# Crystal Emmanuel-Ahye > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Crystal_Emmanuel-Ahye > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Crystal_Emmanuel-Ahye.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crystal_Emmanuel-Ahye > Source revision: 1352652307 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{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](/source/Scarborough%2C_Toronto), Ontario, Canada{{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}}[https://web.archive.org/web/20200418062517/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/em/crystal-emmanuel-1.html Crystal Emmanuel]. sports-reference.com | death_date = | death_place = | height = 1.70 m{{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}} | weight = 59 kg | sport = [Athletics](/source/Athletics_(sport)) | club =Flying Angels Track Club{{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}} | coach =
[Charles Allen](/source/Charles_Allen_(hurdler)){{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}} | event = [100 m](/source/100_m), [200 m](/source/200_m) | education = | collegeteam = | medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry | {{CAN}} }} {{Medal|Competition | [Pan American Games](/source/Pan_American_Games) }} {{MedalSilver|[2019 Lima](/source/2019_Pan_American_Games)|[4×100 m relay](/source/Athletics_at_the_2019_Pan_American_Games_%E2%80%93_Women's_4_%C3%97_100_metres_relay)}} {{Medal|Bronze | [2015 Toronto](/source/2015_Pan_American_Games) | [4×100 m relay](/source/Athletics_at_the_2015_Pan_American_Games_%E2%80%93_Women's_4_%C3%97_100_metres_relay) }} {{MedalCompetition | [North American, Central American and Caribbean Championships](/source/North_American%2C_Central_American_and_Caribbean_Championships) }} {{MedalSilver | [2018 Toronto](/source/2018_NACAC_Championships) | 200 m }} {{MedalBronze | [2018 Toronto](/source/2018_NACAC_Championships) | 100 m }} {{MedalBronze | [2018 Toronto](/source/2018_NACAC_Championships) | 4×100 m relay }} {{Medal|Competition|[Jeux de la Francophonie](/source/Jeux_de_la_Francophonie)}} {{Medal|Gold|[2013 Nice](/source/2013_Jeux_de_la_Francophonie)|[200 m](/source/Athletics_at_the_2013_Jeux_de_la_Francophonie)}} }} '''Crystal Emmanuel-Ahye''' (born November 27, 1991) is a [Canadian](/source/Canadians) sprinter who specialises in the [200 metres](/source/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.{{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}}{{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}} She competed in this event at the [2012](/source/Athletics_at_the_2012_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women's_200_metres), [2016](/source/Athletics_at_the_2016_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women's_200_metres) and [2020](/source/Athletics_at_the_2020_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women's_200_metres) Summer Olympics, but was eliminated in the semi-finals.{{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](/source/Sportsnet) |date=31 July 2021 |accessdate=21 August 2021}} At the [2013 World Championships in Athletics](/source/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. Set at the [2015 World Championships](/source/2015_World_Championships_in_Athletics), Emmanuel-Ahye ran the first leg of the relay. It broke the Canadian record set at the [2013 World Championships](/source/2013_World_Championships_in_Athletics), where Emmanuel-Ahye also ran the lead off leg. 