Anastasia Le-Roy (born 11 September 1987)[2] is a Jamaican track and field athlete, who specializes in the 400 metres.[3] Le-Roy, in recent times has positioned herself as a key member of Jamaica's 4 x 400 metres women team and helped them in setting a games' record of 3 minutes 23.82 seconds (3:23.82) at the 2014 Commonwealth Games.[4][5]

Anastasia Le-Roy
Anastasia Le-Roy in 2018
Personal information
Full nameAnastasia Natalie le-Roy
Born (1987-09-11) 11 September 1987 (age 37)
Manchester Parish, Jamaica
Height1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)[1]
Weight57 kg (126 lb)
Sport
CountryJamaica
SportTrack and field
EventSprinting
ClubSprintec Track & Field Club
Medal record
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2015 Beijing 4×400 m relay
Silver medal – second place 2007 Osaka 4×400 m relay
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Doha 4×400 m relay
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 2014 Glasgow 4×400 m relay
Gold medal – first place 2018 Gold Coast 4×400 m relay
Silver medal – second place 2018 Gold Coast 400 m

Personal bests

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Event Time (sec) Venue Date
100 metres 11.41 Kingston, Jamaica 30 March 2007
200 metres 22.85 Kingston 16 April 2016
400 metres 50.57 Gold Coast, Australia 11 April 2018
  • All information taken from IAAF profile.

Competition record

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Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing   Jamaica
2004 Central American and Caribbean
Junior Championships (U20)
Coatzacoalcos, México 3rd 200m 23.71 w ( 2.7 m/s)
1st 4 × 100 m relay 44.85
2005 CARIFTA Games (U20) Bacolet, Trinidad and Tobago 2nd 400 m 55.19
1st 4 × 400 m relay 3:36.91
Pan American Junior Championships Windsor, Ontario, Canada 6th (h) 400 m 56.66
2nd 4 × 400 m relay 3:36.99
2006 CARIFTA Games (U20) Les Abymes, Guadeloupe 2nd 200m 23.54 (−0.8 m/s)
1st 4 × 100 m relay 44.91
Central American and Caribbean
Junior Championships (U20)
Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago 2nd 200m 23.25 ( 2.0 m/s)
1st 4 × 100 m relay 44.74
World Junior Championships Beijing, China 6th 200m 23.88 (−0.9 m/s)
3rd 4 × 100 m relay 44.22
2007 Pan American Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 4th 4 × 400 m relay 3:28.74
World Championships Osaka, Japan 2nd1 4 × 400 m relay 3:26.141
2008 NACAC U-23 Championships Toluca, México 2nd 400 m 52.21 A
2nd 4 × 100 m relay 43.73 A
1st 4 × 400 m relay 3:27.46 A
2009 Central American and Caribbean Championships La Habana, Cuba 15th (h) 400 m 55.85
4th 4 × 100 m relay 43.98
2nd 4 × 400 m relay 3:34.02
2010 Central American and Caribbean Games Mayagüez, Puerto Rico 400 m DNF
2nd 4 × 100 m relay 44.27
2011 Central American and Caribbean Championships Mayagüez, Puerto Rico 3rd 200m 23.13 ( 1.4 m/s)
2nd 4 × 100 m relay 43.63
Universiade Shenzhen, China 5th 200m 23.32 ( 0.7 m/s)
3rd 4 × 100 m relay 43.57
Pan American Games Guadalajara, México 10th (sf) 200m 23.68 ( 0.4 m/s) A
4 × 100 m relay DNF
2013 BVI Twilight Invitational Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands   400 m 51.65
Universiade Kazan, Russia 3rd 400 m 51.72
World Championships Moscow, Russia 4 × 400 m relay DQ
2014 World Relays Nassau, Bahamas 2nd 4 × 400 m relay 3:23.26
Commonwealth Games Glasgow, United Kingdom 1st 4 × 400 m relay 3:23.82
Pan American Sports Festival Ciudad de México, México 1st 400 m 51.28 A
2015 World Championships Beijing, China 1st1 4 × 400 m relay 3:23.621
2017 World Relays Nassau, Bahamas 3rd (h) 4 × 200 m relay 1:31.29
World Championships London, United Kingdom 2nd (h) 4 × 400 m relay 3:23.64
2018 World Indoor Championships Birmingham, United Kingdom 2nd (h) 4 × 400 m relay 3:32.012
Commonwealth Games Gold Coast, Australia 2nd 400 m 50.57
1st 4 × 400 m relay 3:24.00
NACAC Championships Toronto, Canada 2nd 4 × 400 m relay 3:27.25
2019 World Relays Yokohama, Japan 5th 4 × 400 m relay 3:28.30
Pan American Games Lima, Peru 14th (h) 400 m 54.18
World Championships Doha, Qatar 35th (h) 400 m 52.26
3rd 4 × 400 m relay 3:22.37

1: Competed only in the heat. 2: Disqualified in the final

References

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  1. ^ "2018 CWG bio". Retrieved 30 April 2018.
  2. ^ "Athlete profile for Anastasia Le-Roy". iaaf.org. Retrieved 3 August 2014.
  3. ^ Biography – LEROY Anastasia, PASO, archived from the original on 25 January 2015, retrieved 25 January 2015
  4. ^ "Glasgow 2014 – Athletics". results.glasgow2014.com. Retrieved 3 August 2014.
  5. ^ Anastasia le-Roy – Biography, Commonwealth Games Federation, archived from the original on 31 October 2018, retrieved 25 January 2015
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