Emmanuel Callender

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Emmanuel Callender at the 2012 Olympics

Emmanuel Callender (born May 10, 1984 in Arouca ) is a track and field athlete from Trinidad and Tobago . He achieved his greatest successes with the 4 x 100 meter relay .

At the Olympic Games in Beijing in 2008, he won the gold medal in the 4 x 100 meter relay with his fellow runners in a time of 38.06 seconds. In 2009 Callender was runner-up in the relay world championship in Berlin . At the 2010 Commonwealth Games in New Delhi, he finished fourth in the 100-meter run . In the same discipline, he won the bronze medal at the 2011 Pan American Games . At the 2012 Games in London , he won the bronze medal in the relay. Due to a positive doping test at Tyson Gay , the relay was subsequently awarded the silver medal in May 2015.

Personal bests

  • 100 meters: 10.05 seconds, August 28, 2009 in Zurich
  • 200 meters: 20.40 seconds, May 24, 2009 in Belém

Web links

Commons : Emmanuel Callender  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. US season loses silver medal , sport1.de from May 14, 2015.