2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships • Biographical Entry List 46 Entrants Women’s 60 Metres NR National Indoor Record QBR Qualified by ranking Event starts: March 19 Age (Days) Born Indoor SB Indoor PB 610 GAITHER Tynia BAH 23y 2d 1993 7.31 7.23 -15 100 pb: 11.23w -14, 11.27 -15. 200 pb: 22.80w, 22.88 -15 (23.11i -16). 2 Youth Olympic Games 200 2010; sf WJC 200 2010. Student of sociology at the University of Southern California In 2016: 1 Fayetteville Tyson Olympic 60/200 612 MARSHALL Ashley BAR 22y 189d 1993 7.29 7.29 -16 NR Barbadian record holder at 60m // 100 pb: 11.22w -14, 11.34 -13. 1 Barbadian 100 2015. Student of Sociology at the University of California, Davis In 2016: 3 Albuquerque Classic 60; 1 Seattle Classic 60 She has set four Barbadian indoor records so far in 2016: 7.35, 7.35, 7.32, 7.29 624 SANTOS Rosângela BRA 25y 88d 1990 7.17 7.17 -16 South American record holder at 60m // 100 pb: 11.04 -15. 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; sf WCH 100/200 2015. 1 Brazilian 100 2008/2012/2015 (1 200 2012). Anchored Brazil to fourth place in the 2008 Olympic 4x100 (at age 17) In 2016: 5 Düsseldorf 60; 5 Karlsruhe IAAF Tour 60; 4 Berlin 60; 6ht Glasgow IAAF Tour 60 628 EMMANUEL Crystal CAN 24y 111d 1991 7.23 7.23 -16 2015 Pan-American Games relay bronze // 100 pb: 11.16w -13, 11.27 -15. 200 pb: 22.83w -15, 22.89 -13. 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; ht WCH 100/200 2015 (6 4x100). 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 2016: 2 Saskatoon 60; 3 New York Armory 60; 1 Staten Island 60; 1 Ithaca 60 637 WEI Yongli CHN 24y 158d 1991 7.17 7.17 -16 2014 Asian Games Champion at 100m // 100 pb: 11.27 -15. 200 pb: 23.21 -13. 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); sf WCH 100 2015. 1 Chinese 100/200 2015 In 2016: 3 Ghent IFAM 60; 2 Reims 60; 3 Metz 60; 1 Nanjing 60/200 (Feb 28/29); 2 Nanjing 60 (Mar 3) 639 YUAN Qiqi CHN 20y 143d 1995 7.33 7.30 -15 Second leg for relay team which won at 2015 Asian Championships // 100 pb: 11.51 -14. 200 pb: 23.71 -13. 6 Asian Games 100 2014; 1 Asian Champs 4x100 2015; 2 Asian Indoor Champs 60 2016. 1 Chinese youth 100/200 2012; 1 Chinese junior 100/200 2013 In 2016: 2 Asian Indoor Champs 60; 1ht Nanjing 200 (Feb 29) 640 GOUENON Adeline CIV 21y 149d 1994 7.26 7.26 -16 2015 African Games 100m bronze. Reigning British Universities Champion at 60m, 100m & 200m 100 pb: 11.49 -15. 200 pb: 24.08 -15. 2 African Champs 4x400 2014 (2012-3); 3 African Games 100 2015. 1 British Universities 100/200 2015; 1 British Universities indoor 60 2016. Studied English and Sports Development at Loughborough University, now doing sports science and coaching at St Mary’s University, Twickenham. Coach-Jonas Tawiah Dodoo (same as 9.96 man CJ Ujah) She was abandoned at the age of two in the market at Abidjan, then taken to a nursery and on to a village sponsored by a British charity (SOS Children’s Village), who brought her to Britain in 2012 In 2016: 3 Nantes 60; 3 London Games 60; 1 Newham 60; 1 British Universities indoor 60 641 TA LOU Marie Josée CIV 27y 119d 1988 7.06 7.06 -16 Double sprint champion at 2015 African Games // 100 pb: 10.95, 11.04 -15. 200 pb: 22.56 -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); sf WCH 100/200 2015; 1 African Games 100/200 2015. 1 French indoor 60 2016 In 2016: 4 Karlsruhe IAAF Tour 60; 2 Berlin 60; 1 Reims 60; 1 Metz 60; 1 French indoor 60 642 TAEA Patricia COK 22y 297d 1993 - 7.93 -14 NR Cook Islands record holder at 60m, 100m & 200m // 100 pb: 12.10w, 12.22 -16. 