Churandy Martina

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Churandy Martina
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Martina during the 2014 European Championships
Personal information
Nationality  Netherlands
Born (1984-07-03) 3 July 1984 (age 39)
Willemstad, Netherlands Antilles
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 74 kg (163 lb)
Sport
Sport Running
Event(s) 100 metres, 200 metres
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing the  Netherlands Antilles
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 2007 Rio de Janeiro 100 m
Central American and Caribbean Games
Gold medal – first place 2006 Cartagena 100 m
Gold medal – first place 2006 Cartagena 4×100 m relay
Gold medal – first place 2010 Mayaguez 100 m
Gold medal – first place 2010 Mayaguez 200 m
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Mayaguez 4×100 m relay
South American Games
Gold medal – first place 2002 Belém 100 m
Silver medal – second place 2002 Belém 200 m
Continental Cup
Silver medal – second place 2010 Split 200 m
Pan American Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2003 Bridgetown 100 m
CARIFTA Games
Junior (U20)
Silver medal – second place 2003 Port of Spain 100 m
CARIFTA Games
Youth (U17)
Silver medal – second place 2000 St. George's 100 m
Silver medal – second place 2000 St. George's 200 m
Representing  Netherlands
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2012 Helsinki 200 m
Gold medal – first place 2012 Helsinki 4×100 m relay

Churandy Martina (born 3 July 1984) is a Dutch sprinter from Curaçao, currently representing the Netherlands. Previously, he represented the Netherlands Antilles until its dissolution. His personal best time over 100 metres is 9.91 seconds, a Dutch record, achieved in a 2012 London Olympic Games semi-final. In addition, he holds the 200 metres national record with a time of 19.85 seconds, achieved at the IAAF Diamond League meeting in Lausanne, Switzerland in 2012.[1][2]

Career

Born in Willemstad, Curaçao, Martina began his international career at the youth level, reaching the 100 metres semifinals of the 1999 World Youth Championships in Athletics. Moving up to the junior level, he ran at the World Junior Championships in Athletics in 2000 and 2002, although he was less successful at that level. His first gold came in the 100 m at the 2002 South American Games in Belém, Brazil.[3] He improved his personal best to 10.29 seconds in 2003,[4] and represented the Netherlands Antilles at the 2003 CAC Championships (setting a personal best in the heats), and also competed at the 2003 Pan American Games (reaching the semis). He made his first appearance on the world stage at the 2003 World Championships in Athletics, although he was eliminated in the heats of the 100 metres.[5]

He made his first Olympic appearance as one of three competitors representing the Netherlands Antilles at the 2004 Summer Olympics. He bore their flag in the opening ceremony. The 2004 season also saw much improvement in his times as he knocked 0.16 off his previous year's personal record with a 10.13-second run in Santo Domingo.[4] Martina won the 100 m bronze medal at the 2005 Central American and Caribbean Championships and also anchored the Netherlands Antilles team to a national record time in the 4×100 metres relay to win a silver medal.[6][7] He led the team to the final at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics and improved the national record further to 38.45 seconds for sixth place.[8] He competed in the individual 100 m but was knocked out in the second round.[4]

The following year he ran a Games record to win the 100 m gold medal at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games (CAC Games).[9] He also led the relay team to victory for his second gold medal of the tournament. He improved his personal best to 10.04 seconds that year with a run in El Paso, Texas.[4] He had success at continental level in July 2007 when he won the gold medal at the 2007 Pan American Games in the 100 metres, having already run a Games record-equalling time in the qualifiers.[10] He finished fifth in the finals of both the 100 m and 200 m at the 2007 World Championships in Osaka, Japan. He ended the year with a sixth place finish in the 100 m at the 2007 IAAF World Athletics Final.[4]

2008 Summer Olympics

He bore the national flag for the second consecutive time at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. In the second round of heats he set a new national record in the 100 m, running below ten seconds for the first time in his career with a time of 9.99 s. In the semi finals he finished third in his race behind Asafa Powell and Richard Thompson, but improved the national record to 9.94 s. He qualified for the final in which he came close to the medals, finishing in fourth place behind Usain Bolt, Thompson and Walter Dix. Whilst he left the final without a medal, he had cause for celebration as he broke the national record for a third time, finishing in 9.93 s.[11]

