Chantel Malone
_(cropped).jpg) Malone in 2013 | |||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Chantel Ellen Malone | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 2 December 1991 Puerto Rico | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 82 kg (181 lb)[1] | ||||||||||||||
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| Country |  British Virgin Islands | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
| University team | Texas Longhorns | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| Updated on 17 August 2019. | |||||||||||||||
Chantel Ellen Malone (born 2 December 1991 in Puerto Rico[2]) is an athlete representing the British Virgin Islands who competes in the long jump and sprinting events.[3][4][5]
Malone attended Althea Scatiffe Primary School before attending BVI High School, which Is now known as Elmore Stoutt High School.[6]
In college, she was the Conference Champion for both indoor and outdoor track and field events, named All-American at the NCAA Division 1 Championship, and was a finalist at the World Junior Championships in two events, the long jump and the 400. She placed fourth at the Commonwealth Games, won gold at the CAC Championships, and most recently won a silver medal at the NACAC Championships.[6]
In August 2015, Malone joined with Digicel as a brand ambassador. She will act as a spokesperson for the brand with a special focus on youth and sports throughout the British Virgin Islands and be featured in Digicel's advertising campaign, highlighting the territory's most reliable 4G network.[6]
At the 2019 Pan American Games, Malone became the first athlete to win a medal for the British Virgin Islands in the history of the Pan American Games, winning the gold medal at the long jump event.[7][8]
She represented the British Virgin Islands at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[9][10]
Competition record[edit]
Personal bests[edit]
Outdoor
- 200 metres – 23.37 (+0.1 m/s) (Houston 2011)
- 400 metres – 52.35 (Austin 2010) NR
- High jump – 1.65 (Tortola 2008)
- Long jump – 7.08 (+1.4) (Miramar 2021) NR
- Triple jump – 13.27 (+1.6 (Des Moines 2011) NR
Indoor
- 400 metres – 53.23 (Albuquerque 2011) NR
- Long jump – 6.67 (Berlin 2017) NR
- Triple jump – 13.45 (College Station 2011) NR
References[edit]
- ^ a b "2018 CWG bio". Retrieved 28 April 2018.
- ^ "2014 CWG profile". Archived from the original on 30 October 2018. Retrieved 2 January 2015.
- ^ Chantel Malone - 2011 Women's Track and Field, Texas Longhorns, retrieved 8 January 2015
- ^ Chantel Malone at World Athletics
- ^ Earle, Nikolai J. (26 December 2014), This Week We Feature Young Professional Chantel E. Malone, Virgin Islands News Online, retrieved 8 January 2015
- ^ a b c "Chantel E. Malone joins growing band of Digicel brand ambassadors". Virgin Islands News. 21 August 2015. Retrieved 11 February 2017.
- ^ "Chantel E. Malone strikes gold @ 2019 Pan Am Games". Virgin Islands News Online. Virgin Islands. 6 August 2019. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
- ^ Pavitt, Michael (7 August 2019). "British Virgin Islands secure maiden Pan American Games medal with long jump gold". Insidethegames.biz. Dunsar Media. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
- ^ "Malone qualifies for 2021 Olympics!". BVI News. 28 March 2021. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
- ^ "Athletics MALONE Chantel". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
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- 1991 births
- Living people
- British Virgin Islands long jumpers
- British Virgin Islands female sprinters
- Commonwealth Games competitors for the British Virgin Islands
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2015 Pan American Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2019 Pan American Games
- Pan American Games gold medalists for the British Virgin Islands
- Pan American Games medalists in athletics (track and field)
- World Athletics Championships athletes for British Virgin Islands
- Female long jumpers
- Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for the British Virgin Islands
- Competitors at the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games
- Competitors at the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games
- Pan American Games gold medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in athletics
- Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Texas Longhorns athletes
- Olympic athletes for the British Virgin Islands
- Central America and Caribbean athletics biography stubs
- British Virgin Islands sportspeople stubs