MARTINA Churandy

Date of Birth: 3 Jul 1984

Age: 37

Gender: Male

Place of residence : ORLANDO, FL

Residence Country:

United States of America

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Athletics	Men's 4 x 100m Relay NED Netherlands

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Olympic Stadium - Track	Men's 4 x 100m Relay Round 1 - Heat 1	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Olympic Games

Year	Location	100m	200m	4 x 100m
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	Round 1 (10.22)	5th (20.13)	-
2012	London, GBR	5th (9.94)	5th (20.00)	5th (38.39)
2008	Beijing, CHN	4th (9.93)	7th (DQ)	-
2004	Athens, GRE	QF (10.24)	-	-

World Athletics Championships

Year	Location	100m	200m	4 x 100m
2019	Doha, QAT	-	-	7th (DQ)
2015	Beijing, CHN	SF (10.09)	SF (20.20)	-
2013	Moscow, RUS	SF (10.09)	7th (20.35)	5th (38.37)
2011	Daegu, KOR	SF (10.29)	SF (DNS)	-
2009	Berlin, GER	QF (10.19)	Heats (DNS)	-
2007	Osaka, JPN	5th (10.08)	5th (20.28)	-
2005	Helsinki, FIN	QF (10.48)	-	6th (38.45)
2003	Paris, FRA	Heats (10.35)	-	-

World Relays

Year	Location	4 x 100m
2021	Chorzow, POL	5th
2019	Yokohama, JPN	Heats (38.67)
2017	Nassau, BAH	6th (DNF)

European Championships

Year	Location	100m	200m	4 x 100m
2018	Berlin, GER	6th (10.16)	SF (20.51)	3rd (38.03)

Diamond League overview - Three best ranks per season and event since 2017

Year	100m	200m
2018	-	1 x 6th, 1 x 7th
2017	2 x 6th	1 x 2nd, 1 x 7th, 2 x 8th

Diamond League - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Location	Result
2	2017	200m	Paris Saint-Denis, FRA	20.27
6	2018	200m	Stockholm, SWE	20.82
6	2017	100m	Stockholm, SWE	10.00
6	2017	100m	Oslo, NOR	10.19
7	2018	200m	Oslo, NOR	20.86
7	2017	200m	Shanghai, CHN	20.62
8	2017	200m	Rabat, MAR	20.84
8	2017	200m	Rome, ITA	20.74
9	2017	200m	London, GBR	21.09

World Athletics Continental Tour - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location	Result
6	2021	200m	World Athletics Continental Tour	Hengelo, NED	21.15

World Challenge - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location	Result
4	2019	100m	World Challenge	Hengelo, NED	10.19
5	2017	200m	World Challenge	Hengelo, NED	20.76
6	2018	200m	World Challenge	Hengelo, NED	20.85

Legend
SF - Semifinal, QF - Quarterfinal, 1R - 1st Round, Qual. - Qualification, QR - Qualification Round, DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, DQ - Disqualified, NM - No Mark, [Relay athlete without time] - Did not run in final

Beep Beep [after cartoon character The Road Runner]. (curacaosport.com, 12 Mar 2013)

Occupation:

Civil Engineering - University of Texas, El Paso, TX, USA

Daughter Churinaiska

Languages spoken:

Dutch, English, Spanish

Rotterdam Atletiek [Netherlands]

Laurent Meuwly [national], SUI

He won his first athletics medal in distance running at age six, and chose to pursue sprinting at age 14. (curacaosport.com, 12 Mar 2013)

"Originally I was more of a long distance runner than a sprinter but I tried lots of sports. I was school volleyball captain, played third base in baseball, and in football I used to move pretty good with the ball but I was also very fast. Every time I went past a player I had to jump out the way because the opposition players used to go for my legs. I didn't like that." (curacaosport.com, 12 Mar 2013)

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (Instagram profile, 25 Mar 2020)

Coach Wendell Prince. (trackshark.com, 04 Dec 2006)

He and skateboarder Keet Oldenbeuving were named flag bearers for the Netherlands for the opening ceremony of the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (teamnl.org, 01 Jul 2021; metronieuws.nl, 02 Jul 2021)

He was named 2012 and 2016 Male Athlete of the Year by the Netherlands Athletics Federation [KNAU]. (nu.nl, 20 Dec 2012, 11 Feb 2017)

He was Netherlands Antilles' flag bearer during the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in 2004 and 2008. (sandiegouniontribune.com, 21 Aug 2008)

General Interest

General
COMPETING FOR THE NETHERLANDS
Born in Willemstad, Curacao, he initially competed for Netherlands Antilles at international level at the 2004 and 2008 Olympic Games, but the National Olympic Committee [NOC] was disbanded in 2011. As an athlete from Curacao he had the option to represent Aruba or the Netherlands. He chose to compete for Netherlands and represented the nation the following year at the 2012 Olympic Games in London. (churandy-martina.com, 06 Aug 2018; greanvillepost.com, 30 Jul 2012; nu.nl, 19 May 2011)

BOOK
In 2013 a biography of his life was released by Dutch journalist Frank Woestenburg. (telegraaf.nl, 08 May 2013)

Social Media

https://www.facebook.com/churandy.martina
Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/Churandy-Martina-Official-469706060150/
https://instagram.com/martina200m/
https://twitter.com/martina200m
Athlete Website: http://www.churandy-martina.com/

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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