Factbox on Veronica Campbell-Brown

Born on May 15, 1982, in Trelawny, the same parish as triple Olympic champion Usain Bolt.

Married to fellow-Jamaican sprinter Omar Brown and lives in Florida.

Personal best over 100m of 10.76 set in 2011 makes her the joint eighth-fastest woman of all time with American Evelyn Ashford. She is ranked in the top 10 over 200 with a quickest time of 21.74 from the 2008 Olympics.

Won gold medals in the 100m and 4x100m relay at the inaugural 1999 world youth championships and in the following year became the youngest Jamaican to win an Olympic medal with silver in the 4x100 relay at the Sydney Games.

Olympic Medals

In 2004 became the first woman from the Caribbean to win an Olympic gold medal with her victory over 200m at the Athens Games.

Four years later, she became only the second woman to retain the title after East Germany's Barbel Wockel (1976 and 1980) when she finished first in Beijing.

Third behind compatriot Shell-Ann Fraser-Pryce in the 100 while earning a silver in the 4x100 relay in London in 2012. She lost her 200 title to Allyson Felix, finishing fourth.

World Champion

Campbell-Brown's gold in the 100m at the 2007 Osaka world championships was the first global title for a Jamaican in the sport's most prestigious sprint race. She was awarded the gold after a long delay when both she and defending champion Lauryn Williams of the US clocked 11.01 seconds.

After silvers at the previous two world championships, Campbell-Brown finally took the 200 gold in Daegu in 2011.

Reuters

(China Daily 06/20/2013 page22)