Emmanuel Callender

{{short description|Trinidad and Tobago sprinter}}

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| name = Emmanuel Callender

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| caption = Emmanuel Callender at the 2012 Olympics

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| nicknames =EMAN

| nationality = Trinidad and Tobago

| sport = Running

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1984|05|10|df=y}}

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| height={{height|m=1.89}}

| weight={{cvt|86|kg}}

| pb =

100 m: 10.05

200 m: 20.40

| updated = 7 August 2016

| medaltemplates = {{Medal|Sport | Men's athletics}}

{{Medal|Country|{{TTO}}}}

{{Medal|Competition|Olympic Games}}

{{MedalGold| 2008 Beijing |4 × 100 m relay}}

{{Medal|Silver | 2012 London | 4 × 100 m relay}}

{{Medal|Competition|World Championships}}

{{Medal|Silver|2009 Berlin|4 × 100 m relay}}

{{Medal|Competition|Pan American Games}}

{{Medal|Bronze| 2011 Guadalajara | 100 m}}

{{Medal|Competition|NACAC Championships}}

{{Medal|Bronze | 2007 San Salvador | 4 × 100 m relay}}

{{Medal|Competition|CAC Championships}}

{{Medal|Gold|2008 Cali|200 m}}

{{Medal|Gold|2009 Havana|100 m}}

{{Medal|Silver | 2011 Mayagüez | 4 × 100 m relay}}

{{Medal|Bronze | 2013 Morelia | 4 × 100 m relay}}

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Emmanuel Earl Callender (sometimes Callander; born 10 May 1984 in Arouca, Trinidad and Tobago){{Cite web|title = Emmanuel Callender Bio, Stats, and Results|url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ca/emmanuel-callender-1.html|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200417115427/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ca/emmanuel-callender-1.html|url-status = dead|archive-date = 2020-04-17|website = Olympics at Sports-Reference.com|access-date = 2015-08-08}} is a track and field sprint athlete, who competes internationally for Trinidad and Tobago.{{Cite web|title = IAAF: Athlete profile for Emmanuel Callender|url = http://www.iaaf.org/athletes/trinidad-and-tobago/emmanuel-callender-237051|website = iaaf.org|access-date = 2015-08-08}}

Callender represented Trinidad and Tobago at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. He competed at the 4 × 100 m relay, together with Marc Burns, Aaron Armstrong, Keston Bledman and Richard Thompson. In their qualification heat (without Callender) they placed first in front of Japan, the Netherlands and Brazil. Their time of 38.26 was the fastest of all sixteen teams participating in the first round and they qualified for the final. Armstrong was replaced by Callender for the final race and they sprinted to a time of 38.06 seconds, the second fastest time after the Jamaican team, winning the silver medal.[https://web.archive.org/web/20080924124437/http://sports.espn.go.com/oly/summer08/results?eventId=143 2008 Summer Olympics Results - Track and Field] ESPN

At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he raced in the first round and the final, and Trinidad and Tobago won the silver medal.{{cite web| url = https://www.olympic.org/london-2012/athletics/4x100m-relay-men| title = London 2012 4x100m relay men Results - Olympic athletics}}

Callender set new personal bests in the 100 and 200 meters at the Grande Prêmio Brasil Caixa meet in May 2009, recording times of 10.16 and 20.40 seconds respectively.Biscayart, Eduardo (25 May 2009). [http://www.iaaf.org/GP09/news/kind=100/newsid=50699.html Belém spectacular produces five world season leads – IAAF World Athletics Tour]. IAAF. Retrieved 30 May 2009. Since then, he has improved his 100 m personal best, to 10.05 s.