Rosemarie Whyte

{{short description|Jamaican sprinter}} {{Use British English|date=March 2015}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox sportsperson | image= Whyte 02427.JPG | image_size= | caption= Whyte in 2013 | birth_date= {{birth date and age|df=yes|1986|9|8}} | birth_place= Bunkers Hill,<ref name="henry">{{cite news |last1=Henry |first1=Okoye |title=Community Focus: Bad roads crippling Bunkers Hill |url=https://jamaica-star.com/article/news/20171114/community-focus-bad-roads-crippling-bunkers-hill |access-date=27 February 2024 |work=The Star |date=14 November 2017}}</ref> Jamaica, West Indies | height={{height|m=1.8}} | weight={{cvt|64|kg}} | country= {{JAM}} | sport =Athletics | event=4 × 400m Relay | medaltemplates = {{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}} {{MedalSilver|2008 Beijing|4×400 m relay}} {{MedalSilver|2012 London|4×400 m relay}} {{MedalCompetition|World Championships}} {{MedalSilver |2009 Berlin|4x400 m relay}} {{MedalSilver |2011 Daegu|4x400 m relay}} {{MedalCompetition|CARIFTA Games Youth (U17)}} {{MedalGold |2002 Nassau | 4x400 m relay}} }}

'''Rosemarie Whyte''' (born 8 September 1986) is the 2008 Jamaican national 400m champion. She represented Jamaica at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China, and at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Great Britain. At both Olympics she was part of the bronze medal-winning Jamaican 4 × 400 m teams.<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/wh/rosemarie-whyte-1.html|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200418000859/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/wh/rosemarie-whyte-1.html|url-status = dead|archive-date = 2020-04-18|title = Rosemarie Whyte Bio, Stats, and Results|website = Olympics at Sports-Reference.com|access-date = 2016-03-20}}</ref>

==Competition record== {| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes}} |- !colspan="6"|Representing {{JAM}} |- |2002 |CARIFTA Games (U17) |Nassau, Bahamas |bgcolor=gold|1st |4 × 400 m relay |3:44.18 |- |rowspan=3|2006 |rowspan=2|NACAC U-23 Championships |rowspan=2|Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic |6th |100m |11.74 (wind: +1.0 m/s) |- |5th |Long jump |5.96 m (wind: +0.5 m/s) |- |Central American and Caribbean Games |Cartagena, Colombia |12th (h) |100 m |11.65 |- |rowspan=2|2008 |rowspan=2|Olympic Games |rowspan=2|Beijing, China |7th |400 m |50.68 |- |bgcolor=silver|2nd |4 × 400 m relay |3:20.40 |- |2009 |World Championships |Berlin, Germany |bgcolor=silver|2nd |4 × 400 m relay |3:21.15 |- |rowspan=2|2011 |rowspan=2|World Championships |rowspan=2|Daegu, South Korea |10th (sf) |400 m |50.90 |- |bgcolor=silver|2nd |4 × 400 m relay |3:18.71 (NR) |- |rowspan=2|2012 |rowspan=2|Olympic Games |rowspan=2|London, United Kingdom |7th |400 m |50.79 |- |bgcolor=silver |2nd |4 × 400 m relay |3:20.95 |}

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