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Veronica Campbell-Brown

1982 - Today

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Veronica Campbell Brown (born 15 May 1982) is a retired Jamaican track and field sprinter, who specialized in the 100 and 200 meters. An eight-time Olympic medalist, she is the second of three women in history to win two consecutive Olympic 200 m gold medals, after Bärbel Wöckel of Germany and compatriot Elaine Thompson-Herah. Campbell-Brown is one of only eleven athletes to win World Championship titles at the youth, junior, and senior levels of an athletic event. She holds personal bests of 10.76 seconds for the 100 m and 21.74 seconds for the 200 m. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Veronica Campbell-Brown is the 681st most popular athlete (up from 2,335th in 2019), the 34th most popular biography from Jamaica (up from 76th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Jamaican Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Veronica Campbell-Brown ranks 681 out of 6,025. Before her are Charles Bacon, Arnie Robinson, Rita Kühne, Jay Cutler, Hans Günter Winkler, and Colette Besson. After her are Johan Jarlén, Arthur Jonath, Edwin Mills, Dumitru Pârvulescu, Stanisław Kowalski, and Manuel Plaza.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1982, Veronica Campbell-Brown ranks 86. Before her are Rodrigo Palacio, Mijaín López, Kenenisa Bekele, Eduardo Saverin, Philippe Mexès, and Natalya Neidhart. After her are Kim Min-hee, Clémence Poésy, Sofia Boutella, Kristin Kreuk, Janica Kostelić, and Irakli Garibashvili.

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In Jamaica

Among people born in Jamaica, Veronica Campbell-Brown ranks 34 out of 189. Before her are Mary Seacole (1805), DJ Kool Herc (1955), Bunny Wailer (1947), Desmond Dekker (1941), Burning Spear (1945), and Norman Manley (1893). After her are Carol (null), Prince Buster (1938), Ziggy Marley (1968), Martine Beswick (1941), Portia Simpson-Miller (1945), and Lennox Miller (1946).

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Among ATHLETES In Jamaica

Among athletes born in Jamaica, Veronica Campbell-Brown ranks 6. Before her are Ben Johnson (1961), Usain Bolt (1986), George Rhoden (1926), George Kerr (1937), and Merlene Ottey (1960). After her are Carol (null), Lennox Miller (1946), Don Quarrie (1951), Elaine Thompson (1992), Asafa Powell (1982), and Arthur Wint (1920).

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