Carrie Russell (born 18 October 1990) is a Jamaican
track and field sprinter and
bobsledder. She competed in the
4x100 metres relay event at the
2013 World Championships in Athletics
The 14th IAAF World Championships in Athletics (Moscow 2013) () was an international athletics competition held in Moscow, Russia, from 10–18 August 2013. Initially, Russia won the most gold medals to top the table for the first time since 200 ...
, winning a gold medal. She is from the
parish of St. Thomas. She attended the St. Thomas Technical High School. She was also the bronze medallist at the
2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics
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In addition to her athletics career, Russell has competed as a bobsleigh
brakeman for Jamaica since the 2016–17 season. In January 2018 she was part of the Jamaican bobsleigh crew that secured
qualification for the
2018 Winter Olympics
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, athletes = 2,922 (1,680 men and 1,242 women)
, events = 102 in 7 sports (15 disciplines)
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, opened_by = President Moon Jae-in
, cauldron = Kim Yun-a
, stadium = Pyeongchang Olympic Stadium
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Pyongchang
Pyeongchang (; in full, ''Pyeongchang-gun'' ; ) is a county in the province of Gangwon-do, South Korea, located in the Taebaek Mountains region. It is home to several Buddhist temples, including Woljeongsa. It is about east southeast of ...
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South Korea, the first time that a Jamaican women's team competed at the Winter Olympics.
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1990 births
Living people
People from Saint Thomas Parish, Jamaica
Jamaican female sprinters
Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field)
Jamaican female bobsledders
Bobsledders at the 2018 Winter Olympics
Olympic bobsledders for Jamaica
FISU World University Games gold medalists for Jamaica
World Athletics Championships winners
Medalists at the 2011 Summer Universiade
21st-century Jamaican women
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