Beverly McDonald (born 15 February 1970 in

Saint Mary, Jamaica Saint Mary () is a Parish (administrative division), parish located in the northeast section of Jamaica. With a population of 114,227 it is one of Jamaica's smallest parishes, located in the county of Middlesex. Its chief town and Capital (poli ...

) is a

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n sprinter. Her accomplishments include winning the

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in the

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at the

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and the

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in the same event at the

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. She also won the

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at the 2000 Summer Olympics in the

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race, after

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was disqualified in 2007 due to doping violations, although it would take until the

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for McDonald to be presented with the actual bronze medal. Beverly McDonald is the sister of Michael McDonald.

Personal bests

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– 10.99 (1998) *

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– 22.22 (1999)

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* * 1970 births Living people Sportspeople from Saint Mary Parish, Jamaica Jamaican female sprinters Olympic athletes for Jamaica Olympic gold medalists for Jamaica Olympic silver medalists for Jamaica Olympic bronze medalists for Jamaica Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Pan American Games gold medalists in athletics (track and field) Pan American Games bronze medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 1991 Pan American Games World Athletics Championships athletes for Jamaica World Athletics Championships medalists Junior college women's track and field athletes in the United States Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists in athletics (track and field) Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field) Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field) Pan American Games gold medalists for Jamaica Pan American Games bronze medalists for Jamaica Goodwill Games medalists in athletics Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Jamaica Competitors at the 1998 Central American and Caribbean Games World Athletics Championships winners Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in athletics Competitors at the 1998 Goodwill Games Competitors at the 2001 Goodwill Games Medalists at the 1991 Pan American Games Olympic female sprinters Jamaican Athletics Championships winners {{Jamaica-athletics-bio-stub