Michelle Burgher
Medal record | ||
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Women's athletics | ||
Representing Jamaica | ||
Olympic Games | ||
2000 Sydney | 4x400m relay | |
2004 Athens | 4x400m relay | |
World Championships | ||
2001 Edmonton | 4x400 m relay | |
CAC Championships | ||
2001 Guatemala City | 400 m | |
2003 St. George's | 4×400 m relay | |
2003 St. George's | 400 | |
Pan American Games | ||
2003 Sto Domingo | 4 × 400 metres relay | |
CAC Junior Championships (U20) | ||
1996 San Salvador | 4x400 m relay | |
CARIFTA Games Junior (U20) | ||
1996 Kingston | 400m hurdles | |
1996 Kingston | 400m |
Michelle Burgher (born 12 March 1977 in Kingston, Jamaica)[1] is a track and field athlete, competing internationally for Jamaica.
Career
She was a bronze medalist in the 4 × 400 m relay at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece.
She conducts coaching clinics and talks for school kids. Her ambition is to become a pediatric psychologist. Her hobbies are redecorating her flat and dancing.
In 2008, Burgher joined the track and field coaching staff at the Indiana University of Pennsylvania in Indiana, PA. The move reunited Burgher with IUP's head coach, Ralph White. White coached Burgher at Clemson and she was an assistant coach under White at Williams from 2001 to 2004.1
Achievements
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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1996 | CARIFTA Games (U-20) | Kingston, Jamaica | 2nd | 400 m | 54.36 |
1st | 400 m hurdles | 59.98 | |||
Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U-20) | San Salvador, El Salvador | 5th | 400 m | 56.12 | |
1st | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:41.99 | |||
World Junior Championships | Sydney, Australia | 7th (h)[2] | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:40.58 | |
2000 | Olympic Games | Sydney, Australia | 2nd | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:25.65 (h) |
2001 | Central American and Caribbean Championships | Ciudad de Guatemala, Guatemala | 1st | 400 m | 53.04 A |
World Championships | Edmonton, Canada | 1st | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:24.87 (h) | |
2003 | Central American and Caribbean Championships | St. George's, Grenada | 2nd | 400 m | 52.19 |
1st | 4 × 400 m relay | 52.19 | |||
Pan American Games | Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | 8th | 400 m | 53.26 | |
2nd | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:27.34 | |||
2004 | Olympic Games | Athens, Greece | 3rd | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:22.00 SB |
Notes
References
- Greensburg Tribune Review 8 Aug 2008: C14. See also: https://archive.today/20130131125044/http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/regional/s_581817.html
- MICHELLE BURGHER (in Spanish), mujeres rápidas, retrieved 11 April 2012
External links
- Michelle Burgher at World Athletics
- Michelle Burgher at Olympics.com
- Michelle Burgher at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Picture of Michelle Burgher
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- 1987: Dagmar Neubauer, Kirsten Emmelmann, Petra Müller, Sabine Busch, Cornelia Ullrich (GDR)
- 1991: Tatyana Ledovskaya, Lyudmyla Dzhyhalova, Olga Nazarova, Olha Bryzhina, Anna Chuprina (URS)
- 1993: Gwen Torrence, Maicel Malone-Wallace, Natasha Kaiser, Jearl Miles, Terri Dendy, Michelle Collins (USA)
- 1995: Kim Graham, Rochelle Stevens, Camara Jones, Jearl Miles, Nicole Green (USA)
- 1997: Anke Feller, Uta Rohländer, Anja Rücker, Grit Breuer (GER)
- 1999: Tatyana Chebykina, Svetlana Goncharenko, Olga Kotlyarova, Natalya Nazarova, Natalya Sharova, Yekaterina Bakhvalova (RUS)
- 2001: Sandie Richards, Catherine Scott-Pomales, Debbie-Ann Parris, Lorraine Fenton, Michelle Burgher, Deon Hemmings (JAM)
- 2003: Demetria Washington, Jearl Miles Clark, Me'Lisa Barber, Sanya Richards, DeeDee Trotter (USA)
- 2005: Yuliya Pechonkina, Olesya Krasnomovets, Natalya Antyukh, Svetlana Pospelova, Tatyana Firova, Olesya Zykina (RUS)
- 2007: DeeDee Trotter, Allyson Felix, Mary Wineberg, Sanya Richards, Monique Hennagan, Natasha Hastings (USA)
- 2009: Debbie Dunn, Allyson Felix, Lashinda Demus, Sanya Richards, Natasha Hastings, Jessica Beard (USA)
- 2011: Sanya Richards-Ross, Allyson Felix, Jessica Beard, Francena McCorory, Natasha Hastings, Keshia Baker (USA)
- 2013: Jessica Beard, Natasha Hastings, Ashley Spencer, Francena McCorory, Joanna Atkins (USA)
- 2015: Christine Day, Shericka Jackson, Stephenie Ann McPherson, Novlene Williams-Mills, Anastasia Le-Roy, Chrisann Gordon (JAM)
- 2017: Quanera Hayes, Allyson Felix, Shakima Wimbley, Phyllis Francis, Kendall Ellis, Natasha Hastings (USA)
- 2019: Phyllis Francis, Sydney McLaughlin, Dalilah Muhammad, Wadeline Jonathas, Jessica Beard, Allyson Felix, Kendall Ellis, Courtney Okolo (USA)
- 2022: Talitha Diggs, Abby Steiner, Britton Wilson, Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone, Kaylin Whitney, Allyson Felix, Jaide Stepter Baynes (USA)
- 2023: Eveline Saalberg, Lieke Klaver, Cathelijn Peeters, Femke Bol, Lisanne de Witte (NED)
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