Cleopatra Borel

Cleopatra Borel
Personal information
Born (1979-03-10) March 10, 1979
Plaisance, Mayaro, Trinidad and Tobago
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 7 12 in)
Weight 89 kg (196 lb)
Sport
Country  Trinidad and Tobago
Sport Athletics
Event(s) Shot Put
Updated on 9 January 2015.

Cleopatra Borel (from 2005 until 2010 Borel-Brown; born 10 March 1979) is a female shot putter from Plaisance, Mayaro, Trinidad and Tobago.[1][2][3][4][5] Her personal best throw is 19.42 metres, achieved in July 2011 at the Paris Diamond League Meeting.[6] She has a personal best of 19.48 metres on the indoor track, achieved in February 2004 in Blacksburg.

Personal bests

Event Result Venue Date
Outdoor
Shot put 19.42 m France Paris Saint-Denis 8 Jul 2011
Hammer throw 51.28 m United States Baltimore, Maryland 5 May 2001
Indoor
Shot put 19.48 m United States Blacksburg, Virginia 14 Feb 2004

Achievements

Year Competition Venue Position Notes
Representing  Trinidad and Tobago
2002 Commonwealth Games Manchester, United Kingdom 4th 16.27 m
NACAC Under-25 Championships San Antonio, Texas, United States 2nd 16.46 m
2003 Central American and Caribbean Championships St. George's, Grenada 2nd 17.79 m
Pan American Games Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic 6th 17.23 m
2004 World Indoor Championships Istanbul, Turkey 11th (q) 18.19 m
Olympic Games Olympia, Greece 10th 18.35 m
World Athletics Final Monte Carlo, Monaco 8th 16.24 m
2005 Central American and Caribbean Championships Nassau, Bahamas 2nd 18.05 m
World Championships Helsinki, Finland 18th (q) 17.31 m
2006 World Indoor Championships Moscow, Russia 8th 17.59 m
Commonwealth Games Melbourne, Australia 3rd 17.87 m
Central American and Caribbean Games Cartagena, Colombia 3rd 18.33 m
2007 NACAC Championships San Salvador, El Salvador 1st 17.53 m
Pan American Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 3rd 18.22 m
World Championships Osaka, Japan 18th (q) 17.29 m
World Athletics Final Stuttgart, Germany 5th 18.66 m
2008 World Indoor Championships Valencia, Spain 7th 18.47 m
Central American and Caribbean Championships Cali, Colombia 1st 18.10 m
Olympic Games Beijing, China 17th (q) 17.96 m
World Athletics Final Stuttgart, Germany 4th 18.50 m
2009 Central American and Caribbean Championships Havana, Cuba 3rd 17.98 m
World Championships Berlin, Germany 13th (q) 17.99 m
2010 World Indoor Championships Doha, Qatar 11th (q) 18.31 m
Central American and Caribbean Games Mayagüez, Puerto Rico 1st 18.76 m
2011 Central American and Caribbean Championships Mayagüez, Puerto Rico 1st 19.00 m
World Championships Daegu, South Korea 13th 17.62 m
Pan American Games Guadalajara, Mexico 2nd 18.46 m
2012 Olympic Games London, United Kingdom 12th (q) 18.36 m
2013 Central American and Caribbean Championships Morelia, Mexico 1st 17.56 m
World Championships Moscow, Russia 14th (q) 17.84 m
2014 Commonwealth Games Glasgow, United Kingdom 2nd 18.57 m
Continental Cup Marrakech, Morocco 5th 18.68 m
Central American and Caribbean Games Xalapa, México 1st 18.99 m A
2015 Pan American Games Toronto, Canada 1st 18.67 m
World Championships Beijing, China 12th 17.43 m
2016 World Indoor Championships Portland, United States 4th 18.38 m
Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 7th 18.37 m

Personal life

Borel graduated with a degree in Interdisciplinary Studies from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County in 2002.[7] Three years later, Borel married her college sweetheart Balvin Brown. The couple currently lives in Blacksburg, Virginia [8] Cleopatra Borel returned to Trinidad in 2012 after the London Olympic Games, where she trained for the 2016 Games in Rio.

References

  1. Finisterre, Terry (28 February 2004), Focus on Athletes biographies - Cleopatra BOREL-BROWN, Trinidad & Tobago (Shot Put), IAAF, retrieved January 9, 2015
  2. UMBC's First Division I Champion, UMBC Retrievers, retrieved January 9, 2015
  3. Biography - BOREL Cleopatra, PASO, retrieved January 9, 2015
  4. Cleopatra Borel - Biography, Commonwealth Games Federation, retrieved January 9, 2015
  5. Cleopatra Borel, National Sporting Archive of Trinidad and Tobago (NSATT), retrieved January 9, 2015
  6. "Paris Meeting AREVA (FRA) 08.07.2011 - GL". http://www.all-athletics.com/. Retrieved 4 November 2014. External link in |website= (help)
  7. http://news.umbc.edu/two-umbc-alumni-to-compete-on-the-world-stage-at-rio-olympics/
  8. http://doylemanagement.com/athletes/cleopatra-borel/

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