{{short description|Bahamian sprinter}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2026}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Anthonique Strachan | image = Anthonique Strachan 2013 World Championships in Athletics.jpg | caption = Strachan in 2013 | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1993|08|22}} | birth_place = Nassau, Bahamas<ref name="Tokyo 2020"/> | height = 5 ft 6 in | weight = 138 lb | country = {{flag|Bahamas}} | sport = Track & Field | event = 100 metres, 200 metres | club = Club Monica Athletics | pb = {{ubl |'''100 m''': 10.92 (Oslo 2023) |'''200 m''': 22.15 (Rabat 2023) }} | medaltemplates = {{Medal|Sport | Women's athletics}} {{Medal|Country |the {{BAH}} }} {{Medal|Competition|World Relay Championships}} {{Medal|Gold|2017 Nassau|4×400 m relay}} {{Medal|Competition | NACAC Championships }} {{Medal|Gold|2025 Freeport|200 m}} {{Medal|Silver|2022 Freeport|4x100 m relay}} {{Medal|Competition|CAC Championships}} {{Medal|Silver|2011 Mayagüez|200 m}} {{Medal|Bronze|2011 Mayagüez|4×100 m relay}} {{Medal|Competition|World Junior Championships}} {{Medal|Gold|2012 Barcelona|100 m}} {{Medal|Gold|2012 Barcelona|200 m}} {{Medal|Competition|Pan American Junior Championships}} {{Medal|Gold|2011 Miramar|200 m}} {{Medal|Gold|2011 Miramar|4×100 m relay}} {{Medal|Bronze|2011 Miramar|4×400 m relay}} {{Medal|Bronze|2011 Miramar|100 m}} {{Medal|Competition|CAC Junior Championships (Junior)}} {{Medal|Bronze |2010 Santo Domingo | 4×400 m relay}} {{Medal|Competition|CARIFTA Games (Junior)}} {{Medal|Gold |2011 Montego Bay | 100 m}} {{Medal|Gold |2011 Montego Bay | 200 m}} {{Medal|Gold |2012 Hamilton | 100 m}} {{Medal|Gold |2012 Hamilton | 200 m}} {{Medal|Gold |2012 Hamilton | 4×100 m relay}} {{Medal|Silver |2010 George Town | 4×100 m relay}} {{Medal|Competition|CARIFTA Games (Youth)}} {{Medal|Silver |2009 Vieux Fort | 200 m}} {{Medal|Bronze |2009 Vieux Fort | 4×100 m relay}} }}
'''Anthonique Strachan''' ({{IPAc-en|s|t|r|ɔː|n|}}; born 22 August 1993) is a Bahamian sprinter, she is the 2012 100m and 200m World Junior Champion. She competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics, 2016 Summer Olympics and the 2020 Summer Olympics, in 200 m. and 4 × 400 m relay<ref name="Tokyo 2020">{{Cite web |title=Athletics STRACHAN Anthonique |url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/athletics/athlete-profile-n1296128-strachan-anthonique.htm |url-status=dead |access-date=30 August 2021 |work=Tokyo 2020 Olympics |publisher=Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games |language=en-us |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210802032601/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/athletics/athlete-profile-n1296128-strachan-anthonique.htm |archive-date=2 August 2021}}</ref>
==Career== She attended St. Augustine's College in Nassau, Bahamas, and trained with Club Monica Athletics. She trained in Auburn, Alabama under coach Henry Rolle who also coached Kerron Stewart, Darrel Brown and Marc Burns,<ref>{{cite web |last=Finlayson |first=Alpheus |date=24 July 2011 |title=Anthonique Strachan Clocks World's Best Junior Time, New Bahamian National Junior and New Pan American Jr. Championships Record |url=http://www.thebahamasweekly.com/publish/sports/Anthonique_Strachan_Clocks_World_s_Best_Junior_Time_New_Bahamian_National_Junior_and_New_Pan_American_Jr_Championships_Record17068.shtml |work=The Bahamas Weekly}}</ref> before moving to Kingston, Jamaica to train with MVP Track and Field Club under coach Stephen Francis.<ref>{{cite news |title=Third Place Finish For Anthonique Strachan In Zagreb |url=http://www.tribune242.com/news/2021/sep/15/third-place-finish-anthonique-strachan-zagreb/ |access-date=13 February 2022 |publisher=The Tribune 242}}</ref>
At the 2011 CARIFTA Games, she won two gold medals (100 metres in 11.38s (−0.8 m/s), and 200 metres in 23.17s (0.0 m/s)) in the junior (U-20) category equalling Veronica Campbell's 200 metres games record of 22.93s (1.1 m/s) in the heats. She was consequently awarded the Austin Sealy Trophy for the most outstanding athlete of the games.