On 20 August 2008, he originally placed second in the 200 m at the Olympics, finishing behind Usain Bolt with a time of 19.82 s. This would have been both a national record and the second-ever Olympic medal for the Netherlands Antilles after Jan Boersma's silver in the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. However he was disqualified an hour after the race for a lane violation. American Wallace Spearmon, who had initially placed third, was disqualified moments after the race for having stepped on his inside lane line during the race. The American coaches appealed the decision and upon viewing footage of Spearmon's offence they noticed that Martina had committed the same infraction. They dropped their appeal for Spearmon in favour of a successful protest against Martina. As a result of the disqualifications, Shawn Crawford and Walter Dix, both of the United States, were promoted to silver and bronze respectively.[12]

Martina representing the Netherlands Antilles in 2007.

However, on 24 August, the Netherlands Antilles filed an appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport to reinstate Martina's medal, arguing that the American protest came after the 30-minute deadline for protests and appeals set by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), and also that they have their own video footage (not the official Olympic video footage) showing that Martina never left his lane.[12] On 6 March 2009, the CAS rejected the appeal against Martina's disqualification.[13] Shawn Crawford, who had been awarded the Olympic silver medal, reportedly gave his medal to Martina on 28 August 2008.[14]

At the start of the 2009 outdoor season, Martina set a world-leading time of 9.97 seconds in the 100 m at the Fanny Blankers-Koen Games; the fourth time he had finished with a sub-ten-second time.[15] He could not build upon his Olympic success at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics and only reached the quarter-finals of the men's 100 m. He was sixth at the 2010 IAAF World Athletics Final—the competition's final edition. He defended his regional title at the 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games, holding off a challenge from Daniel Bailey to win in 10.07 seconds—just one hundredth off his championship record.[16]

After the dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles, Martina has represented the Netherlands in 2011 World Championships and 2012 European Championships, where he won gold in 200 metres and 4x100 metre relay.

2012 Summer Olympics

Martina competed at the London 2012 Summer Olympics, again in his three disciplines, the 100 metres, 200 metres and 4x100 metre relay. Only narrowly making it through to the 100 metre semi-final, Martina improved his personal best in the semi-final to 9.91. This race was also the fastest ever semi-final run, with Justin Gatlin running 9.82. In the final, Martina placed sixth behind Usain Bolt, posting 9.94. Martina then competed in the 200 m, where he finished in fifth, again behind Bolt, in 20 seconds flat. In the relay, the Netherlands finished sixth in a time of 38.39. However, after the Olympics, Martina broke the 200 m national record in Lausanne, lowering the time to 19.85, ending his reasonably successful season.

