Emmanuel Earl Callender (born 10 May 1984) is a Trinidad and Tobago track and field sprint athlete.
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.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.
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). 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.
Personal bests 100 m: 10.05 s (wind: +0.4 m/s) – Zurich, Switzerland, 28 August 2009 200 m: 20.40 s (wind: +0.3 m/s) – Belém, Brazil, 24 May 2009 400 m: 48.47 s – Kingston, Jamaica, 26 January 2008
International competitions Representing 2006NACAC Under-23 ChampionshipsSanto Domingo, Dominican Republic3rd4 × 100 m39.982007NACAC ChampionshipsSan Salvador, El Salvador5th200 m20.93 (+1.8 m/s)3rd4 × 100 m39.92Pan American GamesRio de Janeiro, Brazil5th200 m21.03 (+0.8 m/s)4th4 × 100 m39.232008Central American and Caribbean ChampionshipsCali, Colombia1st200 m20.69 (+0.5 m/s)Olympic GamesBeijing, China1st4 × 100 m38.062009Central American and Caribbean ChampionshipsHavana, Cuba1st100 m10.08 (+0.1 m/s)200 m10th (h)21.10 (-0.5 m/s)1st4 × 100 m38.73World ChampionshipsBerlin, Germany26th (qf)100 m10.27 (+0.1 m/s)8th (sf)200 m20.70 (+0.3 m/s)2nd4 × 100 m37.622010Central American and Caribbean GamesMayagüez, Puerto Rico3rd (h)†100 m10.16 (+1.4 m/s)6th200 m20.81 (0.0 m/s)1st4 × 100 m38.24Commonwealth GamesDelhi, India4th100 m10.25 (+0.3 m/s)7th200 m21.12 (+0.1 m/s)2nd (h)‡4 × 100 m39.472011Central American and Caribbean ChampionshipsMayagüez, Puerto Rico5th200 m21.12 (+1.1 m/s)2nd4 × 100 m38.89World ChampionshipsDaegu, South Korea200 m33rd (h)20.97 (-0.3 m/s)Pan American GamesGuadalajara, Mexico3rd100 m10.16 (+0.2 m/s) –4 × 100 mDNF2012Olympic GamesLondon, United Kingdom2nd4 × 100 m38.122013Central American and Caribbean ChampionshipsMorelia, Mexico3rd4 × 100 m39.262014Central American and Caribbean GamesXalapa, Mexico4th (h)100 m10.46 A (-0.7 m/s)3rd (h)*200 m21.33 A (-0.8 m/s)2015NACAC ChampionshipsSan José, Costa Rica4th (sf)100 m10.25 w (+2.7 m/s)5th4 × 100 m38.902016Olympic GamesRio de Janeiro, Brazil6th (h)†4 × 100 m37.962017IAAF World RelaysNassau, Bahamas1st (B)4 × 100 m39.044th4 × 200 m1:21.39World ChampionshipsLondon, United Kingdom27th (h)100 m10.259th (h)4 × 100 m38.612018World Indoor ChampionshipsBirmingham, United Kingdom27th (h)60 m6.80Commonwealth GamesGold Coast, Australia23rd (sf)100 m10.54 –4 × 100 mDQ †: Disqualified in the final. ‡: Did not finish in the final. *: Disqualified in the semifinal.
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