Barbara Pierre
| File:Barbara Pierre Istanbul 2012.jpg Pierre at the 2012 World Indoor Championships in Istanbul | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nationality | American | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | April 28, 1986[nb] Port-au-Prince, Haiti | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Home town | Clayton, NC, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Track & Field | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | 60 meters, 100 meters | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | St. Augustine | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Barbara Pierre (born April 28, 1986)[nb] is a Haitian-born American track and field sprint athlete who competed internationally for the United States. Her specialty is the 60-meter dash and the 100-meter dash. She had her highest world ranking in 2013, when she was the fourth fastest sprinter in the world over 100 m with her personal best of 10.85 seconds.[1]
Pierre represented Haiti at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. She competed at the 100 m sprint and placed fourth in her first round heat, which normally meant elimination. However, her time of 11.52 was among the ten fastest losing times, resulting in a second round spot. There she failed to qualify for the semi-finals as her time of 11.56 was the fifth time of her race.[2]
At the 2015 Pan American Games, she set the games record of 10.92 seconds in the preliminary round. In the final, she was slightly slower and went home with the bronze medal.[3]
Pierre would continue to compete until the age of 35 when she would retire and take up coaching at her alma mater St. Augustine University as a Volunteer Assistant.
Personal records
[edit | edit source]- 50-meter dash – 6.22 (2012)
- 60-meter dash – 7.00 (2016)
- 100-meter dash – 10.85 (2013)
- 200-meter dash – 23.23 (2010)
- 200-meter dash indoor – 23.62 (2010)
Haitian national records
[edit | edit source]International competitions
[edit | edit source]| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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| 2008 | NACAC U23 Championships | Toluca, Mexico | 4th | 100 m | 11.45 |
| Central American and Caribbean Championships | Cali, Colombia | 3rd | 100 m | 11.40 | |
| Representing the Haiti Republic of Haiti | |||||
| 2008 | Olympic Games | Beijing, China | 31st (qf) | 100 m | 11.56 |
Representing the  United States
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| 2011 | Pan American Games | Guadalajara, Mexico | 2nd | 100 m | 11.25 |
| 2nd | 4 × 100 m | 43.10 | |||
| 2012 | World Indoor Championships | Istanbul, Turkey | 4th | 60 m | 7.14 |
| 2015 | Pan American Games | Toronto, Ontario, Canada | 3rd | 100 m | 11.01 |
| 1st | 4 × 100 m | 42.58 | |||
| NACAC Championships | San José, Costa Rica | 1st | 100 m | (-0.1 m/s) 11.12 | |
| 1st | 4 × 100 m | 42.24 | |||
| 2016 | World Indoor Championships | Portland, Oregon, United States | 1st | 60 m | 7.02 |
| 2017 | DécaNation | Angers, France | 1st | 100 m | 11.27 |
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See also
[edit | edit source]Notes
[edit | edit source]References
[edit | edit source]- ^ 100 Metres - women - senior - outdoor - 2013. IAAF. Retrieved on 2015-07-27.
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Robinson, Javier Clavelo (2015-07-23). Henderson jumps world-leading 8.52m at Pan American Games. IAAF. Retrieved on 2015-07-27.
- ^ Barbara Pierre. IAAF. Retrieved on 2015-07-27.
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Barbara Pierre. Tilastopaja. Retrieved on 2015-07-27.
External links
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- USA Indoor Track and Field Championships winners
- 1986 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Port-au-Prince
- Track and field athletes from North Carolina
- American women sprinters
- Haitian women sprinters
- Olympic athletes for Haiti
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- Haitian emigrants to the United States
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- Athletes (track and field) at the 2011 Pan American Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2015 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games
- Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States in athletics (track and field)
- Pan American Games silver medalists for the United States in athletics (track and field)
- Pan American Games bronze medalists for the United States in athletics (track and field)
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