Achievements

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  Netherlands Antilles (up till 2010)
2000 CARIFTA Games St. George's, Grenada, Grenada 2nd 100 m 10.73 (wind: 1.5 m/s)
2nd 200 m 21.73 (wind: 1.7 m/s)
World Junior Championships Santiago, Chile 36th (h) 100m 10.77 (wind: +0.8m/s)
— 200m DQ
2002 World Junior Championships Kingston, Jamaica 19th (qf) 100m 10.52 w (wind: +2.6m/s)
South American Games Belém, Brazil 1st 100 m 10.42 (wind: 0.8 m/s)
2nd 200 m 20.81 (wind: 1.1 m/s)
Central American and Caribbean Games San Salvador, El Salvador 8th 100m 10.55 w (wind: 2.1m/s)
8th 200m 21.89 (wind: -0.4m/s)
6th 4x100m relay 42.14
2003 CARIFTA Games Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago 2nd 100 m 10.37 w (wind: +3.8 m/s)
World Championships Paris, France 5th (heats) 100 m 10.35 (wind: -0.6m/s)
2004 South American U23 Championships Barquisimeto, Venezuela 1st [17] 4x100m relay 39.18
NACAC U-23 Championships Sherbrooke, Canada 1st 100m 10.21 (wind: +0.1m/s)
2nd 200m 20.75 (wind: +0.0m/s)
2005 World Championships Helsinki, Finland 6th (quarter-finals) 100 m 10.48 (wind: -1.2m/s)
6th 4x100 m relay 38.45
CAC Championships Nassau, Bahamas 3rd 100 m 10.10 (wind: +1.9m/s)
2006 Central American and Caribbean Games Cartagena, Colombia 1st 100 m 10.06 s (wind: +0.6m/s) CR
1st 4x100 m relay 39.29
2007 Pan American Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 1st 100 m 10.15
World Championships Osaka, Japan 5th 100 m 10.08
5th 200 m 20.28
2008 Summer Olympics Beijing, PR China 4th 100 m 9.93
DSQ 200 m 19.82
2009 World Championships Berlin, Germany 4th (quarter-finals) 100 m 10.19
2010 Central American and Caribbean Games Mayagüez, Puerto Rico 1st 100 m 10.07
1st 200 m 20.25
3rd 4x100 m relay 38.82
Representing  Netherlands (since 2011)
2012 European Championships Helsinki, Finland 1st 200 m 20.42
1st 4x100 m relay 38.34
Summer Olympics London, United Kingdom 6th 100 m 9.94
5th 200 m 20.00
6th 4x100 m relay 38.39
2014 European Championships Zurich, Switzerland 9th 100 m 10.34
4th 200 m 20.37
5th 4x100 m relay 38.60
2015 World Championships Beijing, China 16th (sf) 100 m 10.09
10th (sf) 200 m 20.20

Personal bests

Date Event Venue Time (seconds)
6 February 2010 60 metres Stuttgart, Germany 6.58
5 August 2012 100 metres London, United Kingdom 9.91 — National record
23 August 2012 200 metres Lausanne, Switzerland 19.85 — National record[1][2]
31 March 2007 400 metres El Paso, Texas 46.13
  • All information from IAAF Profile[4]
  • Note: Martina's fastest 100 metres time is 9.76 seconds with 6.1 m/s wind. However, the wind assisted run, set in El Paso, Texas on 13 May 2006, exceeds the IAAF's legal limit of 2.0 m/s and cannot qualify as a record.[18]

If not for the disqualification in 2008 in Beijing, his PB would be 19.82

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Blake supersnel, record Martina. nos.nl. Retrieved: 2012-08-23
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Yohan Blake and Usain Bolt sprint to Diamond League victories. BBC Sport. Retrieved: 2012-08-23
  3. ↑ South American Games. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2010-07-27.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  5. ↑ 2003 World Championships 100 metres heats. IAAF (2003-08-24). Retrieved on 2009-10-02.
  6. ↑ Finisterre, Terry (2005-07-11). Meet record continue to tumble – CAC Championships, Day Two. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-07-27.
  7. ↑ Finisterre, Terry (2005-07-10)A storm of top action in front of packed crowds - CAC Championships, Day One. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-07-27.
  8. ↑ 2005 World Championships 4x100 Metres Relay - M Final. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-07-27.
  9. ↑ Clavelo Robinson, Javier (2006-07-27). Robles and Martina break Games records - CAC Games Day Two. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-07-27.
  10. ↑ Biscayart, Eduardo (2007-07-25). Barber takes 100m title with 11.02 – Pan American Games, Day 3. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-07-27.
  11. ↑ Athlete biography: Churandy Martina, beijing2008.cn. Retrieved on 2008-08-26
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  13. ↑ Martina's bid to reclaim silver rejected, ESPN.com, 6 March 2009.
  14. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.[dead link]
  15. ↑ Van Hemert, Wim (2009-06-01). Four world leads in Hengelo – IAAF World Athletics Tour. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-06-02.
  16. ↑ Clavelo Robinson, Javier (2010-07-26). Martina defends 100m title, Brathwaite dominates the sprint hurdles in Mayaguez – CAC Games, days 1 and 2. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-07-27.
  17. ↑ Guest final out of competition
  18. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

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