 400 metre relay and placed seventh in a nine-woman field in the individual 400 metre race at the 1982 Commonwealth games.
  • In 1983, she won Gold in the 400 metres at the Pan Am Games, and a silver in 4 x 400 metre relay, as well as a silver in the World University games as a member of the 4 x 400 metre team.
  • In 1984 at the Los Angeles Olympics she won silver as a part of the team that set a national record of 3:21.21 for the 4 x 400 metre relay.
  • She finished seventh in the final of the 400 metres in a personal best of 50.45.
  • In 1986, she was again Commonwealth champion as a member of the winning 4 x 400 metre relay squad, and place 5th in the individual 400 metres; in a close race in which less than half a second separated the second and sixth-place finishers.
  • In 1987 she was on Canada's silver medal 4 x 400 metre relay team at the Pan Am Games.
  • In 1989 at the World Cup she won gold as a member of the America's 4 x 400 metre relay team.
  • She also took home two silver medals in the 400m and as part of Canada's 4 × 400 m relay team; at the Francophone Games in Casablanca in 1989.
  • In 1992, she won a silver medal in the 400 metres at the World Cup and was again a member of the winning America's 4 x 400 metre relay team.
  • At the Commonwealth games in Victoria in 1994, she was silver medallist in the 800 metres, and a bronze medallist in the 4 x 400 metres.

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