Debbie Ferguson-mckenzie
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Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie (born 16 January 1976) is a retired Bahamian sprinter who competed in the 100 and 200 meters.
Ferguson-Mckenzie competed in five Olympics. Ferguson-McKenzie is University of Kentucky's assistant track and field coach.
She taught for four years at the University of Houston. In 1995, she was honoured the Austin Sealy Trophy for the Most Outstanding Performer of the 1995 CARIFTA Games.
She won 7 gold, 9 silver, and two bronze CARIFTA Games medals in total. She had her first major successes with the Bahamian 4100 meters relay team, winning gold at the Pan American Games and World Championships in Athletics in 1999 and winning another gold at the Olympic Games the following year.
Marion Jones, a silver medalist who was originally denied a gold medal at the 2001 World Championships, was awarded her first individual gold medal. Ferguson-McKenzie's 2002 season was a success for the pair, with gold medals at the IAAF World Cup and Grand Prix Final, as well as a gold medal in the 200 meters, 200 m, and relay gold at the 2002 Commonwealth Games.
Her results in the 100 meters were a personal record, as well as the fastest ever run in the 200 meters.
She won her first individual Olympic medal in 2004 after being disqualified completely for the remainder of 2005.
She was unable to qualify with the new generation of American and Jamaican sprinters, but not in the finals at the 2007 World Championships.
However, she did not qualify for the 100 and 200 meters finals at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. With a time record of 22.19 seconds, she became the first 200 meters national record holder.
Shaunae Miller-Uibo (22.0 seconds) at the 2016 Jamaica Grand Prix, breaking her record.
Chandra Sturrup's 100 m best (10.91) is the second fastest time a Bahamian has run. Ferguson-McKenzie was the women's sprints and hurdles coach for the University of Houston's track and field program in 2014.
Career
Ferguson graduated in 1994 from St Andrew's School in Nassau, Bahamas.
Ferguson graduated from University of Georgia, where she began her senior athletics career, winning gold medals at the Summer Olympics, IAAF World Championships in Athletics, Commonwealth Games, and Pan American Games.
In 2002, she was named Ambassador for the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization. She set the national record in the 100 meters and 4100 meters relay with the Bahamian team in 2002, a personal record of 10.91 seconds in the individual event.
She ran in the 100 meters relay at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. In her first round heat, she came in second, behind Oluda Osayomi in a time of 11.17 to advance to the second round. There she won her series to qualify for the semi-finals in a record of 11.21, this time finishing in front of Osayomi. Despite fellow Bahamian Chandra Sturrup's inability to qualify for the final with a time of 11.22, Ferguson was able to qualify in the first semi final for the second time, finishing fourth in her class, while Sturrup finished fifth in her category. Ferguson took the final gauge in 11.19 seconds, which was the seventh position.
She won the 150 meters final in 16.54 seconds at the 2009 Manchester City Games. She won in the 200 meters at the Meeting Mohammed VI d' Athlétisme in Rabat, following this up. Vardinoyiannia in Rethymno, Greece, she ran a world-leading time of 22.32 seconds to win the 200 meters and set a new record. The NTC has trains in Clermont, Florida.