World Athletics Championships • Biographical Entry Lists 57 Entrants Women’s 100 Metres NR National Record QBR Qualified by ranking Starts: Sunday, August 23 Age (Days) Born 2015 Best Personal Best 105 ALVES Adriana ANG 19y 342d 1995 12.20 12.20 -15 12.07w -15. 7 Portuguese 100 2014 // In 2015: 3 Lisbon 100 (May 9) 116 BREEN Melissa AUS 24y 338d 1990 11.26 11.11 -14 NR Oceanian record holder at 100m // 200 pb: 23.12 -13 (23.29 -15). sf WJC 100 2008; 1 Pacific Schools Games 100 2008; 8 WSG 100 2009; 8 IAAF Continental Cup 100 2010/2014 (8 200 2014); sf COM 100 2010/2014; ht OLY 100 2012; ht WCH 100/200 2013; sf COM 100 2015. 1 Australian 100/200 2012 (1 100 2010/2015). Coach-Matt Beckenham In 2015: 1 Canberra 60/100 (Jan 9); 3 Canberra 200 (Feb 7); 1 Perth 100/200; 1 Australian Capital Territory 200; 1 Canberra 100/200 (Mar 7); 1 Sydney Classic 100 (2 200); 1 Melbourne Challenge 100; 1 Australian 100 (3 200); 1 Hiroshima 100; 1 Fukuroi 200; 5 Kawasaki 100; 1 Canberra 100 (Jun 7); 1 Hobart 100; 1 Chiba Juntendo 100 (3 100) 144 FERGUSON Sheniqua BAH 25y 270d 1989 11.21 11.07 -12 2008 World Junior Champion at 200m. Led off Bahamas silver-winning sprint relay team at the 2009 World Championships 200 pb: 22.64 -12 (23.03 -15). sf World Youth 100 2005 (ht 200); 2 Central American & Caribbean junior 100 2006; 1 WJC 200 2008 (2006-8); qf OLY 200 2008; 2 WCH 4x100 2009 (sf 200, qf 100); sf WCH 200 2011; sf OLY 100 2012; sf WCH 100 2013; sf WIC 60 2014; 4 IAAF Relays 4x200 2014; sf COM 100 2014. 1 Bahamian 100 2013/2015. No relation to Debbie Ferguson In 2015: 1 Auburn Classic 100; 1 Athens GA 100; 1 Auburn 100; dq IAAF Relays 4x200; 7 Clermont Elite 2 100; 7 Montverde 100; 1 Bahamian 100 (2 200); 6sf Pan-Am Games 200 168 SANTOS Rosângela BRA 24y 244d 1990 11.04 11.04 -15 Anchored Brazil to fourth place in the 2008 Olympic 4x100 (at age 17) 200 pb: 22.77 -15. 1 South American junior 100 2007; 4 World Youth 200 2007; 3 WJC 4x100 2008 (4 100); 4 OLY 4x100 2008; 5 WSG 100 2011; sf WCH 100 2011; 1 Pan-Am Games 100 2011 (2015-4); 1 Ibero-American 100 2012; sf OLY 100 2012. 1 Brazilian 100 2008/2012/2015 (1 200 2012) In 2015: 3 Florida Relays 100 ‘B’; 1 Coral Gables 100; 3 Azusa Clay 100; 6 IAAF Relays 4x100; 1 Brazilian 100; 3 Eugene Diamond 100; 4 Birmingham Diamond 200; 3 Oslo Diamond 100; 4 Pan-Am Games 100/4x100 196 EFTIMOVA Inna BUL QBR 27y 62d 1988 11.34 11.20 -11 Two medals at 2007 European Juniors // 200 pb: 22.94 -08 (23.35 -15). ht World Youth 100/200 2005; ht WJC 100/200 2006; 2 EJC 100 2007 (3 200); ht WCH 100 2007; qf OLY 200 2008 (ht 100); sf EIC 60 2009; ht ECH 100 2010; 1 Balkan 200 2014; sf ECH 100/200 2014. 1 Bulgarian 100/200 2008/2011 (1 100 2014). 