LaTasha Jenkins
LaTasha Jenkins medal table |
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silver | 2001 Edmonton | 200 meter relay |
Indoor world championships | ||
silver | 2001 Lisbon | 200 meter relay |
LaTasha Jenkins (born December 19, 1977 in Chicago ) is a former American athlete whose specialty was the 200-meter run .
Sporting successes
Jenkins celebrated her greatest sporting success at the 2001 World Athletics Championships in Edmonton . Originally in fourth place with her time of 22.85 s, Jenkins was awarded the silver medal after the subsequent disqualification of Marion Jones and Kelli White for doping . In the final standings she was behind Debbie Ferguson (22.52 s) from the Bahamas .
Together with Ferguson, Jenkins was also world best of the year in 2001 in the 200-meter run.
In the same year Jenkins also won silver at the World Indoor Championships in Lisbon in a personal best indoor time (22.96 s), although she only had to admit defeat to the Jamaican Juliet Campbell (22.64 s).
Together with LaTasha Colander , Nanceen Perry and Marion Jones , Jenkins has been the world record holder in the non-Olympic 4 x 200 meter relay (1: 27.46 min) since April 2000.
Doping allegation
In 2006 she was tested positive for nandrolone during a doping control in Belgium and was banned. The ban had to be lifted in 2007 because A and B samples were analyzed in two different laboratories with different test methods, although both were found to be nandrolone.
Best times
- Hall
- 60-meter run : 7.43 s (2003)
- 200-meter run : 22.96 s (2001)
- open air
- 100-meter run : 11.02 s (2001)
- 200-meter run : 22.29 s (1999)
- 400 meter run : 52.95 s (2002)
Others
With a height of 1.70 m, her competition weight was 55 kg.
Web links
- Profile ( memento of March 11, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) at usatf.com
Individual evidence
- ↑ USADA v. LaTasha Jenkins usada.org January 25, 2008
- ↑ Article at reuters.com
- ↑ IAAF athlete profile
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Jenkins, LaTasha |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American sprinter |
DATE OF BIRTH | 19th December 1977 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Chicago |