{{Short description|Canadian sprinter (born 1991)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=August 2024}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Crystal Emmanuel-Ahye | image = Crystal Emmanuel Rio2016.jpg | caption = Emmanuel-Ahye at the 2016 Olympics | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1991|11|27}} | birth_place = Scarborough, Ontario, Canada<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://g2014results.thecgf.com/athlete/cycling_road/1042799/crystal_carly_kristen_emmanuel.html |title=Crystal Carly-Kristen Emmanuel |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160812172614/http://g2014results.thecgf.com/athlete/cycling_road/1042799/crystal_carly_kristen_emmanuel.html |archive-date=2016-08-12 |work=2014 CWG bio}}</ref><ref name=sr>[https://web.archive.org/web/20200418062517/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/em/crystal-emmanuel-1.html Crystal Emmanuel]. sports-reference.com</ref> | death_date = | death_place = | height = 1.70 m<ref name=rio>{{Cite web |url=https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/crystal-emmanuel |title=Crystal Emmanuel |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160826084339/https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/crystal-emmanuel |archive-date=2016-08-26 |website=rio2016.com}}</ref> | weight = 59 kg | sport = Athletics | club =Flying Angels Track Club<ref name=nbc>{{Cite web |url=http://results.nbcolympics.com/athletes/athlete=emmanuel-crystal-1109635/index.html |title=Crystal Emmanuel |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160920031349/http://results.nbcolympics.com/athletes/athlete=emmanuel-crystal-1109635/index.html |archive-date=2016-09-20 |website=nbcolympics.com}}</ref> | coach = <ref name=nbc/><br>Charles Allen<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://results.gc2018.com/en/athletics/athlete-profile-n6030214-crystal-emmanuel.htm |title=Crystal Emmanuel |work=2018 CWG bio |accessdate=30 April 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180501093653/https://results.gc2018.com/en/athletics/athlete-profile-n6030214-crystal-emmanuel.htm |archive-date=2018-05-01}}</ref> | event = 100 m, 200 m | education = | collegeteam = | medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry | {{CAN}} }} {{Medal|Competition | Pan American Games }} {{MedalSilver|2019 Lima|4×100 m relay}} {{Medal|Bronze | 2015 Toronto | 4×100 m relay }} {{MedalCompetition | North American, Central American and Caribbean Championships }} {{MedalSilver | 2018 Toronto | 200 m }} {{MedalBronze | 2018 Toronto | 100 m }} {{MedalBronze | 2018 Toronto | 4×100 m relay }} {{Medal|Competition|Jeux de la Francophonie}} {{Medal|Gold|2013 Nice|200 m}} }}
'''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{{nbsp}}m and 200{{nbsp}}m as of July 2018. Crystal also holds the 200{{nbsp}}m record for Canada, having broken a record that stood for 34 years.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Crystal Emmanuel |url=https://worldathletics.org/athletes/canada/crystal-emmanuel-14270576 |access-date=2023-02-11 |website=worldathletics.org |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230211221838/https://worldathletics.org/athletes/canada/crystal-emmanuel-14270576 |archive-date=2023-02-11}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Crystal Emmanuel |url=https://olympic.ca/team-canada/crystal-emmanuel/ |access-date=2023-02-11 |website=Team Canada - Official Olympic Team Website |language=en-US |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230131034434/https://olympic.ca/team-canada/crystal-emmanuel/ |archive-date=2023-01-31}}</ref> She competed in this event at the 2012, 2016 and 2020 Summer Olympics, but was eliminated in the semi-finals.<ref name=sr/><ref name=rio/><ref>{{Cite news |title=Canadians Bingham, Emmanuel fail to qualify for women's 100m final |url=https://www.sportsnet.ca/olympics/article/canadians-bingham-emmanuel-fail-qualify-womens-100m-final/ |publisher=Sportsnet |date=31 July 2021 |accessdate=21 August 2021}}</ref> At the 2013 World Championships in Athletics, she was eliminated in the heats after being disqualified for a lane infringement.