1 Bulgarian indoor 60 2007/2015. Failed a doping control test at the 2011 World Championships, suspended for two years 2012-2014 In 2015: 2 Balkan indoor 60; 5sf EIC 60; 2 Rieti 100/200 (May 9/10); 1 Gavardo 100; 1 Romanian International Champs 100/200; 1 L'Aquila 100; 1 Orvieto 100; 2 Rieti 200 (Jun 7); 1 Bulgarian 100/200; 1 ETCh 2nd League 100 ‘C’; 1 Plovdiv 100 (3 200) (Jun 28); 1 Orvieto 200 (3 200); 1 Stara Zagora 100; 3 Balkan 100 (6 200) 197 LALOVA Ivet BUL 31y 94d 1984 11.11 10.77 -04 NR Double sprint finalist at the Athens Olympics // 200 pb: 22.36w, 22.51 -04 (22.90 -15). 1 EJC 100/200 2003; 4 OLY 100 2004 (5 200); 1 EIC 200 2005; qf WCH 100 2007; sf OLY 100 2008 (qf 200); 7 WCH 100 2011 (sf 200); 8 WIC 60 2012 (2008/2010-sf); 1 ECH 100 2012 (sf 200); sf OLY 100/200 2012; 3 EIC 60 2013 (2015-df); sf WCH 100/200 2013; 5 ECH 100 2014 (sf 200). Father-Miroslav Lalov ran 10.4 for 100m in 1966 and was Bulgarian Champion at 200m that year, mother-Lilya was a pentathlete. She broke her right femur while warming up to compete at the 2005 Athens Grand Prix. Coach-Roberto Bonomi, (formerly Konstantin Milanov), she married Italian sprinter Simone Collio in Rieti on September 23, 2013 In 2015: 5sf EIC 60; 1 Rieti 100/200; 4 Marseille 100; 2 Montreuil 200; 6 Oslo Diamond 100; 1 ETCh 2nd League 100/200; 1 Plovdiv 200; 4 Tomblaine 100; 7 Székesfehérvár 100 203 BINGHAM Khamica CAN 21y 67d 1994 11.13 11.13 -15 2015 Canadian Champion at 100m // 11.00w -15. 200 pb: 22.84 -15. 5 World Youth 100 2011 (5 Medley Relay); 4 WJC 100 2012; 6 WCH 4x100 2013; 7 COM 100 2014 (4 4x100); 6 Pan-Am Games 100 2015 (3 4x100). 1 Canadian 100 2015. Coaches-Desai Williams (1 COM 4x100 1986) & Frank Bucca In 2015: 4 IAAF Relays 4x100; 3 Clermont Elite 2 100; 1 Clermont 200 (May 16); 1 Windsor ON 100; 1 Guelph 200; 2 Halifax 100/200; 2 Burnaby 200; 3 Rabat 100; 1 Canadian 100 (3 200); 3 Edmonton Classic 100; 6 Pan-Am Games 100 (3 4x100) 211 HYACINTHE Kimberly CAN 26y 146d 1989 11.31 11.31 -15 2013 World Student Games Champion at 200m // 11.24w -15. 200 pb: 22.56w -15, 22.78 -13 (22.86 -15). sf World Youth 100/200 2005; sf WJC 200 2006/2008; 1 WSG 4x400 2009; 2 Francophone Games 200 2009; 2 North/Central American & Caribbean under-23 200 2010; 1 WSG 200 2013; sf WCH 200 2013; 7 COM 200 2014 (4 4x100); 6 Pan-Am Games 200 2015 (3 4x100). 1 Canadian 200 2015. Coaches-Desai Williams & Anthony Cleary In 2015: 1 Miramar 200; 4 IAAF Relays 4x100; 2 Clermont Elite 2 200 ‘B’ (6 100); 2 Windsor ON 100; 2 Guelph 200; 5 Burnaby 200; 1 Canadian 200 (3 100); 3 Edmonton Classic 200; 6 Pan-Am Games 200 (3 4x100) 213 EMMANUEL Crystal CAN 23y 267d 1991 11.27 11.27 -15 2015 Pan-American Games relay bronze // 11.16w -13. 200 pb: 22.83w -15, 22.89 -13 (22.92 -15). sf WJC 200 2010; sf OLY 200 2012; ht WCH 200 2013; 1 Francophone Games 200 2013; sf COM 100/200 2014 (4 4x100); 3 Pan-Am Games 4x100 2015. 