Emmanuel Earl Callender (sometimes Callander; born 10 May 1984 in Arouca, Trinidad and Tobago) is a

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sprint athlete, who competes internationally for

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. Callender represented

Trinidad and Tobago at the 2008 Summer Olympics Trinidad and Tobago sent a delegation to compete at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. Its participation in the Beijing games marked its eighteenth Olympic appearance and fifteenth Summer Olympic appearance since its debut at the 1948 Sum ...

in Beijing. He competed at the 4 × 100 m relay, together with Marc Burns,

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, Keston Bledman and Richard Thompson. In their qualification heat (without Callender) they placed first in front of Japan, the Netherlands and Brazil. Their time of 38.26 was the fastest of all sixteen teams participating in the first round and they qualified for the final. Armstrong was replaced by Callender for the final race and they sprinted to a time of 38.06 seconds, the second fastest time after the

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n team, winning the silver medal.2008 Summer Olympics Results - Track and Field
ESPN At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he raced in the first round and the final, and Trinidad and Tobago won the silver medal. Callender set new personal bests in the

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and 200 meters at the

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meet in May 2009, recording times of 10.16 and 20.40 seconds respectively.Biscayart, Eduardo (25 May 2009)
Belém spectacular produces five world season leads – IAAF World Athletics Tour
IAAF. Retrieved 30 May 2009. Since then, he has improved his 100 m personal best, to 10.05 s.

Personal bests

*100 m: 10.05 s (wind: +0.4 m/s) –

Zürich , neighboring_municipalities = Adliswil, Dübendorf, Fällanden, Kilchberg, Maur, Oberengstringen, Opfikon, Regensdorf, Rümlang, Schlieren, Stallikon, Uitikon, Urdorf, Wallisellen, Zollikon , twintowns = Kunming, San Francisco Zürich ...

, 28 August 2009 *200 m: 20.40 s (wind: +0.3 m/s) –

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, 24 May 2009 *400 m: 48.47 s – Kingston, 26 January 2008

International competitions

^†: Disqualified in the final.
^‡: Did not finish in the final.
^*: Disqualified in the semifinal.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Callender, Emmanuel 1984 births Living people Trinidad and Tobago male sprinters Olympic athletes of Trinidad and Tobago Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2011 Pan American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Olympic silver medalists for Trinidad and Tobago Pan American Games medalists in athletics (track and field) World Athletics Championships medalists Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics People from Tunapuna–Piarco Pan American Games bronze medalists for Trinidad and Tobago Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field) World Athletics Championships athletes for Trinidad and Tobago Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Trinidad and Tobago Competitors at the 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games Competitors at the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games Olympic gold medalists for Trinidad and Tobago Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in athletics Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games Commonwealth Games competitors for Trinidad and Tobago