- Melaine Walker
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Medal record 
Walker at the 2009 World ChampionshipsWomen's athletics Competitor for 
JamaicaOlympic Games Gold 2008 Beijing 400 m hurdles World Championships Gold 2009 Berlin 400 m hurdles Silver 2011 Daegu 400 m hurdles World Junior Championships Silver 2002 Kingston 400 m hurdles Silver 2000 Santiago 4×400 m relay Bronze 2000 Santiago 400 m hurdles Bronze 1998 Annecy 4×400 m relay World Youth Championships Silver 1999 Bydgoszcz 200 m Central American and Caribbean Games Silver 2006 Cartagena 4×400 m relay Bronze 2006 Cartagena 400 m hurdles Melaine Walker O.D (born 1 January 1983, Kingston) is a Jamaican 400 metres hurdler. Walker is the reigning World and Olympic 400 m hurdles champion.[1] She holds the Olympic record of 52.64, set at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, and her time of 52.42 seconds at the 2009 World Championships in Berlin is the second fastest time in history.[1]
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Biography
Walker is a past student of the St. Jago High School. She won Gold at the 2008 Beijing Olympics in a new Olympic record time of 52.64 seconds. Walker won the Jamaica national championships in 54.70 seconds, narrowly beating new-comer Kaliese Spencer and qualifying for her first World Championships in Athletics.[2]
On 20 August 2009, she set the second fastest time in history of 52.42 seconds to win the women's 400m hurdles final at the 2009 World Championships in Berlin. [3] She leapt on the back of the mascot Berlino the Bear to do a victory lap but Berlino crashed into a cart of hurdles and dropped her.[4]
Achievements
Year Tournament Venue Result Event 1998 World Junior Championships Annecy, France 5th 200 m 3rd 4x100 m relay 1999 World Youth Championships Bydgoszcz, Poland 2nd 200 m 6th 100 m hurdles 2000 World Junior Championships Santiago, Chile 3rd 400 m hurdles 2nd 4x400 m relay 2002 World Junior Championships Kingston, Jamaica 2nd 400 m hurdles 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games Cartagena, Colombia 3rd 400 m hurdles 2nd 4x400 m relay 2007 World Athletics Final Stuttgart, Germany 3rd 400 m hurdles 2008 Olympic Games Beijing, China 1st 400 m hurdles World Athletics Final Stuttgart, Germany 1st 400 m hurdles 2009 World Championships Berlin, Germany 1st 400 m hurdles IAAF World Athletics Final Thesaloniki, Greece 1st 400 m hurdles Personal bests
- 60 metres hurdles – 8.05 s (2006, indoor)
- 100 metres hurdles – 12.75 s (2006)
- 400 metres hurdles – 52.42 s (2009)
- 60 metres – 7.40 s (2005, indoor)
- 200 metres – 23.67 s (1998)
- 400 metres – 51.61 s (2008)
References
- IAAF profile for Melaine Walker
- ^ a b Lewis, Richard (2009-08-20) "For Walker, World record assault next item on the agenda?". IAAF. Retrieved 2009-08-21.
- ^ Foster, Anthony (2009-06-28). Bolt 9.86 and Fraser 10.88; Walker and Phillips excel over hurdles – JAM Champs , Day 2. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-06-28.
- ^ "Walker storms to 400m hurdle gold". BBC Sport. 2009-08-20. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/athletics/8213194.stm. Retrieved 2009-08-20.
- ^ Emily Benammar, "World Athletics: Berlino the Bear drops Olympic champion Melanie Walker", The Daily Telegraph, 21 Aug 2009
Olympic Champions in Women's 400 m Hurdles 1984: Nawal El Moutawakel (MAR) • 1988: Debbie Flintoff-King (AUS) • 1992: Sally Gunnell (GBR) • 1996: Deon Hemmings (JAM) • 2000: Irina Privalova (RUS) • 2004: Fani Halkia (GRE) • 2008: Melaine Walker (JAM)
World Champions in Women's 400 m Hurdles 1983: Yekaterina Fesenko (URS) • 1987: Sabine Busch (GDR) • 1991: Tatyana Ledovskaya (URS) • 1993: Sally Gunnell (GBR) • 1995: Kim Batten (USA) • 1997: Nezha Bidouane (MAR) • 1999: Daimí Pernía (CUB) • 2001: Nezha Bidouane (MAR) • 2003: Jana Pittman (AUS) • 2005: Yuliya Pechonkina (RUS) • 2007: Jana Rawlinson (AUS) • 2009: Melaine Walker (JAM) • 2011: Lashinda Demus (USA)
Categories:- 1983 births
- Living people
- Jamaican hurdlers
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes of Jamaica
- Olympic gold medalists for Jamaica
- Olympic medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Jamaican athletics biography stubs
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