1 Canadian 100/200 2011 (1 200 2012). Coach-Desai Williams (1 COM 4x100 1986). Ex-Barbados. Coach-Desai Williams (6 OLY 100 1988) In 2015: 1 Ontario indoor 200; 4 IAAF Relays 4x100; 2 Clermont Elite 2 100 ‘B’; 3 Clermont 200; 1 Halifax 200 (3 100); 4 Burnaby 200; 2 Canadian 100/200; 4 Edmonton Classic 200; 3 Pan-Am Games 4x100 (sf 100) 227 JIMÉNEZ Isidora CHI 22y 11d 1993 11.33 11.33 -15 NR Chilean record holder at 100m & 200m. Double sprint silver at 2015 South American Championships 200 pb: 22.95 -15. sf WJC 200 2012; ht WCH 200 2013; 5 South American Games 100/200 2014; 2 South American 100/200 2015 In 2015: 1 Santiago de Chile 100/200 (Mar 28); 1 Santiago de Chile 100/200 (Mar 28); 1 Santiago de Chile 100 (Apr 9); 1 Santiago de Chile 100/200 (Apr 11); 1 Chilean 100; 3 Medellín Restrepo 100; 2 South American 100/200 (3 4x100); 1 Santiago de Chile 100/200 (Jun 27); 8sf Pan-Am Games 100 (5sf 200) 252 WEI Yongli CHN 23y 314d 1991 11.32 11.29 -13 2014 Asian Games Champion at 100m // 200 pb: 23.21 -13 (23.76 -15). 2 Asian Champs 100/4x100 2011; 1 Asian Indoor Champs 60 2012; sf WIC 60 2012/2014; 1 Asian Games 100/4x100 2014 (2 200); 3 Asian Champs 100 2015 (1 4x100). 2 Chinese National Games 100 2013 In 2015: 4 Kawasaki 100; 7 Shanghai Diamond 100; 6 Beijing Challenge 100; 3 Asian Champs 100 (1 4x100); 3 Chinese Grand Prix Final 200; 1 Sapporo Nambu 100 270 AHOURÉ Murielle CIV 27y 363d 1987 10.81 10.81 -15 NR Reigning World Championship silver medallist at 60m, 100m & 200m // 200 pb: 22.24 -13 (22.29 -15). 2 WIC 60 2012/2014; 6 OLY 200 2012 (7 100); 2 WCH 100/200 2013; 1 African Champs 200 2014 (2 100). 1 NCAA indoor 200 2009 (5 60); 4 NCAA 100 2009 (7 100). Born-Abidjan (CIV), moved Paris age 2 then the USA at age 12. Graduated from the University of Miami with a degree in Criminal Law. Partner/phisiotherapist-Robert Skotheim, their main home is Oslo. Coach-Allan Powell In 2015: 4 / 4 wins indoors at 60m, including New York & Birmingham; 1 Austin 200; 2 Doha Diamond 200; 1 Oslo Diamond 100; 5 Paris Diamond 100; 3 Lausanne Diamond 200; 3 London Diamond 100 271 TA LOU Marie Josée CIV 26y 275d 1988 11.06 11.06 -15 200 pb: 22.78 -14 (22.85 -15). 6 African Games 200 2011 (7 100); 3 African Champs 200 2012 (4 100); 8 WSG 200 2013; 2 African Champs 200 2014 (3 100); 4 IAAF Continental Cup 100 2014 (5 200) In 2015: 1 Montgeron 100; 1 Dakar Challenge 100; 1 Vanves 100; 1 Marseille 100; 1 Montreuil 200; 2 Rabat 100; 2 Turku 100; 1 Tomblaine 100; 6 Paris Diamond 100; 3 Sotteville-lès-Rouen 200; 1 French 100/200 274 TAEA Patricia COK 22y 88d 1993 12.30 12.29 -13 NR Cook Islands record holder at 60m, 100m & 200m // 200 pb: 25.13 -13 (25.53 -15).