| Birth date | November 27, 1991 (age 34) |
|---|---|
| Birth place | Scarborough, Ontario, Canada[1][2] |
| Height | 1.70 m[3] |
| Weight | 59 kg |
| Sport | Athletics |
| Club | Flying Angels Track Club[4] |
| Event | 100 m, 200 m |
Crystal Emmanuel-Ahye (born November 27, 1991) is a Canadian sprinter who specialises in the 200 metres. She is the Canadian champion in both the 100 m and 200 m as of July 2018. Crystal also holds the 200 m record for Canada, having broken a record that stood for 34 years.[5][6] She competed in this event at the 2012, 2016 and 2020 Summer Olympics, but was eliminated in the semi-finals.[2][3][7] At the 2013 World Championships in Athletics, she was eliminated in the heats after being disqualified for a lane infringement.
She has also run as part of the Canadian 4 × 100 m relay team, and is part of the team that holds the Canadian record.[5] Set at the 2015 World Championships, Emmanuel-Ahye ran the first leg of the relay.[6] It broke the Canadian record set at the 2013 World Championships, where Emmanuel-Ahye also ran the lead off leg.[6]
When Emmanuel-Ahye won the 100 and 200 m titles at the Canadian Championships in 2011, she was the first woman to win both events since 2003.[6] She repeated the feat in 2016, 2017 and 2018.[8] Her race in the 200 m final at the 2017 World Championship was the first time a Canadian woman ran in the World Championship 200 m final since 1983.[8]
Her 100 m personal best was set at the 2018 NANAC Championships.[8]
Her mother Rosalind Emmanuel competed internationally for Barbados in athletics in the 1980s.[4]
She is married to Trinidadian and Tobagonian sprinter Michelle-Lee Ahye.[9]
Competition record
Personal bests
Outdoor
- 100 metres – 11.11 (+0.9 m/s, Toronto 2018)
- 200 metres – 22.50 (+0.0 m/s, Cork 2017) NR
Indoor
- 60 metres – 7.23 (New York 2016)
- 200 metres – 23.42 (New York 2020)
References
- ^ "Crystal Carly-Kristen Emmanuel". 2014 CWG bio. Archived 2016-08-12 at the Wayback Machine.
- ^ Crystal Emmanuel. sports-reference.com
- ^ "Crystal Emmanuel". rio2016.com. Archived 2016-08-26 at the Wayback Machine.
- ^ "Crystal Emmanuel". nbcolympics.com. Archived 2016-09-20 at the Wayback Machine.
- ^ "Crystal Emmanuel". worldathletics.org. Archived 2023-02-11 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2023-02-11.
- ^ "Crystal Emmanuel". Team Canada - Official Olympic Team Website. Archived 2023-01-31 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2023-02-11.
- ^ "Canadians Bingham, Emmanuel fail to qualify for women's 100m final". Sportsnet. 31 July 2021. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
- ^ "Crystal Emmanuel". Athletics Canada. Retrieved 2023-02-11.
- ^ Holmes, Jon. "Michelle-Lee Ahye, Crystal Emmanuel-Ahye are married Olympians". OutSports. Retrieved 2024-08-05.
External links
- Crystal Emmanuel-Ahye at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics
- Crystal Emmanuel at All-Athletics.com November 15, 2013 at the Wayback Machine