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What did Perdita Felicien do?
Perdita Felicien (born August 29, 1980) is a Canadian retired hurdler. Felicien is the 2003 World champion in the 100 metres hurdles and 2004 World indoor champion in the 60 metres hurdles. Her best time for the 100 metres hurdles of 12.46 secs from 2004 still stands as the Canadian record.
What is Perdita Felicien background?
Perdita Felicien is the first Canadian woman to win an individual medal in track at the IAAF World Championships. She is a two-time Olympian and a world champion in the 100 m hurdles (2003) and indoor world champion in the 60 m hurdles (2004).
Where is Perdita Felicien now?
Felicien retired from professional sports in 2013 and is now a broadcast journalist. She is a member of CBC’s broadcast team and has covered multiple international sporting events including the 2016 Summer and 2018 Winter Olympic Games, and was inducted into Athletics Canada’s Hall of Fame.
Who holds the Olympic record for the 100m hurdles?
Kendra Harrison
The Olympic records are 12.91 seconds for the men’s 110 m hurdles, set by Liu Xiang in 2004, and 12.20 seconds for the women’s 100 m hurdles, set by Kendra Harrison in 2016.
Does Perdita Felicien have a dad?
Six chapters into young Cathy’s tale, Perdita is born in Oshawa, Ont. Her biological father, David, is a paternal absence to this day. Bruce, her stepfather, is a troubled character.
How tall is Perdita Felicien in feet?
5′ 5″
Perdita Felicien/Height
Why is Perdita Felicien so important?
A 10-time national champion in the 100m hurdles, Felicien also had several notable accomplishments internationally. She won gold at the 2003 IAAF World Championships, becoming the first Canadian female athlete to ever reach the podium at the IAAF Worlds.
Did Perdita win an Olympic medal?
Perdita Felicien is a two-time Olympian, having competed in the 100m hurdles at Sydney 2000 and Athens 2004. A favourite to win Olympic gold at Athens 2004, Felicien clipped the first hurdle in the final and did not finish.
Which male hurdler won 122 consecutive hurdle races?
Edwin Moses
Edwin Moses was a truly remarkable hurdler who completely dominated his event for a decade. In Montreal in 1976, Moses won the 400m hurdles in world record time. Eight years later in Los Angeles, he won a second gold medal. Between September 1977 and June 1987, Moses won 122 consecutive races.
Where did Perdita Felicien go to school?
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Pine Ridge Secondary School
Perdita Felicien/Education
What school did Perdita Felicien go to?
What was Perdita Felicien’s best 100m hurdles time?
She also won silver medals at the 2007 World Championships, the 2010 World Indoor Championships, and twice at the Pan American Games. Her best time for the 100 metres hurdles of 12.46 secs from 2004 still stands as the Canadian record .
When did Perdita Felicien start competing for Canada?
Felicien competed for Canada at the Olympic Games for the first time in 2000, but did not win a medal. She won her first world championship in the 100 m hurdles in 2003.
Why did Perdita Felicien quit track and field?
After grade eight I quit track and field because I was afraid of getting beat in high school. For two years my mother prodded, urged and begged me to go back, scared that I was wasting my potential.
When did Gail Devers beat Perdita Felicien?
A much-anticipated showdown with hurdling great Gail Devers took place in March 2004. Felicien set a new record in defeating the three-time hurdles world champion in the 60 m hurdle final at the 2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Budapest, Hungary.