Veronica Campbell Brown
Jamaican track and field sprint athlete
Veronica Campbell Brown CD (née Campbell; born 15 May 1982) is a retired Jamaican track and field sprinter, who specialized in the 100 and 200 meters. An eight-time Olympic medalist, she is the second of three women in history to win two consecutive Olympic 200 m events, after Bärbel Wöckel of Germany at the 1976 and 1980 Olympics and fellow countrywoman Elaine Thompson-Herah at the 2016 and 2020 Olympics. Campbell Brown is one of only nine athletes to win world championships at the youth, junior, and senior level of an athletic event.
Quotes
edit- I feel like I had an innate gift that I was born with to run.
- It’s a blessing to be out there, it’s my passion and the joy I bring to many people when I compete, it’s a blessing. Sometimes I reflect and learn from how far I came. I remember running barefoot in Trelawny, and the whole process to where I am now is just awesome.
- I also like to give back in life. I like to make sure the way I live my life I can influence young people.
- I put the pressure on myself because I love what I do.
- When you achieve that dream, it shows anything is possible if you put your mind to it and work hard for it.
- I dreamed, I worked hard, I received.
- INTERVIEW: Veronica Campbell-Brown hopes for track redemption Yahoo News, November 13, 2014. Retrieved 10/11/2023 by Alam Khan
