Chandra Vanessa Sturrup (born September 12, 1971) is a Bahamian track and field sprint athlete.

Career

She is a 100 m specialist and the Bahamian record holder for the women's 100 m with a personal best of 10.84 set in Lausanne, Switzerland on July 5, 2005. Sturrup is an alumnus of Norfolk State University, and has taken part in almost every major event since 1991 after the birth of her son, Shawn Murray Jr. For most of her career, she was coached by Trevor Graham.

Sturrup competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing at the 100 metres sprint. In her first-round heat she placed first in front of Kelly-Ann Baptiste and Lina Grincikaite in a time of 11.30 to advance to the second round. There she improved her time to 11.16 and placed third behind Sherone Simpson and Muna Lee. In her semi final Sturrup finished in fifth position with 11.22 seconds, causing elimination. Her fellow Bahamian Debbie Ferguson qualified for the final with the same time, but she finished fourth in her semi final.

Achievements

Chandra Vanessa Sturrup athletic achievements
YearEventPlace
2005World Championships100 mfourth place
2003World Championships100 mbronze medal
2002Commonwealth Games4 × 100 m relaygold medal
2001World Championships100 mbronze medal
2001World Indoor Championships60 mgold medal
2000Summer Olympics4 × 100 m relaygold medal
2000Summer Olympics100 msixth place
1999World Championships4 × 100 m relaygold medal
1999World Championships100 mseventh place
1998Commonwealth Games100 mgold medal
1997World Indoor Championships60 msilver medal
1996Summer Olympics4 × 100 m relaysilver medal
1996Summer Olympics100 mfourth place

Record in major international events

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing the Bahamas
1988CARIFTA Games (U-20)Kingston, Jamaica3rd200 m24.6
Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U-20)Nassau, Bahamas1st100 m11.96
2nd200 m24.27 (-0.3 m/s)
2nd4 × 100 m relay46.77
World Junior ChampionshipsSudbury, Canada15th (sf)100 m11.93 (wind: -0.7 m/s)
11th (sf)200 m23.96 w (wind: +2.7 m/s)
1989CARIFTA Games (U-20)Bridgetown, Barbados2nd200 m24.1
1990CARIFTA Games (U-20)Kingston, Jamaica3rd100 m11.84 (1.3 m/s)
3rd200 m24.15 (-0.2 m/s)
Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U-20)Havana, Cuba3rd100 m11.89 (-0.4 m/s)
4th200 m24.22 (-0.5 m/s)
3rd4 × 100 m relay47.44
3rd4 × 400 m relay3:54.54
World Junior ChampionshipsPlovdiv, Bulgaria6th (sf)100 m11.62 (wind: +1.0 m/s)
6th200 m23.81 (wind: +1.3 m/s)
1993Central American and Caribbean ChampionshipsCali, Colombia2nd4 × 100 m relay44.28
Central American and Caribbean GamesPonce, Puerto Rico3rd100 m11.89
5th200 m23.94
1995World ChampionshipsGothenburg, Sweden5th (h)100 m11.59 (0.5 m/s)
1996Summer OlympicsAtlanta, United States4th100 m11.00 (-0.7 m/s)
6th200 m22.54 (0.3 m/s)
2nd4 × 100 m relay42.14
1997World ChampionshipsAthens, Greece6th (qf)200 m23.07 (0.3 m/s)
1998Central American and Caribbean GamesMaracaibo, Venezuela1st100 m11.14
–4 × 100 m relayDQ
1999World ChampionshipsSeville, Spain7th100 m11.06 (-0.1 m/s)
6th (sf)200 m22.75 (0.5 m/s)
1st4 × 100 m relay41.92 WL
2000Summer OlympicsSydney, Australia6th100 m11.21 (-0.4 m/s)
3rd (h)200 m23.09 (1.6 m/s)
1st4 × 100 m relay41.95 SB
2001World ChampionshipsEdmonton, Canada3rd100 m11.02 (-0.3 m/s)
2003World ChampionshipsParis, France3rd100 m11.02 (0.9 m/s)
2004Summer OlympicsAthens, Greece7th (qf)100 m11.46 (0.2 m/s)
4th4 × 100 m relay42.69 SB
2005World ChampionshipsHelsinki, Finland4th100 m11.09 (1.3 m/s)
—4 × 100 m relayDNF (h)
2007World ChampionshipsOsaka, Japan6th (sf)100 m11.22 (-0.3 m/s)
2008Summer OlympicsBeijing, China5th (sf)100 m11.22 (-0.7 m/s)
2009World ChampionshipsBerlin, Germany7th100 m11.05 (0.1 m/s)
2nd4 × 100 m relay42.29 SB

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