Ayanna Hutchinson (born 18 February 1978) is a

track and field Track and field is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name is derived from where the sport takes place, a running track and a grass field for the throwing and some of the jumping eve ...

sprint athlete who competes internationally for

Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago (, ), officially the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, is the southernmost island country in the Caribbean. Consisting of the main islands Trinidad and Tobago, and numerous much smaller islands, it is situated south of ...

.Athlete biography: Ayanna Hutchinson
beijing2008.cn, retrieved 30 August 2008.

Career

Hutchinson represented

Trinidad and Tobago at the 2008 Summer Olympics Trinidad and Tobago sent a delegation to compete at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. Its participation in the Beijing games marked its eighteenth Olympic appearance and fifteenth Summer Olympic appearance since its debut at the 1948 Sum ...

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. She competed at the 4x100 metres relay together with

Kelly-Ann Baptiste Kelly-Ann Kaylene Baptiste (born 14 October 1986) is a Tobagonian track and field sprint athlete. Junior Competing at the international level for the first time, Kelly-Ann bowed out in the semi-finals of the World Junior Championships in Athlet ...

, Wanda Hutson and

Semoy Hackett Semoy Kee-Ann Hackett (born 27 November 1988) is a Tobagonian track and field sprint athlete who competed collegiately at Louisiana State University. Her personal best in the 100m is 11.09, and 22.49 in 200m. Hackett represented Trinidad and To ...

. In their first round heat they did not finish and were eliminated due to a mistake with the baton exchange. Ayanna Hutchinson represented Trinidad and Tobago at the 2000 Sydney Olympics where she competed in the 100m, and the 2004 Athens Olympics as a part of the 4 × 100 m relay team but due to a missed exchange they were eliminated . She was a semi-finalist at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne and at the 2009 World Championships in Berlin. Together with

and Reyare Thomas set a national record in the 4 × 100 m at the 2009 Berlin World Championships.

Achievements

Personal Best – Outdoor 100 Metres 11.26; 200 Metres 23.35 Personal Best – Indoor 60 Metres 7.28 Honours 100 Metres 12th IAAF World Championships in Athletics 8 sf 11.58 -0.10 Berlin; 18th Commonwealth Games 5 sf 11.53 -0.30 Melbourne

References

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