{{Short description|Trinidad and Tobago triple jumper}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}} {{Infobox sportsperson | headercolor = | name = Ayanna Alexander | image = | caption = | nationality = Trinidadian | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1982|7|20|df=y}} | birth_place = Trinidad and Tobago | height = {{convert|1.73|m|ftin|abbr=on|lk=off}} | weight = {{convert|61|kg|lb|abbr=on|lk=off}} | sport = athletics | event = Triple jump, Long jump | show-medals = yes | medaltemplates = {{Medal|Sport|Women's athletics}} {{Medal|Country|{{TRI}}}} {{Medal|Competition|Commonwealth Games}} {{Medal|Silver|2010 Delhi|Triple jump}} {{Medal|Bronze|2014 Scotland|Triple jump}} | collegeteam = Louisiana Tech | club = | coach = Emanuel "Skeeter" Jackson | pb = '''Triple jump:''' 14.40 m | updated = 9 January 2015 }}

'''Ayanna Alexander''' is a Trinidad and Tobago track and field athlete. She is the only women in the country's history to compete at an Olympic Games in the women's triple jump. Alexander competes primarily in the triple jump and some times the long jump.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ttoc.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2643:ayanna-alexander-athletics&catid=166:tat-athlete-profiles-2012&Itemid=279 |title=Ayanna Alexander - Athletics |publisher=Ttoc.org |date=14 July 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title= Ayanna Alexander|url= http://www.sportarchivestt.com/athletes/ayanna-alexander/|publisher= National Sporting Archive of Trinidad and Tobago (NSATT)|accessdate= 9 January 2015|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150109153029/http://www.sportarchivestt.com/athletes/ayanna-alexander/|archive-date= 9 January 2015|url-status= usurped}}</ref> She competed in track and field collegiately in the United States at Louisiana Tech University and at McLean High School in McLean, VA. She is the Trinidad and Tobago national record holder in the triple jump at 14.40 meters.<ref>{{cite web |title = Trinidad & Tobago National Records - Women|url = http://www.ttnaaa.org/compete/records/women.html|publisher = National Association of Athletics Administrations of Trinidad & Tobago|accessdate = 9 January 2015}}</ref> and is the first and only athlete from Trinidad and Tobago to qualify in the triple jump for the Olympic Games.<ref>{{cite web |title = Ayanna Alexander - Biography|url = http://g2014results.thecgf.com/athlete/athletics/1026735/a_alexander.html|publisher = Commonwealth Games Federation|accessdate = 9 January 2015}}</ref>

==Personal bests== {| class="wikitable" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;" |- !Event !! Result !! Venue !! Date |- !colspan="4"|Outdoor |- | 100 m || '''12.26 s''' <small>(wind: +0.1&nbsp;m/s)</small> || Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago || 13 Aug 2011 |- | 200 m || '''24.85 s''' <small>(wind: -1.4&nbsp;m/s)</small> || Lafayette, United States || 19 Mar 2005 |- | 400 m || '''55.29 s''' || Baton Rouge, United States || 16 Mar 2002 |- | 100 m hurdles || '''14.60 s''' <small>(wind: +1.4&nbsp;m/s)</small> (ht) || Tulsa, United States || 13 May 2005 |- | Long jump || '''6.28 m''' <small>(wind: +1.3&nbsp;m/s)</small> || Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago || 24 Jun 2012 |- | Triple jump || '''14.40 m''' <small>(wind: 0.0&nbsp;m/s)</small> || Alexandria, United States || 28 Aug 2014 |- !colspan="4"|Indoor |- | Long jump || '''5.93 m''' || Fairfax, United States || 26 Jan 2013 |- | Triple jump || '''13.99 m''' || Blacksburg, United States || 20 Feb 2010 |}

==Competition record== {| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes}} |- !colspan="6"|Representing {{TRI}} |- |rowspan=2|2007 |NACAC Championships |San Salvador, El Salvador |bgcolor=gold|1st |Triple jump |13.29 m |- |Pan American Games |Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |7th |Triple jump |13.21 m |- |2008 |Central American and Caribbean Championships |Cali, Colombia | style="background:#c96;"|3rd |Triple jump |13.30 m |- |2009 |Central American and Caribbean Championships |Havana, Cuba |5th |Triple jump |13.71 m |- |rowspan=3|2010 |Central American and Caribbean Games |Mayagüez, Puerto Rico | style="background:#c96;"|3rd |Triple jump |13.64 m |- |rowspan=2|Commonwealth Games |rowspan=2|Delhi, India |11th |Long jump |5.87 m |- | style="background:silver;"|2nd |Triple jump |13.91 m |- |rowspan=3|2011 |rowspan=2|Central American and Caribbean Championships |rowspan=2|Mayagüez, Puerto Rico |7th |Long jump |6.06 m |- |bgcolor=gold|1st |Triple jump |13.50 m |- |Pan American Games |Guadalajara, Mexico |5th |Triple jump |13.54 m |- |2012 |Olympic Games |London, United Kingdom |14th (q) |Triple jump |14.09 m |- |rowspan=2|2013 |rowspan=2|Central American and Caribbean Championships |rowspan=2|Morelia, Mexico |9th |Long jump |5.70 m |- |bgcolor=silver|2nd |Triple jump |13.17 m |- |rowspan=4|2014 |rowspan=2|Commonwealth Games |rowspan=2|Glasgow, United Kingdom |23rd (q) |Long jump |5.77 m |- |bgcolor=cc9966|3rd |Triple jump |14.01 m |- |Pan American Sports Festival |Mexico City, Mexico |6th |Triple jump |13.49 m '''A''' <small>(+1.3&nbsp;m/s)</small> |- |Central American and Caribbean Games |Xalapa, Mexico |8th |Triple jump |12.94 m '''A''' <small>(-0.5&nbsp;m/s)</small> |- |rowspan=2|2015 |Pan American Games |Toronto, Canada |8th |Triple jump |13.83 m |- |NACAC Championships |San José, Costa Rica |5th |Triple jump |13.68 m |- |2016 |World Indoor Championships |Portland, United States | – |Triple jump |NM |- |rowspan=4|2018 |Commonwealth Games |Gold Coast, Australia |6th |Triple jump |13.47 m |- |rowspan=2|Central American and Caribbean Games |rowspan=2|Barranquilla, Colombia |14th |Long jump |5.83 m (w) |- |9th |Triple jump |13.18 m |- |NACAC Championships |Toronto, Canada |6th |Triple jump |12.94 m |}

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==External links== *{{World Athletics}} *{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/al/ayanna-alexander-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418103929/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/al/ayanna-alexander-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-18 |title=Ayanna Alexander}}

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