Researching Charmaine Crooks
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The name Charmaine means "Bountiful orchard" and is of Latin origin.
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Charmaine Crooks
Charmaine Crooks (born August 8, 1962), is a Canadian athlete, five-time Olympian and Olympic Silver Medallist (LA '84, 4X400m Relay). Crooks was born in Mandeville, Jamaica, but represented Canada for close to 20 years in athletics. The first Canadian woman to run 800 metres in under two minutes, she won gold medals at the Pan American, Commonwealth, World Cup, and the World Student Games. In 1996, she had the honour of being Canada's Flag Bearer at the Opening Ceremonies of the Atlanta Centennial Olympic Games. She is the fifth child with five sisters and three brothers.
Crooks won the 400 metre title at the first Pan Am Junior Championships in 1980, as well as a silver in the 4 x 400 metre relay. In 1981 she won a bronze at the World Cup in Rome as a member of the America's 4 x 400 metre relay team. She won a gold medal in the 4 x 400 metre relay and placed seventh in a nine-woman field in the individual 400 metre race at the 1982 Commonwealth games. In 1983, she won gold in the 400 metres at the Pan Am Games, and a silver in 4 x 400 metre relay, as well as a silver in the World University games as a member of the 4 x 400 metre team. In 1984 at the Los Angeles Olympics she won silver as a part of the team that set a national record of 3:21.21 for the 4 x 400 metre relay. She finished seventh in the final of the 400 metres in a personal best of 50.45. In 1986, she was again Commonwealth champion as a member of the winning 4 x 400 metre relay squad, and placed 5th in the individual 400 metres; in a close race in which less than half a second separated the second and sixth-place finishers. In 1987 she was on Canada's silver medal 4 x 400 metre relay team at the Pan Am Games. In 1989 at the World Cup she won gold as a member of the America's 4 x 400 metre relay team. She also took home two silver medals in the 400m and as part of Canada's 4 × 400 m relay team; at the Francophone Games in Casablanca in 1989. In 1992, she won a silver medal in the 400 metres at the World Cup and was again a member of the winning America's 4 x 400 metre relay team. At the Commonwealth games in Victoria in 1994, she was silver medallist in the 800 metres, and a bronze medallist in the 4 x 400 metres.
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