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Charmaine Crooks

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Charmaine Crooks (born August 8, 1962), is a Canadian businesswoman, sports executive, and retired sprinter and middle-distance runner. Crooks was born in Mandeville, Jamaica, but represented Canada for close to 20 years in athletics. She was a five-time Olympian, winning silver and setting a national record of 3:21.21 in the 4 x 400 metres relay with her teammates Jillian Richardson, Molly Killingbeck, and Marita Payne. The first Canadian woman to run 800 metres in under two minutes, Crooks also won gold medals at the Pan American, Commonwealth, World Student Games, and World Cup. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 14 different languages on Wikipedia. Charmaine Crooks is the 5,993rd most popular athlete, the 164th most popular biography from Jamaica and the 65th most popular Jamaican Athlete.

Charmaine Crooks is most famous for being a Canadian middle-distance runner who competed in the 1984 and 1988 Summer Olympics. She is also recognized for her contributions to sports administration and advocacy for athletes' rights.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Charmaine Crooks ranks 5,993 out of 6,025. Before her are Minna Nieminen, Anamari Velenšek, Noé Hernández, Louis Tsatoumas, Ibrahim Camejo, and Elena Osipova. After her are István Gergely, Marco Di Costanzo, Sebastián Crismanich, Caroline Lind, Taner Sağır, and Wang Yihan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1962, Charmaine Crooks ranks 1,122. Before her are Vic Mignogna, Ken Paxton, Sunanda Pushkar, Stewart McKimmie, Michelle Cameron, and Martin Crowe. After her are Teesta Setalvad, Ann Wagner, Susan DeMattei, Kevin Richardson, Ian James Corlett, and Scott McNeil.

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In Jamaica

Among people born in Jamaica, Charmaine Crooks ranks 164 out of 189. Before her are Catherine Scott (1973), Ricardo Gardner (1978), Christine Day (1986), Omar McLeod (1994), Jeff Cunningham (1976), and Debbie Dunn (1978). After her are Delloreen Ennis-London (1975), Juliet Campbell (1970), Simone Facey (1985), Nadia Davy (1980), Rojé Stona (1999), and Lisa Hanna (1975).

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Among ATHLETES In Jamaica

Among athletes born in Jamaica, Charmaine Crooks ranks 65. Before her are Maurice Smith (1980), Steve Mullings (1982), Catherine Scott (1973), Christine Day (1986), Omar McLeod (1994), and Debbie Dunn (1978). After her are Delloreen Ennis-London (1975), Juliet Campbell (1970), Simone Facey (1985), Nadia Davy (1980), Rojé Stona (1999), and Shereefa Lloyd (1982).

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