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. She repeated the feat in 2016, 2017 and 2018.{{Cite web |title=Crystal Emmanuel |url=https://athletics.ca/athlete/crystal-emmanuel/ |access-date=2023-02-11 |website=Athletics Canada |language=en-US}} Her race in the 200 m final at the [2017 World Championship](/source/2017_World_Championships_in_Athletics) was the first time a Canadian woman ran in the World Championship 200 m final since 1983. Her 100 m personal best was set at the [2018 NANAC Championships](/source/2018_NACAC_Championships). Her mother Rosalind Emmanuel competed internationally for [Barbados](/source/Barbados) in athletics in the 1980s. She is married to [Trinidadian and Tobagonian](/source/Trinidad_and_Tobago) sprinter [Michelle-Lee Ahye](/source/Michelle-Lee_Ahye).{{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}} ==Competition record== {| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes}} |- !colspan="6"|Representing {{CAN}} |- |rowspan=2|2009 |rowspan=2|[Pan American Junior Championships](/source/2009_Pan_American_Junior_Athletics_Championships) |rowspan=2|[Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago](/source/Port_of_Spain%2C_Trinidad_and_Tobago) |4th |100 m |11.59 |- | – |4 × 100 m relay |DQ |- |2010 |[World Junior Championships](/source/2010_World_Junior_Championships_in_Athletics) |[Moncton, Canada](/source/Moncton%2C_Canada) |11th (sf) |200 m |[23.96](/source/2010_World_Junior_Championships_in_Athletics_%E2%80%93_Women's_200_metres) |- |rowspan=2|2012 |[NACAC U23 Championships](/source/2012_NACAC_Under-23_Championships_in_Athletics) |[Irapuato, Mexico](/source/Irapuato%2C_Mexico) |bgcolor=cc9966|3rd |100 m |[11.43](/source/2012_NACAC_Under-23_Championships_in_Athletics_%E2%80%93_Results) |- |[Olympic Games](/source/Athletics_at_the_2012_Summer_Olympics) |[London, United Kingdom](/source/London%2C_United_Kingdom) |21st (sf) |200 m |[23.28](/source/Athletics_at_the_2012_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women's_200_metres) |- |rowspan=4|2013 |rowspan=2|[World Championships](/source/2013_World_Championships_in_Athletics) |rowspan=2|[Moscow, Russia](/source/Moscow%2C_Russia) | – |200 m |[DQ](/source/2013_World_Championships_in_Athletics_%E2%80%93_Women's_200_metres) |- |6th |4 × 100 m relay |[43.28](/source/2013_World_Championships_in_Athletics_%E2%80%93_Women's_4_%C3%97_100_metres_relay) |- |rowspan=2|[Jeux de la Francophonie](/source/Athletics_at_the_2013_Jeux_de_la_Francophonie) |rowspan=2|[Nice, France](/source/Nice%2C_France) |bgcolor=gold|1st |200 m |[23.63](/source/Athletics_at_the_2013_Jeux_de_la_Francophonie_%E2%80%93_Results) |- |4th |4 × 100 m relay |[45.66](/source/Athletics_at_the_2013_Jeux_de_la_Francophonie_%E2%80%93_Results) |- |rowspan=4|2014 |[World Relays](/source/2014_IAAF_World_Relays) |[Nassau, Bahamas](/source/Nassau%2C_Bahamas) |1st (B) |4 × 100 m relay |[43.33](/source/2014_IAAF_World_Relays_%E2%80%93_Women's_4_%C3%97_100_metres_relay) |- |rowspan=3|[Commonwealth Games](/source/Athletics_at_the_2014_Commonwealth_Games) |rowspan=3|[Glasgow, United Kingdom](/source/Glasgow%2C_United_Kingdom) |9th (sf) |100 m |[11.43](/source/Athletics_at_the_2014_Commonwealth_Games_%E2%80%93_Women's_100_metres) |- |11th (sf) |200 m |[23.46](/source/Athletics_at_the_2014_Commonwealth_Games_%E2%80%93_Women's_200_metres) |- |4th |4 × 100 m relay |[43.33](/source/Athletics_at_the_2014_Commonwealth_Games_%E2%80%93_Women's_4_%C3%97_100_metres_relay) |- |rowspan=6|2015 |[World Relays](/source/2015_IAAF_World_Relays) |[Nassau, Bahamas](/source/Nassau%2C_Bahamas) |4th |4 × 100 m relay |[42.85](/source/2015_IAAF_World_Relays_%E2%80%93_Women's_4_%C3%97_100_metres_relay) |- |rowspan=2|[Pan American Games](/source/Athletics_at_the_2015_Pan_American_Games) |rowspan=2|[Toronto](/source/Toronto), Ontario, Canada |10th (sf) |100 m |[11.26](/source/Athletics_at_the_2015_Pan_American_Games_%E2%80%93_Women's_100_metres) (w) |- |bgcolor=cc9966|3rd |4 × 100 m relay |[43.00](/source/Athletics_at_the_2015_Pan_American_Games_%E2%80%93_Women's_4_%C3%97_100_metres_relay) |- |rowspan=3|[World Championships](/source/2015_World_Championships_in_Athletics) |rowspan=3|[Beijing, China](/source/Beijing%2C_China) |27th (h) |100 m |[11.33](/source/2015_World_Championships_in_Athletics_%E2%80%93_Women's_100_metres) |- |28th (h) |200 m |[23.22](/source/2015_World_Championships_in_Athletics_%E2%80%93_Women's_200_metres) |- |6th |4 × 100 m relay |[43.05](/source/2015_World_Championships_in_Athletics_%E2%80%93_Women's_4_%C3%97_100_metres_relay) |- |rowspan=4|2016 |[World Indoor Championships](/source/2016_IAAF_World_Indoor_Championships) |[Portland, United States](/source/Portland%2C_Oregon) |16th (sf) |60 m |[7.23](/source/2016_IAAF_World_Indoor_Championships_%E2%80%93_Women's_60_metres) |- |rowspan=3|[Olympic Games](/source/Athletics_at_the_2016_Summer_Olympics) |rowspan=3|[Rio de Janeiro, Brazil](/source/Rio_de_Janeiro%2C_Brazil) |28th (h) |100 m |[11.43](/source/Athletics_at_the_2016_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women's_100_metres) |- |23rd (sf) |200 m |[23.05](/source/Athletics_at_the_2016_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women's_200_metres) |- |7th |4 × 100 m relay |[43.15](/source/Athletics_at_the_2016_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women's_4_%C3%97_100_metres_relay) |- |rowspan=3|2017 |[World Relays](/source/2017_IAAF_World_Relays) |[Nassau, Bahamas](/source/Nassau%2C_Bahamas) |12th (h) |4 × 100 m relay |[44.98](/source/2017_IAAF_World_Relays_%E2%80%93_Women's_4_%C3%97_100_metres_relay) |- |rowspan=2|[World Championships](/source/2017_World_Championships_in_Athletics) |rowspan=2|[London](/source/London), United Kingdom |11th (sf) |100 m |[11.14](/source/2017_World_Championships_in_Athletics_%E2%80%93_Women's_100_metres) |- |7th |200 m |[22.60](/source/2017_World_Championships_in_Athletics_%E2%80%93_Women's_200_metres) |- |rowspan=4|2018 |[World Indoor Championships](/source/2018_IAAF_World_Indoor_Championships) |[Birmingham, United Kingdom](/source/Birmingham%2C_United_Kingdom) |18th (sf) |60 m |[7.27](/source/2018_IAAF_World_Indoor_Championships_%E2%80%93_Women's_60_metres) |- |[Commonwealth Games](/source/Athletics_at_the_2018_Commonwealth_Games) |[Gold Coast, Australia](/source/Gold_Coast%2C_Australia) |5th |200 m |[22.70](/source/Athletics_at_the_2018_Commonwealth_Games_%E2%80%93_Women's_200_metres) |- |rowspan=2|[NACAC Championships](/source/2018_NACAC_Championships) |rowspan=2|[Toronto, Canada](/source/Toronto%2C_Canada) |bgcolor=cc9966|3rd |100 m |[11.11](/source/2018_NACAC_Championships_%E2%80%93_Results) |- |bgcolor=cc9966|3rd |4 × 100 m relay |[43.50](/source/2018_NACAC_Championships_%E2%80%93_Results) |- |rowspan=6|2019 |[World Relays](/source/2019_IAAF_World_Relays) |[Yokohama, Japan](/source/Yokohama%2C_Japan) | – |4 × 100 m relay |[DQ](/source/2019_IAAF_World_Relays_%E2%80%93_Women's_4_%C3%97_100_metres_relay) |- |rowspan=3|[Pan American Games](/source/Athletics_at_the_2019_Pan_American_Games) |rowspan=3|[Lima, Peru](/source/Lima%2C_Peru) |7th |100 m |[11.41](/source/Athletics_at_the_2019_Pan_American_Games_%E2%80%93_Women's_100_metres) |- |4th |200 m |[22.89](/source/Athletics_at_the_2019_Pan_American_Games_%E2%80%93_Women's_200_metres) |- |bgcolor=silver|2nd |4 × 100 m relay |[43.37](/source/Athletics_at_the_2019_Pan_American_Games_%E2%80%93_Women's_4_%C3%97_100_metres_relay) |- |rowspan=2|[World Championships](/source/2019_World_Athletics_Championships) |rowspan=2|[Doha, Qatar](/source/Doha%2C_Qatar) |19th (sf) |100 m |[11.29](/source/2019_World_Athletics_Championships_%E2%80%93_Women's_100_metres) |- |9th (sf) |200 m |[22.65](/source/2019_World_Athletics_Championships_%E2%80%93_Women's_200_metres) |- |rowspan=2|2021 |rowspan=2|[Olympic Games](/source/Athletics_at_the_2020_Summer_Olympics) |rowspan=2|[Tokyo, Japan](/source/Tokyo%2C_Japan) |16th (sf) |100 m |[11.21](/source/Athletics_at_the_2020_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women's_100_metres) |- |18th (sf) |200 m |[23.05](/source/Athletics_at_the_2020_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women's_200_metres) |- |rowspan=3|2022 |rowspan=2|[World Championships](/source/2022_World_Athletics_Championships) |rowspan=2|[Eugene, United States](/source/Eugene%2C_Oregon) |39th (h) |100 m |[11.48](/source/2022_World_Athletics_Championships_%E2%80%93_Women's_100_metres) |- |10th (h) |4 × 100 m relay |[43.09](/source/2022_World_Athletics_Championships_%E2%80%93_Women's_4_%C3%97_100_metres_relay) |- |[NACAC Championships](/source/2022_NACAC_Championships) |[Freeport, Bahamas](/source/Freeport%2C_Bahamas) |6th |100 m |[11.25](/source/2022_NACAC_Championships_%E2%80%93_Results) |} ==Personal bests== '''Outdoor''' *[100 metres](/source/100_metres) – 11.11 (+0.9 m/s, Toronto 2018) *[200 metres](/source/200_metres) – 22.50 (+0.0 m/s, Cork 2017) '''NR''' '''Indoor''' *[60 metres](/source/60_metres) – 7.23 (New York 2016) *[200 metres](/source/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](/source/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 }} {{DEFAULTSORT:Emmanuel-Ahye, Crystal}} Category:1991 births Category:Living people Category:Canadian women sprinters Category:Olympic track and field athletes for Canada Category:Olympic women sprinters Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics Category:Commonwealth Games athletes for Canada Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Category:Pan American Games silver medalists for Canada in athletics (track and field) Category:Pan American Games bronze medalists for Canada in athletics (track and field) Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2015 Pan American Games Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2019 Pan American Games Category:World Athletics Championships athletes for Canada Category:Canadian Track and Field Championships winners Category:Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games Category:Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games Category:Canadian sportspeople of Barbadian descent Category:Black Canadian women track and field athletes Category:Sportspeople from Scarborough, Ontario Category:Sportswomen from Ontario Category:Track and field athletes from Toronto Category:21st-century Canadian sportswomen --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Crystal Emmanuel-Ahye](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crystal_Emmanuel-Ahye) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crystal_Emmanuel-Ahye?action=history)). 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