Place Of Birth | Nassau, Bahamas |
International Debut | 2000 (Sydney, Australia) |
Coach | Steve Riddick |
Recent Results | 2nd in the 400m - 53.48 (Norwich Union Indoor International, Glasgow, Scotland, 28-Jan-2006)
1st in the 400m - 49.55 (IAAF World Championships, Helsinki, Finland, 10-Aug-2005) |
Commonwealth Games History | has not competed |
Olympic Games History | Athens 2004 Gold in the 400m (49.41)
Sydney 2000 6th in the heat of the 400m (53.43) |
Injuries | Tonique missed the Commonwealth Games 2002 due to injury. |
Other | Personal Best: 200m - 22.77 (Nassau, Bahamas, 19-Jun-2004) 400m - 49.07 (Berlin, Germany, 12-Sep-2004)
Season's Best: 200m - 23.03 (Freeport, Bahamas, 25-Jun-2005) 400m - 49.30 (Zurich, Switzerland, 19-Aug-2005)
World Ranking: 2nd in the 400m (as at 31-Oct-2005, IAAF)
Tonique has just opened a highway named in her honour near Nassau.
Tonique is the first Bahamian to win an individual Olympic gold medal.
She is a 1999 graduate of the University of South Carolina. |