- Delloreen Ennis-London
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Medal record
Delloreen Ennis-LondonWomen's athletics Competitor for Jamaica World Championships Silver 2005 Helsinki 100 m hurdles Bronze 2007 Osaka 100 m hurdles Bronze 2009 Berlin 100 m hurdles Commonwealth Games Bronze 2006 Melbourne 100 m hurdles Pan American Games Gold 2007 Rio 100 m hurdles Delloreen Ennis-London (born 5 March, 1975) is a Jamaican hurdling athlete who won the silver medal in the 100 metre hurdles at the 2005 World Championships.
She broke onto the world scene in 1999 when she improved her best by more than half a second. Achieving the result of 12.52 in 2000, she finished fourth at the 2000 Olympics. In Athens 2004, however, she only reached the semi final. She did not beat her own personal best until April 2004 in Denton, Texas, when she lowered it by 1/100 second.
She won the 100 m hurdles at the 2009 national championships, giving her the opportunity to compete at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics in Berlin that year where she won another bronze medal.[1]
Delloreen is coached by Remi Korchemny.
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Personal bests
- 100 metres : 11.77 (2005)
- 100 metres hurdles : 12.50 (2007)
Achievements
Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes Representing Jamaica 2000 IAAF Grand Prix Final Doha, UAE 3rd 100 m hurdles 2005 World Championships Helsinki, Finland 2nd 100 m hurdles 2006 Commonwealth Games Melbourne, Australia 3rd 100 m hurdles 2007 Pan American Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 1st 100 m hurdles World Championships Osaka, Japan 3rd 100 m hurdles 2009 World Championships Berlin, Germany 3rd 100 m hurdles IAAF World Athletics Final Thesaloniki, Greece 3rd 100 m hurdles References
- ^ Foster, Anthony (2009-06-29). Bolt completes double; ‘Not 100%’ Veronica Campbell-Brown runs 22.40 – JAM Champs, Day 3. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-06-29.
External links
- IAAF profile for Delloreen Ennis-London
Pan American Champions in Women's 80 m Hurdles and 100 m Hurdles 1951 – 1967: 80 m hurdles • 1971 – present: 100 m hurdles 1951 – 1955: Eliana Gaete (CHI) • 1959: Bertha Díaz (CUB) • 1963: Jo Ann Terry (USA) • 1967: Cherrie Sherrard (USA) • 1971: Patricia Johnson (USA) • 1975: Edith Noeding (PER) • 1979: Debbie LaPlante (USA) • 1983: Benita Fitzgerald (USA) • 1987: LaVonna Martin (USA) • 1991 – 1999: Aliuska López (CUB) • 2003: Brigitte Foster (JAM) • 2007: Delloreen Ennis-London (JAM) • 2011: Yvette Lewis (USA)
Categories:- 1975 births
- Living people
- Jamaican hurdlers
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2007 Pan American Games
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Jamaica
- Olympic athletes of Jamaica
- Pan American Games competitors for Jamaica
- Jamaican athletics biography stubs
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