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| Silver medal |
2000 Sydney |
Athletics Women's 4x100m relay |
| Gold medal |
2004 Athens |
Athletics Women's 200m |
| Gold medal |
2004 Athens |
Athletics Women's 4x100m relay |
| Bronze medal |
2004 Athens |
Athletics Women's 100m |
Veronica Campbell (born May 15, 1982) is a Track and Field sprint athlete, competing internationally for Jamaica and the current Olympics 200m champion. She is a four-time Olympic medalist.
Campbell attends the University of Arkansas where she stands out as a sprint star in a program dominated by long-distance runners.
In 2000, she was a member of the 4 x 100 meter relay team the won silver at the 2000 Summer Olympics for Jamaica.
At the 2004 Olympics she first placed third in the 100 meters and two days later won the 200 meters, beating out Allyson Felix of the United States.
She later teamed up with Aleen Bailey, Tayna Lawrence, and Sherone Simpson to win the 4 x 100 meter relay race. In August 2005 she has won the silver medal in the 100 meters at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics, she won there also another silver medal, in the 4x100 m relay (together with Daniele Browning, Aleen Bailey and Sherone Simpson). She is the only female to win both 100 meter and 200 meter sprints at the same world youth championship
