Crystal Emmanuel-Ahye

Crystal Emmanuel-Ahye (born November 27, 1991) is a Canadian sprinter who specialises in the 200 metres. She is the Canadian champion in both the 100 m and 200 m as of July 2018. Crystal also holds the 200 m record for Canada, having broken a record that stood for 34 years.^[6][7] She competed in this event at the 2012, 2016 and 2020 Summer Olympics, but was eliminated in the semi-finals.^[2][3][8] At the 2013 World Championships in Athletics, she was eliminated in the heats after being disqualified for a lane infringement.

Crystal Emmanuel-Ahye

Emmanuel-Ahye at the 2016 Olympics
Personal information
Born	(1991-11-27) November 27, 1991 (age 33) Scarborough, Ontario, Canada[1][2]
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[3]
Weight	59 kg (130 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	100 m, 200 m
Club	Flying Angels Track Club[4]
Coached by	[4] Charles Allen[5]
Medal record Representing  Canada Pan American Games 2019 Lima 4×100 m relay 2015 Toronto 4×100 m relay North American, Central American and Caribbean Championships 2018 Toronto 200 m 2018 Toronto 100 m 2018 Toronto 4×100 m relay Jeux de la Francophonie 2013 Nice 200 m

She has also run as part of the Canadian 4 × 100 m relay team, and is part of the team that holds the Canadian record.^[6] Set at the 2015 World Championships, Emmanuel-Ahye ran the first leg of the relay.^[7] It broke the Canadian record set at the 2013 World Championships, where Emmanuel-Ahye also ran the lead off leg.^[7]

When Emmanuel-Ahye won the 100 and 200 m titles at the Canadian Championships in 2011, she was the first woman to win both events since 2003.^[7] She repeated the feat in 2016, 2017 and 2018.^[9] Her race in the 200 m final at the 2017 World Championship was the first time a Canadian woman ran in the World Championship 200 m final since 1983.^[9]

Her 100 m personal best was set at the 2018 NANAC Championships.^[9]

Her mother Rosalind Emmanuel competed internationally for Barbados in athletics in the 1980s.^[4]

She is married to Trinidadian and Tobagonian sprinter Michelle-Lee Ahye.^[10]

Competition record

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Canada
2009	Pan American Junior Championships	Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago	4th	100 m	11.59
			–	4 × 100 m relay	DQ
2010	World Junior Championships	Moncton, Canada	11th (sf)	200 m	23.96
2012	NACAC U23 Championships	Irapuato, Mexico	3rd	100 m	11.43
	Olympic Games	London, United Kingdom	21st (sf)	200 m	23.28
2013	World Championships	Moscow, Russia	–	200 m	DQ
			6th	4 × 100 m relay	43.28
	Jeux de la Francophonie	Nice, France	1st	200 m	23.63
			4th	4 × 100 m relay	45.66
2014	World Relays	Nassau, Bahamas	1st (B)	4 × 100 m relay	43.33
	Commonwealth Games	Glasgow, United Kingdom	9th (sf)	100 m	11.43
			11th (sf)	200 m	23.46
			4th	4 × 100 m relay	43.33
2015	World Relays	Nassau, Bahamas	4th	4 × 100 m relay	42.85
	Pan American Games	Toronto, Ontario, Canada	10th (sf)	100 m	11.26 (w)
			3rd	4 × 100 m relay	43.00
	World Championships	Beijing, China	27th (h)	100 m	11.33
			28th (h)	200 m	23.22
			6th	4 × 100 m relay	43.05
2016	World Indoor Championships	Portland, United States	16th (sf)	60 m	7.23
	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	28th (h)	100 m	11.43
			23rd (sf)	200 m	23.05
			7th	4 × 100 m relay	43.15
2017	World Relays	Nassau, Bahamas	12th (h)	4 × 100 m relay	44.98
	World Championships	London, United Kingdom	11th (sf)	100 m	11.14
			7th	200 m	22.60
2018	World Indoor Championships	Birmingham, United Kingdom	18th (sf)	60 m	7.27
	Commonwealth Games	Gold Coast, Australia	5th	200 m	22.70
	NACAC Championships	Toronto, Canada	3rd	100 m	11.11
			3rd	4 × 100 m relay	43.50
2019	World Relays	Yokohama, Japan	–	4 × 100 m relay	DQ
	Pan American Games	Lima, Peru	7th	100 m	11.41
			4th	200 m	22.89
			2nd	4 × 100 m relay	43.37
	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	19th (sf)	100 m	11.29
			9th (sf)	200 m	22.65
2021	Olympic Games	Tokyo, Japan	16th (sf)	100 m	11.21
			18th (sf)	200 m	23.05
2022	World Championships	Eugene, United States	39th (h)	100 m	11.48
			10th (h)	4 × 100 m relay	43.09
	NACAC Championships	Freeport, Bahamas	6th	100 m	11.25

Personal bests

Outdoor

• 100 metres – 11.11 (+0.9 m/s, Toronto 2018)
• 200 metres – 22.50 (+0.0 m/s, Cork 2017) NR

Indoor

• 60 metres – 7.23 (New York 2016)
• 200 metres – 23.42 (New York 2020)