Strachan won gold medals over 200 metres and 4×100 metres relay at the 2011 Pan American Junior Athletics Championships.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thenassauguardian.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11817&Itemid=50 |title=Junior track stars end season on high note |work=Nassau Guardian |date=27 July 2011 |first=Kelsie |last=Johnson}}</ref> Her 200 metres time of 22.70 was a new World Junior Leading and a new championship record.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tribune242.com/sports/07252011_PanAm_sports |title=Anthonique strikes gold, sets a new meet record |first=Renaldo |last=Dorsett |date=25 July 2011 |work=The Tribune |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120315025417/http://www.tribune242.com/sports/07252011_PanAm_sports |archivedate=15 March 2012}}</ref>
At the 2012 CARIFTA Games, she won three gold medals: 100 metres in wind-assisted 11.22s (4.4 m/s), 200 metres, this year improving Veronica Campbell's and her own 200 metres games record to 22.85s (−0.7 m/s), and finally, she led the Bahamas 4 × 100 m relay team to gold in 45.02s. For the second time in the role, she was awarded the Austin Sealy Trophy for the most outstanding athlete of the games.<ref name=iaaf>{{cite web |last=Finisterre |first=Terry |date=10 April 2012 |title=Weather improves to allow records to highlight last day of CARIFTA Games |url=http://www.iaaf.org/Mini/WJC12/News/NewsDetail.aspx?id=64530 |publisher=IAAF |accessdate=31 May 2012}} </ref>
Strachan broke the 11 second barrier over 100m on 26 April in Kingston, Jamaica at the Wolmer Speedfest. Strachan placed first in a time of 10.99 (+0.5).<ref>{{cite news |title=Strachan Dips Under 11 Seconds In 100 Metres |url=http://www.tribune242.com/news/2022/mar/28/strachan-dips-under-11-seconds-100-metres/?news |access-date=29 March 2022 |publisher=The Tribune 242}}</ref>
==Achievements== {| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes|class=wikitable style="text-align:center; font-size: 90%;}} |- !colspan="6"|Representing {{BAH}} |- |rowspan = "2" |2009 |rowspan = "2" |CARIFTA Games (U-17) |rowspan = "2" |Vieux Fort, Saint Lucia |bgcolor=silver|2nd |200 m |23.95 <small>(−0.4 m/s)</small> |- |bgcolor=cc9966|3rd |4×100 m relay |47.04 |- |rowspan = "6"|2010 |rowspan = "2"|CARIFTA Games (U-20) |rowspan = "2"|George Town, Cayman Islands |5th |200 m |24.57 <small>(+0.5 m/s)</small> |- |bgcolor=silver|2nd |4 × 100 m relay |45.59 |- |rowspan = "3"|Central American and Caribbean<br>Junior Championships (U-20) |rowspan = "3"|Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic |4th |200 m |24.19 <small>(−1.3 m/s)</small> |- | — |400 m |DNF |- |bgcolor=cc9966|3rd |4 × 400 m relay |3:38.81 |- |World Junior Championships |Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada |12th (sf) |200m |23.99 <small>(+1.8 m/s)</small> |- |rowspan = "3"|2011 |rowspan = "3"|CARIFTA Games (U-20) |rowspan = "3"|Montego Bay, Jamaica |bgcolor=gold|1st |100 m |11.38 <small>(−0.8 m/s)</small> |- |bgcolor=gold|1st |200 m |23.17 <small>(0.0 m/s)</small> |- | — |4 × 100 m relay |DQ |- |rowspan = "8"|2012 |rowspan = "3"|CARIFTA Games (U-20) |rowspan = "3"|Hamilton, Bermuda |bgcolor=gold|1st |100 m |11.22 <small>(+4.4 m/s)</small> |- |bgcolor=gold|1st |200 m |22.85 <small>(−0.7 m/s)</small> {{AthAbbr|CR}} |- |bgcolor=gold|1st |4 × 100 m relay |45.02 |- |rowspan = "3"|World Junior Championships |rowspan = "3"|Barcelona, Spain |bgcolor=gold|1st |100 m |11.20 <small>(+1.7 m/s)</small> {{AthAbbr|WJL}} |- |bgcolor=gold|1st |200 m |22.53 <small>(+0.2 m/s)</small> {{AthAbbr|WJL}}, {{AthAbbr|CR}} |- |— |4 × 100 m relay |DNF |- |rowspan = "2"|Olympic Games |rowspan = "2"|London, United Kingdom |15th (sf) |200 m |22.82 <small>(+1.0 m/s)</small> |- |9th (h) |4 × 100 m relay |43.07 |- |2013 |World Championships |Moscow, Russia |9th (sf) |200 m |22.81 <small>(-0.2 m/s)</small> |- |rowspan = "3" |2014 |rowspan = "2"|World Relays |rowspan = "2"|Nassau, Bahamas |9th (h) |4 x 100 m relay |43.54 |- |4th |4 × 200 m relay |1:31.31 {{AthAbbr|NR|Bahamian}} |- |Continental Cup |Marrakesh, Morocco |4th |200 m |22.73 <small>(+0.3 m/s)</small> |- |rowspan = "2"|2015 |World Relays |Nassau, Bahamas |— |4 x 200 m relay |DQ |- |Pan American Games |Toronto, Canada |6th (sf) |200 m |22.79<sup>1</sup> <small>(+1.1 m/s)</small> |- |rowspan = "2" |2016 |rowspan = "2"|Olympic Games |rowspan = "2"|Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |26th (h) |200 m |22.96 <small>(-0.1 m/s)</small> |- |11th (h) |4 × 400 m relay |3:26.36 {{AthAbbr|NR|Bahamian}} |- |rowspan = "4" |2017 |rowspan = "2"|World Relays |rowspan = "2"|Nassau, Bahamas |10th (h) |4 x 400 m relay |3:34.40 |- |bgcolor=gold|1st |4 × 400 m relay mixed |3:14.42 {{AthAbbr|NR|Bahamian}} |- |rowspan = "2"|World Championships |rowspan = "2"|London, United Kingdom |17th (sf) |200 m |23.21 <small>(-0.2 m/s)</small> |- |— |4 × 400 m relay |DNF |- |2018 |Commonwealth Games |Gold Coast, Australia |15th (sf) |200 m |23.62 <small>(0.0 m/s)</small> |- |rowspan = "2"|2019 |Pan American Games |Lima, Peru |5th |200 m |22.97 <small>(-0.1 m/s)</small> |- |World Championships |Doha, Qatar |23rd (sf) |200 m |25.44 <small>(+0.5 m/s)</small> |- |rowspan = "2" |2021 |rowspan = "2"|Olympic Games |rowspan = "2"|Tokyo, Japan |11th (sf) |200 m |22.56 <small>(+0.3 m/s)</small> |- |— |4 × 400 m relay |DNF |- |rowspan = "5"|2022 |World Indoor Championships |Belgrade, Serbia |13th (sf) |60 m |7.17 {{AthAbbr|PB}} |- |rowspan = "2"|World Championships |rowspan = "2"|Eugene, United States |10th (sf) |100 m |10.98 {{AthAbbr|PB}} <small>(-0.2 m/s)</small> |- |44th (h) |200 m |1:50.06 <small>(+1.9 m/s)</small> |- |rowspan = "2"|NACAC Championships |rowspan = "2"|Freeport, Bahamas |9th (h) |100 m |11.48 <small>(-1.5 m/s)</small> |- |bgcolor=silver|2nd |4 x 100 m relay |43.34 |- |2023 |World Championships |Budapest, Hungary |6th |200 m |22.29 <small>(+0.1 m/s)</small> |- |2024 |World Indoor Championships |Glasgow, United Kingdom |23rd (sf) |60 m |7.36 |- |rowspan=2|2025 |NACAC Championships |Freeport, Bahamas |bgcolor=gold|1st |200 m |22.77 |- |World Championships |Tokyo, Japan |8th (sf) |200 m |22.48<sup>2</sup> |}
<sup>1</sup>Did not finish in the final.<br> <sup>2</sup>Disqualified in the final.
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{World Athletics}} * [https://mvptrackclub.com/anthonique-strachan/ Profile] at the MVP Track Club * {{Olympics.com}} * {{Olympedia}} * {{InterSportStats}}
{{IAAF Rising Star (women)}} {{Footer World Junior Champions women's 100 metres}} {{Footer World Junior Champions women's 200 metres}}
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