Cleopatra Borel

Cleopatra Ayesha Borel (from 2005 until 2010 Borel-Brown; born 10 March 1979) is a female shot putter from Plaisance, Mayaro, Trinidad and Tobago^{[1][2][3][4][5]} and a 2014 Sportswoman of the Year Award recipient.^[6]

Cleopatra Borel

Personal information
Born	(1979-03-10) March 10, 1979 (age 46) Plaisance, Mayaro, Trinidad and Tobago
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)
Weight	89 kg (196 lb)
Sport
Country	Trinidad and Tobago
Sport	Athletics
Event	Shot Put
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	19.42 m (July 2011) 19.48 m
Medal record Representing  Trinidad and Tobago Commonwealth Games 2010 Delhi Shot put 2014 Glasgow Shot put 2006 Melbourne Shot put Pan American Games 2015 Toronto Shot put 2011 Guadalajara Shot put 2007 Rio de Janeiro Shot put Central American and Caribbean Games 2010 Mayaguez Shot put 2006 Cartagena Shot put
Updated on 9 January 2015

Early life

Borel is a graduate of Mayaro Government Primary School and a former attendee of Mayaro Composite School and Saint Stephen's College, Princes Town, Trinidad. In 2002 she graduated from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County with a bachelor's degree in health psychology and pre-physical therapy and later pursued a master's degree in Interdisciplinary Studies from Virginia Tech.^[7]

Career

In 2018 Cleopatra Borel participated at the Launch Meeting Circuit of Central Coliseum - National Stadium in Chile, receiving her second gold medal for the year.^[8] In April of the same year, she participated at the 2018 Commonwealth Games at which she lost a bronze medal to Brittany Crew.^[9] Her personal best throw is 19.42 metres, achieved in July 2011 at the Paris Diamond League Meeting.^[10] She has a personal best of 19.48 metres on the indoor track, achieved in February 2004 in Blacksburg.

Personal bests

Event	Result	Venue	Date
Outdoor
Shot put	19.42 m	Paris Saint-Denis	8 Jul 2011
Hammer throw	51.28 m	Baltimore, Maryland	5 May 2001
Indoor
Shot put	19.48 m	Blacksburg, Virginia	14 Feb 2004

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
Representing  Trinidad and Tobago
2002	Commonwealth Games	Manchester, United Kingdom	4th	16.27 m
	NACAC Under-25 Championships	San Antonio, Texas, United States	2nd	16.46 m
2003	Central American and Caribbean Championships	St. George's, Grenada	2nd	17.79 m
	Pan American Games	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	6th	17.23 m
2004	World Indoor Championships	Istanbul, Turkey	11th (q)	18.19 m
	Olympic Games	Olympia, Greece	10th	18.35 m
	World Athletics Final	Monte Carlo, Monaco	8th	16.24 m
2005	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Nassau, Bahamas	2nd	18.05 m
	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	18th (q)	17.31 m
2006	World Indoor Championships	Moscow, Russia	8th	17.59 m
	Commonwealth Games	Melbourne, Australia	3rd	17.87 m
	Central American and Caribbean Games	Cartagena, Colombia	3rd	18.33 m
2007	NACAC Championships	San Salvador, El Salvador	1st	17.53 m
	Pan American Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	3rd	18.22 m
	World Championships	Osaka, Japan	18th (q)	17.29 m
	World Athletics Final	Stuttgart, Germany	5th	18.66 m
2008	World Indoor Championships	Valencia, Spain	7th	18.47 m
	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Cali, Colombia	1st	18.10 m
	Olympic Games	Beijing, China	17th (q)	17.96 m
	World Athletics Final	Stuttgart, Germany	4th	18.50 m
2009	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Havana, Cuba	3rd	17.98 m
	World Championships	Berlin, Germany	13th (q)	17.99 m
2010	World Indoor Championships	Doha, Qatar	11th (q)	18.31 m
	Central American and Caribbean Games	Mayagüez, Puerto Rico	1st	18.76 m
2011	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Mayagüez, Puerto Rico	1st	19.00 m
	World Championships	Daegu, South Korea	13th	17.62 m
	Pan American Games	Guadalajara, Mexico	2nd	18.46 m
2012	Olympic Games	London, United Kingdom	12th (q)	18.36 m
2013	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Morelia, Mexico	1st	17.56 m
	World Championships	Moscow, Russia	14th (q)	17.84 m
2014	Commonwealth Games	Glasgow, United Kingdom	2nd	18.57 m
	Continental Cup	Marrakech, Morocco	5th	18.68 m
	Central American and Caribbean Games	Xalapa, Mexico	1st	18.99 m A
2015	Pan American Games	Toronto, Canada	1st	18.67 m
	World Championships	Beijing, China	12th	17.43 m
2016	World Indoor Championships	Portland, United States	4th	18.38 m
	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	7th	18.37 m
2018	World Indoor Championships	Birmingham, United Kingdom	9th	17.80 m
	Commonwealth Games	Gold Coast, Australia	4th	18.05 m
	Central American and Caribbean Games	Barranquilla, Colombia	1st	18.14 m
	NACAC Championships	Toronto, Canada	2nd	17.83 m
2019	Pan American Games	Lima, Peru	8th	17.37 m

Personal life

In 2005, Borel married her college sweetheart Balvin Brown. The couple currently lives in Blacksburg, Virginia.^[11]

Cleopatra Borel returned to Trinidad in 2012 after the London Olympic Games, where she trained for the 2016 Games in Rio.