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Veronica Campbell Brown (born 15 May 1982) is a retired Jamaican track and field sprinter, who specialized in the 100 and 200 meters. [2] An eight-time Olympic medalist , she is the second of three women in history to win two consecutive Olympic 200 m events , after Bärbel Wöckel of Germany at the 1976 and 1980 Olympics and before fellow ...
By 2022, the sprinting landscape had changed. Many of Fraser-Pryce's contemporaries, including Usain Bolt, Carmelita Jeter, Kerron Stewart and Veronica Campbell-Brown, had retired from the sport. [220] [221] Although the U.S. men regained sprinting prominence in the post-Bolt era, [222] [223] Jamaica maintained its dominance in the women's events.
Veronica Campbell-Brown Jamaica 31 May 2011 Golden Spike Ostrava: Ostrava, Czech Republic [80] 100 m: 10.49 (0.0 m/s) Florence Griffith Joyner United States 16 July 1988 U.S. Olympic Trials: Indianapolis, United States 150 m (straight) 16.23 (-0.7 m/s) Shaunae Miller-Uibo Bahamas 20 May 2018 Adidas Boost Boston Games: Boston, United States [81]
Elaine Thompson (L) with her silver for the 200 m at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics in Beijing, with Dafne Schippers and Veronica Campbell-Brown (R). Thompson at the Brussels Memorial Van Damme in 2017
The 200 meters final, a race she lost twice at the 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics to Jamaican rival Veronica Campbell-Brown, proved to be her successful third attempt as she won in 21.88 seconds, outracing a stacked field that included Campbell-Brown, 2012 Olympic 100 meters champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, 2012 Olympic 100 meters silver ...
Earl Campbell: $25 Million Net Worth. Drafted No. 1 overall in the 1978 draft, running back Earl Campbell played eight seasons with the Oilers and the Saints. ... Brown was enshrined in the Pro ...
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Former CNN anchor Campbell Brown and her husband, political pundit Dan Senor, have finally closed on a new home, a $3.9 million apartment in New York City's Tribeca neighborhood. The 4,000-square ...