Crystal Emmanuel-Ahye (born November 27, 1991) is a Canadian sprinter who specialises in the 200 metres. She is the Canadian champion in both the 100m and 200m as of July 2018. Crystal also holds the 200m record for Canada, having broken a record that stood for 34 years. She competed in this event at the 2012, 2016 and 2020 Summer Olympics, but was eliminated in the semi-finals. At the 2013 World Championships in Athletics, she was eliminated in the heats after being disqualified for a lane infringement.
She has also run as part of the Canadian relay team, and is part of the team that holds the Canadian record. Set at the 2015 World Championships, Emmanuel-Ahye ran the first leg of the relay. It broke the Canadian record set at the 2013 World Championships, where Emmanuel-Ahye also ran the lead off leg.
When Emmanuel-Ahye won the 100 and 200 m titles at the Canadian Championships in 2011, she was the first woman to win both events since 2003. She repeated the feat in 2016, 2017 and 2018. Her race in the 200 m final at the 2017 World Championship was the first time a Canadian woman ran in the World Championship 200 m final since 1983.
Her 100 m personal best was set at the 2018 NANAC Championships.
Her mother Rosalind Emmanuel competed internationally for Barbados in athletics in the 1980s.
She is married to Trinidadian and Tobagonian sprinter Michelle-Lee Ahye.
Competition record Representing 2009Pan American Junior ChampionshipsPort of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago4th100 m11.59 –4 × 100 m relayDQ2010World Junior ChampionshipsMoncton, Canada11th (sf)200 m23.962012NACAC U23 ChampionshipsIrapuato, Mexico3rd100 m11.43Olympic GamesLondon, United Kingdom21st (sf)200 m23.282013World ChampionshipsMoscow, Russia –200 mDQ6th4 × 100 m relay43.28Jeux de la FrancophonieNice, France1st200 m23.634th4 × 100 m relay45.662014World RelaysNassau, Bahamas1st (B)4 × 100 m relay43.33Commonwealth GamesGlasgow, United Kingdom9th (sf)100 m11.4311th (sf)200 m23.464th4 × 100 m relay43.332015World RelaysNassau, Bahamas4th4 × 100 m relay42.85Pan American GamesToronto, Ontario, Canada10th (sf)100 m11.26 (w)3rd4 × 100 m relay43.00World ChampionshipsBeijing, China27th (h)100 m11.3328th (h)200 m23.226th4 × 100 m relay43.052016World Indoor ChampionshipsPortland, United States16th (sf)60 m7.23Olympic GamesRio de Janeiro, Brazil28th (h)100 m11.4323rd (sf)200 m23.057th4 × 100 m relay43.152017World RelaysNassau, Bahamas12th (h)4 × 100 m relay44.98World ChampionshipsLondon, United Kingdom11th (sf)100 m11.147th200 m22.602018World Indoor ChampionshipsBirmingham, United Kingdom18th (sf)60 m7.27Commonwealth GamesGold Coast, Australia5th200 m22.70NACAC ChampionshipsToronto, Canada3rd100 m11.113rd4 × 100 m relay43.502019World RelaysYokohama, Japan –4 × 100 m relayDQPan American GamesLima, Peru7th100 m11.414th200 m22.892nd4 × 100 m relay43.37World ChampionshipsDoha, Qatar19th (sf)100 m11.299th (sf)200 m22.652021Olympic GamesTokyo, Japan16th (sf)100 m11.2118th (sf)200 m23.052022World ChampionshipsEugene, United States39th (h)100 m11.4810th (h)4 × 100 m relay43.09NACAC ChampionshipsFreeport, Bahamas6th100 m11.25
Personal bests Outdoor 100 metres – 11.11 (+0.9 m/s, Toronto 2018) 200 metres – 22.50 (+0.0 m/s, Cork 2017) NR Indoor 60 metres – 7.23 (New York 2016) 200 metres – 23.42 (New York 2020)
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Crystal Emmanuel-Ahye at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics