Janelle Redhead (born 27 December 1989) in

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, Saint John, is a Grenadian sprinter who specialises in the

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. She won the bronze medal at the 2008 World Junior Championships. Her personal best times are 11.65 seconds in the

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and 22.91 seconds in the

, Janelle was a member of Grenada's track team for the 13th IAAF World Championships in Athletics in

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, 27 August – 4 September 2011. She was a semi-finalist in the Women's 200m dash. Previously, she attended

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in Texas where she was a member of the school's record 4x100 and 4 × 400 m relays teams at the

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(NJCAA). She is currently a student/athlete at

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in Texas. Her brother Joel has also represented Grenada at the Olympics. She competed at the

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in the 200 m reaching the semifinal.

References

* 1989 births Living people Grenadian female sprinters Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Grenada People from Saint John Parish, Grenada Olympic female sprinters {{grenada-athletics-bio-stub