200 pb: 25.13 -13. ht WJC 100 2010; 1 Oceanian junior JT 2010 (3 100); ht COM 100 2010/2014; ht WCH 100 2011/2013/2015; ht WIC 60 2012; ht OLY 100 2012; ht WIC 60 2014; ht COM 100/200 2014 In 2016: 2 Brisbane 100 (Jan 9); 4 Brisbane 100 (Jan 17); 2sf Queensland State 100 643 IVANČEVIĆ Andrea CRO 31y 208d 1984 7.29 7.29 -16 NR Sharp improvement for her in 2015 at 100m/100mH from 11.83/13.26 to Croat records of 11.30/12.87 (but she then fell in the World Championship semi-finals) 100H pb: 12.87 -15. 60H pb: 7.94 -16. 100 pb: 11.30 -15. ht ECH 100H 2006; sf WIC 60H 2014; 1 Balkan indoor 60H 2015/2016; 7 EIC 60H 2015 (2007-ht); 1 Balkan 100H 2015; sf WCH 100H 2015. 1 Croat 100H 2003-2008 (1 indoor 2006-2008/2014). 1 Croat 100 2015. Her first sport was gymnastics In 2016: 4 Eaubonne 60H; 1 Toruń 60H; 1 Chemnitz 60H; 1 Balkan indoor 60H (1 60 ‘C’); 1 Belgrade 60H (2 60); 2 Jablonec 60H 648 TENORIO Ángela ECU 20y 50d 1996 7.23 7.23 -16 NR Full name-Ángela Gabriela Tenorio Micolta With her 2015 Pan-American 100m silver she became the first South American woman to go below 11 seconds 100 pb: 10.99 -15. 200 pb: 22.59w, 22.84 -15. 2 World Youth 200 2013 (3 100); ht WCH 100 2013; 2 WJC 100 2014 (3 200); 2 South American Games 100/200 2014; 1 South American junior 100/200 2015; 2 Pan-Am Games 100 2015 (4 200). 1 Ecuadorian 100/200 2015. Nickname-“La Gacela” (gazelle). Coach-Nelson Gutierrez Eight Ecuadorian records in 2015 – 100m: 11.17, 11.09, 11.09, 10.99 (also a South American record); 200m: 23.08, 22.84; 4x100: 44.24, 44.14 – but then she missed the Beijing World Championships because of problems with her visa In 2016: 4 New York Millrose 60 663 ZAHI Carole FRA 21y 279d 1994 7.18 7.18 -16 Allegiance transferee from Ivory Coast – acquired French citizenship on November 10, 2015 and cleared by IAAF to compete for France on March 2, 2016 (she never competed for CIV) 1 French under-23 indoor 60 2014/2015 & 200 2015 In 2016: 1 Fontainebleau; 1 Nantes; 1 Mondeville 60 ‘B’; 2 Eaubonne 60; 5 Metz 60; 2 French indoor 60 664 ASHER-SMITH Dina GBR 20y 104d 1995 7.11 7.08 -15 British record holder at 60m, 100m & 200m // 100 pb: 10.99 -15. 200 pb: 22.07 -15. 400 pb: 53.49 -14. 1 Commonwealth Youth Games 200 2011; 7 WJC 200 2012; 1 EJC 200/4x100 2013; 3 WCH 4x100 2013; 1 WJC 10 2014; dnf ECH 200 final 2014 (hamstring); 2 EIC 60 2015; 5 WCH 200 2015 (4 4x100). 1 UK indoor 200 2014 & 60 2015; 1 UK 100 2015. She is a student of history at King's College London. Coach-John Blackie (from the age of 8) Led off Britain’s bronze-winning sprint relay team at Moscow 2013 to become our youngest ever World Championship medallist In 2016: 1 London Games 60; 3 Karlsruhe IAAF Tour 60; 6 Glasgow IAAF Tour 60; 2 UK indoor 60 667 PHILIP Asha GBR 25y 144d 1990 7.10 7.09 -14 First leg for British relay team which broke the 34 year-old British record when winning at Zürich 2014, and then again at the Zürich Diamond League 100 pb: 11.10 -15. 200 pb: 23.07w , 23.34 -13. 4 WJC 100 2006; 1 World Youth 100 2007; 1 EJC 4x100 2007; 3 under-23 ECH 4x100 2011; 5 EIC 60 2013; sf WCH 100 2013/2015; 4 WIC 60 2014 (2012-sf); 4 COM 100 2014 (3 4x100); 1 ECH 4x100 2014 (sf 100); 1 ETCh 100 2015 (2013-5); sf WCH 100 2015 (4 4x100). 1 AAA under-15 indoor 60 2005 & under-17 indoor 2006; 1 UK junior 100 2007; 1 UK 100 2013/2014. She studied Drama at Kingston University. She is still a coach for Mini Trampolining but has not competed at that sport since she ruptured her knee in 2007. Coach-Steve Fudge In 2016: 1 Welsh indoor 60; 3 Berlin 60; 1 UK indoor 60 677 BUTZEK Chantal GER 19y 21d 1997 7.27 7.27 -16 100 pb: 11.61 -15. Youth 100H pb: 13.40 -13. 6 World Youth 100H 2013; 3 WJC 4x100 2014. Reached 2015 EJC 100 final, but had to withdraw after injuring herself warming up.