Anneisha McLaughlin-Whilby

{{Short description|Jamaican sprinter (born 1986)}}

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| image = Anneisha McLaughlin-Whilby Rio 2016.jpg

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| caption = McLaughlin-Whilby at the 2016 Olympics

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| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|6 January 1986 }}

| birth_place = Manchester, Jamaica

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| height = 170 cm[https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/anneisha-mclaughlin-whilby Anneisha McLaughlin-Whilby] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160826085919/https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/anneisha-mclaughlin-whilby |date=26 August 2016 }}. rio2016.com

| weight = 66 kg

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| sport = Athletics

| event = Sprint

| pb = 100 m – 11.23 (2013)
200 m – 22.54 (2010)
400 m – 50.76 (2017){{World Athletics||name=Anneisha McLaughlin}}

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{{MedalSilver|2016 Rio de Janeiro|4×400 m relay}}

{{Medal|Competition|World Indoor Championships}}

{{MedalSilver| 2014 Sopot |4×400 m relay}}

{{MedalCompetition|World Junior Championships}}

{{MedalGold|2002 Kingston|4×100 m relay}}

{{MedalSilver|2000 Santiago|4×400 m relay}}

{{MedalSilver|2002 Kingston|200 m}}

{{MedalSilver|2004 Grosseto|4×100 m relay}}

{{MedalSilver|2004 Grosseto|200 m}}

{{MedalCompetition|World Youth Championships}}

{{MedalGold|2003 Sherbrooke|200 m}}

{{MedalBronze|2001 Debrecen|400 m}}

{{MedalCompetition|Universiade}}

{{MedalGold|2011 Shenzhen|200 m}}

{{MedalBronze| 2011 Shenzhen | 4×100 m relay}}

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Anneisha McLaughlin-Whilby (born 6 January 1986) is a retired Jamaican sprinter who specialized in sprint events specifically the 200 metres and 400 metres. In 2002, she was awarded the Austin Sealy Trophy for the

most outstanding athlete of the 2002 CARIFTA Games.

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|first=Raymond

|date=2 April 2002

|title=Ja top Carifta again

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|archivedate=1 December 2005

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{{ Citation

| date = 2 April 2002

| title = 67-medal haul Bolt strikes again as rampant JA retain title

| url = http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/23491_67-medal-haulBolt-strikes-again-as-rampant-JA-retain-title

| publisher = Jamaica Observer

| accessdate = 2 February 2012

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Achievements

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colspan="6"|Representing {{JAM}}
rowspan = "4" |2000

|CARIFTA Games (U-17)

|St. George's, Grenada

|bgcolor=gold|1st

|400 m

|54.57

rowspan = "2" |Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U-17)

|rowspan = "2" |San Juan, Puerto Rico

|bgcolor=gold|1st

|400 m

|53.54 CR

bgcolor=gold|1st

|4 × 400 m relay

|3:40.40 CR

World Junior Championships

|Santiago, Chile

|bgcolor="silver" align="center" | 2nd

|4 × 400 m relay

|3:33.99 SB

rowspan = "3" |2001

|rowspan = "2" |CARIFTA Games (U-17)

|rowspan = "2" |Bridgetown, Barbados

|bgcolor=gold|1st

|400 m

|54.22

bgcolor=gold|1st

|4 × 100 m relay

|45.44

World Youth Championships

|Debrecen, Hungary

|bgcolor="cc9966" align="center" | 3rd

|400 m

|53.35

rowspan = "8" |2002

|rowspan = "3" |CARIFTA Games

|rowspan = "3" |Nassau, Bahamas

|bgcolor=gold|1st

|100 m

| 11.48
(0.6 m/s)

bgcolor=gold|1st

|200 m

| 23.04   (-1.3 m/s)

bgcolor=gold|1st

|4 × 400 m relay

| 3:44.18 CR

rowspan = "3"|Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U-17)

|rowspan = "3"|Bridgetown, Barbados

|bgcolor=gold|1st

|100 m

|11.59 CR   (0.0 m/s)

bgcolor=gold|1st

|200 m

|23.27 CR   (-1.0 m/s)

bgcolor=gold|1st

|4 × 100 m relay

|45.33 CR

rowspan = "2" |World Junior Championships

|rowspan = "2" |Kingston, Jamaica

|bgcolor="silver" align="center" | 2nd

|200 m

|22.94 PB (wind: -0.2 m/s)

bgcolor="gold" align="center" | 1st

|4 × 100 m relay

|43.40 CR

rowspan = "4" |2003

|rowspan = "2" |CARIFTA Games

|rowspan = "2" |Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago

|bgcolor=gold|1st

|400 m

| 52.57

bgcolor=gold|1st

|4 × 400 m relay

| 3:36.20 CR

rowspan = "2" |World Youth Championships

|rowspan = "2" |Sherbrooke, Canada

|bgcolor="gold" align="center" | 1st

|200 m

|23.26   (-0.4 m/s)

bgcolor="silver" align="center" | 2nd

|Medley relay

|2:07.05 PB

rowspan=3|2004

|rowspan=3|World Junior Championships

|rowspan=3|Grosseto, Italy

|bgcolor=silver|2nd

|200m

|23.21 (wind: -0.2 m/s)

bgcolor=silver|2nd

|4 × 100 m relay

|43.63

3rd (h)Competed only in the heat.

|4 × 400 m relay

|3:33.28

2005

|CARIFTA Games

|Bacolet, Trinidad and Tobago

|bgcolor=silver|2nd

|200 m

|23.28   (-0.1 m/s)

rowspan=2|2007

|rowspan=2|NACAC Championships

|rowspan=2|San Salvador, El Salvador

|5th

|200 m

|23.27

bgcolor=gold|1st

|4 × 100 m relay

|43.73

2009

|World Championships

|Berlin, Germany

|5th

|200 m

|22.62   (-0.1 m/s)

rowspan = "2"|2011

|rowspan = "2"|Universiade

|rowspan = "2"|Shenzhen, PR China

|bgcolor=gold|1st

|200 m

|22.54   (0.7 m/s)

bgcolor=cc9966|3rd

|4 × 100 m relay

|43.57

References

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