Juliet Campbell

Juliet Campbell medal table
Sprinter
Jamaica
World championships
bronze	1993 Stuttgart	4 × 100 m
bronze	2001 Edmonton	4 × 100 m
Indoor world championships
gold	2001 Lisbon	200 m
silver	2001 Lisbon	4 × 400 m
bronze	2003 Birmingham	200 m
Commonwealth Games
silver	1998 Kuala Lumpur	200 m
silver	1998 Kuala Lumpur	4 × 100 m
silver	2002 Manchester	200 m

Juliet Campbell (born March 17, 1970 in Kingston ) is a former Jamaican athlete . The versatile sprinter appeared individually, especially in the 200-meter run , but also regularly reinforced the 4-by-100-meter and 4-by-400-meter relays in Jamaica at international championships .

Her first international appearance for Jamaica was at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona . With the 4-by-400-meter relay, she finished fifth, in the 400-meter run she reached the quarter-finals. In both competitions, she started at the 1993 World Championships in Stuttgart . With the relay she was fourth, over 400 meters seventh. However, she achieved the best result with the 4 x 100 meter relay. Together with Michelle Freeman , Nikole Mitchell and Merlene Ottey , she won the bronze medal behind the teams from Russia and the United States in 41.94 s .

At the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta , Campbell just barely missed a medal again with the 4 x 400 meter relay in fourth place. In the 400-meter run, she advanced to the semi-finals. She also reached the semi-finals in the 200-meter run at the 1997 World Championships in Athens . She won her first international individual medal a year later at the Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur . Over 200 m she finished second behind Nova Peris-Kneebone in 22.79 seconds . With the 4 x 100 meter relay, Campbell won another silver medal.

In 1999 she took fifth place over 200 m at the World Indoor Championships in Maebashi and eighth place at the World Championships in Seville . At the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney she failed over the same distance in the quarter-finals. She was much more successful at the 2001 World Indoor Championships in Lisbon . There she managed to win the title in the 200-meter run in 22.64 s. In the 4-by-400-meter relay, she won the silver medal together with Charmaine Howell , Catherine Scott and Sandie Richards .

At the Commonwealth Games 2002 she was second over 200 m in 22.54 s behind Debbie Ferguson . Over the same distance, she won her last international medal at the 2003 World Indoor Championships in Birmingham . There she was ranked third behind Muriel Hurtis and Anastassija Kapatschinskaja in 22.81 s , after the original winner Michelle Collins was subsequently disqualified for doping .

Juliet Campbell is 1.76 m tall and had a competition weight of 62 kg.

Top performances

• Open air:
  • 200 m: 22.50 s, 25 August 1999, Seville
  • 400 m: 50.11 s, Jul 3, 1993, Kingston
• Hall:
  • 60 m : 7.16 s, 17th February 2002, Birmingham
  • 200 m: 22.64 s, March 10, 2001, Lisbon
  • 400 m: 51.78 s, February 19, 1998, Stockholm

Web links

• Juliet Campbell in the database of World Athletics (English)