Trinidad and Tobago's pioneering Olympic triple jumper
Ayanna Alexander
Nationality Trinidadian Born (1982-07-20 ) 20 July 1982 (age 42) Trinidad & Tobago Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) Weight 61 kg (134 lb) Sport athletics Event(s) Triple jump , Long jump College team Louisiana Tech Coached by Emanuel "Skeeter" Jackson Personal best Triple jump: 14.40 mUpdated on 9 January 2015
Ayanna Alexander is a track and field athlete from Trinidad and Tobago who is the first and only women in the country's history to compete at an Olympic games in the women's triple jump. Ayanna competes primarily in the triple jump and some times the long jump .[ 1] [ 2] [ 3] She competed in track and field collegiately in the United States at Louisiana Tech University and at McLean High School in McLean, VA. She is the Trinidad and Tobago national record holder in the triple jump at 14.40 meters.[ 4] and is the first and only athlete from Trinidad and Tobago to qualify in the triple jump for the Olympic Games .[ 5]
Year
Competition
Venue
Position
Event
Notes
Representing Trinidad and Tobago
2007
NACAC Championships
San Salvador , El Salvador
1st
Triple jump
13.29 m
Pan American Games
Rio de Janeiro , Brazil
7th
Triple jump
13.21 m
2008
Central American and Caribbean Championships
Cali , Colombia
3rd
Triple jump
13.30 m
2009
Central American and Caribbean Championships
Havana , Cuba
5th
Triple jump
13.71 m
2010
Central American and Caribbean Games
Mayagüez , Puerto Rico
3rd
Triple jump
13.64 m
Commonwealth Games
Delhi , India
11th
Long jump
5.87 m
2nd
Triple jump
13.91 m
2011
Central American and Caribbean Championships
Mayagüez , Puerto Rico
7th
Long jump
6.06 m
1st
Triple jump
13.50 m
Pan American Games
Guadalajara , Mexico
5th
Triple jump
13.54 m
2012
Olympic Games
London , United Kingdom
14th (q)
Triple jump
14.09 m
2013
Central American and Caribbean Championships
Morelia, Mexico
9th
Long jump
5.70 m
2nd
Triple jump
13.17 m
2014
Commonwealth Games
Glasgow , United Kingdom
23rd (q)
Long jump
5.77 m
3rd
Triple jump
14.01 m
Pan American Sports Festival
Ciudad de México , México
6th
Triple jump
13.49 m A (+1.3 m/s)
Central American and Caribbean Games
Xalapa , México
8th
Triple jump
12.94 m A (-0.5 m/s)
2015
Pan American Games
Toronto , Canada
8th
Triple jump
13.83 m
NACAC Championships
San José, Costa Rica
5th
Triple jump
13.68 m
2016
World Indoor Championships
Portland, United States
–
Triple jump
NM
2018
Commonwealth Games
Gold Coast, Australia
6th
Triple jump
13.47 m
Central American and Caribbean Games
Barranquilla, Colombia
14th
Long jump
5.83 m (w)
9th
Triple jump
13.18 m
NACAC Championships
Toronto , Canada
6th
Triple jump
12.94 m
^ "Ayanna Alexander - Athletics" . Ttoc.org. 14 July 2012.
^ Ayanna Alexander , National Sporting Archive of Trinidad and Tobago (NSATT), archived from the original on 9 January 2015, retrieved 9 January 2015
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Biography - ALEXANDER Ayanna , PASO , archived from the original on 9 January 2015, retrieved 9 January 2015
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Trinidad & Tobago National Records - Women , National Association of Athletics Administrations of Trinidad & Tobago , retrieved 9 January 2015
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Ayanna Alexander - Biography , Commonwealth Games Federation , retrieved 9 January 2015