Anthonique Strachan (; born 22 August 1993) is a Bahamian sprinter, she is the 2012 100m and 200m World Junior Champion. She competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics, 2016 Summer Olympics and the 2020 Summer Olympics, in 200 m. and 4 × 400 m relay
Career She attended St. Augustine's College in Nassau, Bahamas, and trained with Club Monica Athletics. She trained in Auburn, Alabama under coach Henry Rolle who also coached Kerron Stewart, Darrel Brown and Marc Burns, before moving to Kingston, Jamaica to train with MVP Track and Field Club under coach Stephen Francis.
At the 2011 CARIFTA Games, she won two gold medals (100 metres in 11.38s (−0.8 m/s), and 200 metres in 23.17s (0.0 m/s)) in the junior (U-20) category equalling Veronica Campbell's 200 metres games record of 22.93s (1.1 m/s) in the heats. She was consequently awarded the Austin Sealy Trophy for the most outstanding athlete of the games.
Strachan won gold medals over 200 metres and 4×100 metres relay at the 2011 Pan American Junior Athletics Championships. Her 200 metres time of 22.70 was a new World Junior Leading and a new championship record.
At the 2012 CARIFTA Games, she won three gold medals: 100 metres in wind-assisted 11.22s (4.4 m/s), 200 metres, this year improving Veronica Campbell's and her own 200 metres games record to 22.85s (−0.7 m/s), and finally, she led the Bahamas 4 × 100 m relay team to gold in 45.02s. For the second time in the role, she was awarded the Austin Sealy Trophy for the most outstanding athlete of the games.
Strachan broke the 11 second barrier over 100m on 26 April in Kingston, Jamaica at the Wolmer Speedfest. Strachan placed first in a time of 10.99 (+0.5).
Achievements Representing 2009CARIFTA Games (U-17)Vieux Fort, Saint Lucia2nd200 m23.95 (−0.4 m/s)3rd4×100 m relay47.042010CARIFTA Games (U-20)George Town, Cayman Islands5th200 m24.57 (+0.5 m/s)2nd4 × 100 m relay45.59Central American and CaribbeanJunior Championships (U-20)Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic4th200 m24.19 (−1.3 m/s) —400 mDNF3rd4 × 400 m relay3:38.81World Junior ChampionshipsMoncton, New Brunswick, Canada12th (sf)200m23.99 (+1.8 m/s)2011CARIFTA Games (U-20)Montego Bay, Jamaica1st100 m11.38 (−0.8 m/s)1st200 m23.17 (0.0 m/s) —4 × 100 m relayDQ2012CARIFTA Games (U-20)Hamilton, Bermuda1st100 m11.22 (+4.4 m/s)1st200 m22.85 (−0.7 m/s) 1st4 × 100 m relay45.02World Junior ChampionshipsBarcelona, Spain1st100 m11.20 (+1.7 m/s) 1st200 m22.53 (+0.2 m/s) , —4 × 100 m relayDNFOlympic GamesLondon, United Kingdom15th (sf)200 m22.82 (+1.0 m/s)9th (h)4 × 100 m relay43.072013World ChampionshipsMoscow, Russia9th (sf)200 m22.81 (-0.2 m/s)2014World RelaysNassau, Bahamas9th (h) relay43.544th4 × 200 m relay1:31.31 Continental CupMarrakesh, Morocco4th200 m22.73 (+0.3 m/s)2015World RelaysNassau, Bahamas— relayDQPan American GamesToronto, Canada6th (sf)200 m22.791 (+1.1 m/s)2016Olympic GamesRio de Janeiro, Brazil26th (h)200 m22.96 (-0.1 m/s)11th (h)4 × 400 m relay3:26.36 2017World RelaysNassau, Bahamas10th (h) relay3:34.401st4 × 400 m relay mixed3:14.42 World ChampionshipsLondon, United Kingdom17th (sf)200 m23.21 (-0.2 m/s)—4 × 400 m relayDNF2018Commonwealth GamesGold Coast, Australia15th (sf)200 m23.62 (0.0 m/s)2019Pan American GamesLima, Peru5th200 m22.97 (-0.1 m/s)World ChampionshipsDoha, Qatar23rd (sf)200 m25.44 (+0.5 m/s)2021Olympic GamesTokyo, Japan11th (sf)200 m22.56 (+0.3 m/s)—4 × 400 m relayDNF2022World Indoor ChampionshipsBelgrade, Serbia13th (sf)60 m7.17 World ChampionshipsEugene, United States10th (sf)100 m10.98 (-0.2 m/s)44th (h)200 m1:50.06 (+1.9 m/s)NACAC ChampionshipsFreeport, Bahamas9th (h)100 m11.48 (-1.5 m/s)2nd relay43.342023World ChampionshipsBudapest, Hungary6th200 m22.29 (+0.1 m/s)2024World Indoor ChampionshipsGlasgow, United Kingdom23rd (sf)60 m7.362025NACAC ChampionshipsFreeport, Bahamas1st200 m22.77World ChampionshipsTokyo, Japan8th (sf)200 m22.4822026Commonwealth GamesGlasgow, United Kingdom18th (sf)200 m23.66
1Did not finish in the final. 2Disqualified in the final.
References
External links
Anthonique Strachan at the MVP Track Club