She has also run as part of the Canadian {{nowrap|4 × 100 m}} relay team, and is part of the team that holds the Canadian record.<ref name=":0" /> Set at the 2015 World Championships, Emmanuel-Ahye ran the first leg of the relay.<ref name=":1" /> It broke the Canadian record set at the 2013 World Championships, where Emmanuel-Ahye also ran the lead off leg.<ref name=":1" />
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.<ref name=":1" /> She repeated the feat in 2016, 2017 and 2018.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=Crystal Emmanuel |url=https://athletics.ca/athlete/crystal-emmanuel/ |access-date=2023-02-11 |website=Athletics Canada |language=en-US}}</ref> 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.<ref name=":2" />
Her 100 m personal best was set at the 2018 NANAC Championships.<ref name=":2" />
Her mother Rosalind Emmanuel competed internationally for Barbados in athletics in the 1980s.<ref name=nbc/>
She is married to Trinidadian and Tobagonian sprinter Michelle-Lee Ahye.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Holmes |first=Jon |title=Michelle-Lee Ahye, Crystal Emmanuel-Ahye are married Olympians |url=https://www.outsports.com/2024/7/25/24098181/michelle-lee-ahye-crystal-emmanuel-married-lgbtq-olympic-games-paris-2024/ |access-date=2024-08-05 |website=OutSports |language=en}}</ref>
==Competition record== {| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes}} |- !colspan="6"|Representing {{CAN}} |- |rowspan=2|2009 |rowspan=2|Pan American Junior Championships |rowspan=2|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 |- |rowspan=2|2012 |NACAC U23 Championships |Irapuato, Mexico |bgcolor=cc9966|3rd |100 m |11.43 |- |Olympic Games |London, United Kingdom |21st (sf) |200 m |23.28 |- |rowspan=4|2013 |rowspan=2|World Championships |rowspan=2|Moscow, Russia | – |200 m |DQ |- |6th |4 × 100 m relay |43.28 |- |rowspan=2|Jeux de la Francophonie |rowspan=2|Nice, France |bgcolor=gold|1st |200 m |23.63 |- |4th |4 × 100 m relay |45.66 |- |rowspan=4|2014 |World Relays |Nassau, Bahamas |1st (B) |4 × 100 m relay |43.33 |- |rowspan=3|Commonwealth Games |rowspan=3|Glasgow, United Kingdom |9th (sf) |100 m |11.43 |- |11th (sf) |200 m |23.46 |- |4th |4 × 100 m relay |43.33 |- |rowspan=6|2015 |World Relays |Nassau, Bahamas |4th |4 × 100 m relay |42.85 |- |rowspan=2|Pan American Games |rowspan=2|Toronto, Ontario, Canada |10th (sf) |100 m |11.26 (w) |- |bgcolor=cc9966|3rd |4 × 100 m relay |43.00 |- |rowspan=3|World Championships |rowspan=3|Beijing, China |27th (h) |100 m |11.33 |- |28th (h) |200 m |23.22 |- |6th |4 × 100 m relay |43.05 |- |rowspan=4|2016 |World Indoor Championships |Portland, United States |16th (sf) |60 m |7.23 |- |rowspan=3|Olympic Games |rowspan=3|Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |28th (h) |100 m |11.43 |- |23rd (sf) |200 m |23.05 |- |7th |4 × 100 m relay |43.15 |- |rowspan=3|2017 |World Relays |Nassau, Bahamas |12th (h) |4 × 100 m relay |44.98 |- |rowspan=2|World Championships |rowspan=2|London, United Kingdom |11th (sf) |100 m |11.14 |- |7th |200 m |22.60 |- |rowspan=4|2018 |World Indoor Championships |Birmingham, United Kingdom |18th (sf) |60 m |7.27 |- |Commonwealth Games |Gold Coast, Australia |5th |200 m |22.70 |- |rowspan=2|NACAC Championships |rowspan=2|Toronto, Canada |bgcolor=cc9966|3rd |100 m |11.11 |- |bgcolor=cc9966|3rd |4 × 100 m relay |43.50 |- |rowspan=6|2019 |World Relays |Yokohama, Japan | – |4 × 100 m relay |DQ |- |rowspan=3|Pan American Games |rowspan=3|Lima, Peru |7th |100 m |11.41 |- |4th |200 m |22.89 |- |bgcolor=silver|2nd |4 × 100 m relay |43.37 |- |rowspan=2|World Championships |rowspan=2|Doha, Qatar |19th (sf) |100 m |11.29 |- |9th (sf) |200 m |22.65 |- |rowspan=2|2021 |rowspan=2|Olympic Games |rowspan=2|Tokyo, Japan |16th (sf) |100 m |11.21 |- |18th (sf) |200 m |23.05 |- |rowspan=3|2022 |rowspan=2|World Championships |rowspan=2|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)
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== {{Commons category|Crystal Emmanuel}} *{{sports links}} * {{Team Canada|name=Crystal Emmanuel-Ahye}} * [https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/athlete/crystal-emmanuel-ahye_1974106 Crystal Emmanuel-Ahye] at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics * {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131115171755/http://www.all-athletics.com/node/116981 |title=Crystal Emmanuel at All-Athletics.com |date=mdy }}
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