Emmanuel Earl Callender (sometimes Callander; born 10 May 1984 in
Arouca, Trinidad and Tobago
Arouca (originally San Agustín de Arouca) is a town in the East–West Corridor of Trinidad and Tobago located east of Port of Spain, along the Eastern Main Road. It is located west of Arima, east of Tunapuna and Tacarigua, south of Lopinot, an ...
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is a
track and field sprint athlete, who competes internationally for
Trinidad and Tobago.
Callender represented
Trinidad and Tobago at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. He competed at the
4 × 100 m relay, together with
Marc Burns,
Aaron Armstrong,
Keston Bledman and
Richard Thompson. In their qualification heat (without Callender) they placed first in front of Japan, the Netherlands and Brazil. Their time of 38.26 was the fastest of all sixteen teams participating in the first round and they qualified for the final. Armstrong was replaced by Callender for the final race and they sprinted to a time of 38.06 seconds, the second fastest time after the
Jamaican team, winning the
silver medal
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.
[2008 Summer Olympics Results - Track and Field](_blank)
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At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he raced in the first round and the final, and Trinidad and Tobago won the silver medal.
Callender set new personal bests in the
100
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and
200 meters
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at the
Grande Prêmio Brasil Caixa meet in May 2009, recording times of 10.16 and 20.40 seconds respectively.
[Biscayart, Eduardo (25 May 2009)]
Belém spectacular produces five world season leads – IAAF World Athletics Tour
IAAF
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. Retrieved 30 May 2009. Since then, he has improved his 100 m personal best, to 10.05 s.
Personal bests
*100 m: 10.05 s
(wind: +0.4 m/s) –
Zürich, 28 August 2009
*200 m: 20.40 s
(wind: +0.3 m/s) –
Belém, 24 May 2009
*400 m: 48.47 s –
Kingston
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, 26 January 2008
International competitions
†: Disqualified in the final.
‡: Did not finish in the final.
*: Disqualified in the semifinal.
References
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1984 births
Living people
Trinidad and Tobago male sprinters
Olympic athletes of Trinidad and Tobago
Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Athletes (track and field) at the 2011 Pan American Games
Athletes (track and field) at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
Olympic silver medalists for Trinidad and Tobago
Pan American Games medalists in athletics (track and field)
World Athletics Championships medalists
Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
People from Tunapuna–Piarco
Pan American Games bronze medalists for Trinidad and Tobago
Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field)
World Athletics Championships athletes for Trinidad and Tobago
Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Trinidad and Tobago
Competitors at the 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games
Competitors at the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games
Olympic gold medalists for Trinidad and Tobago
Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in athletics
Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games
Commonwealth Games competitors for Trinidad and Tobago