Kyra Constantine
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| Full name | Kyra Cheresse Constantine | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1998年08月01日) August 1, 1998 (age 26) Toronto, Ontario [1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 175 cm (5 ft 9 in)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Canada | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Sprints | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | USC Trojans (2017–2021)[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best | 400 m : 50.87 (2021)[3] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Kyra Cheresse Constantine (born August 1, 1998)[4] is a Canadian sprinter specializing in the 400 metres. She won the silver medal in the ×ばつ 400 metres relay">women's 4 ×ばつ 400 metres relay event at the 2019 Pan American Games held in Lima, Peru. She also competed in the women's 400 metres event.[4]
In 2014, she competed in the girls' 400 metres event at the Summer Youth Olympics held in Nanjing, China.[5]
She competed in the women's 400 metres event at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan. As well, she was part of the Canadian team that finished in fourth place in the ×ばつ 400 metres relay">4 ×ばつ 400 metres relay.[6]
At the 2022 Commonwealth Games, she was the anchor leg of the Canada team that won gold in the ×ばつ 400 metres relay">women's 4 x 400 metres relay final. Ironically, she had actually finished second, behind England's Jessie Knight by 0.01 seconds in a photo-finish, but was awarded the gold due to an earlier lane infraction by England.
She attended St. Roch Secondary School as a high school student.[7] From 2016 - 2021 she attended the University of Southern California. While there she was a PAC 12 Champion in the women’s 400m and 9 time NCAA All American.
References
[edit ]- ^ a b "Kyra Constantine". Canadian Olympic Committee . Retrieved June 18, 2021.
- ^ "KYRA CONSTANTINE (SR-4) USC". Track & Field Results Reporting System. Retrieved June 18, 2021.
- ^ "ATHLETE PROFILE Kyra CONSTANTINE". World Athletics . Retrieved June 18, 2021.
- ^ a b "Athletics Results Book" (PDF). 2019 Pan American Games. Archived (PDF) from the original on June 14, 2020. Retrieved June 14, 2020.
- ^ "Athletics Results Book" (PDF). 2014 Summer Youth Olympics. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 26, 2016. Retrieved August 17, 2020.
- ^ Harrison, Doug (August 7, 2021). "Canadian women narrowly miss track relay medal at 2nd straight Olympics". CBC Sports . Retrieved August 21, 2021.
- ^ Juzenas, Frank (June 19, 2013). "Constantine strikes OFSAA gold". The Brampton Guardian. Brampton ON. Retrieved August 3, 2021.
External links
[edit ]- Kyra Constantine at World Athletics Edit this at Wikidata
- Kyra Constantine at Athletics Canada
- Kyra Constantine at Team Canada Edit this at Wikidata
- Kyra Constantine at Olympics.com Edit this at Wikidata
- Kyra Constantine at Olympedia Edit this at Wikidata
- Kyra Constantine at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games
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