Crystal Emmanuel-Ahye

Crystal Emmanuel-Ahye (born November 27, 1991) is a Canadian sprinter who specialises in the 200 metres. She is the Canadian champion in both the 100m and 200m as of July 2018. Crystal also holds the 200m record for Canada, having broken a record that stood for 34 years. She competed in this event at the 2012, 2016 and 2020 Summer Olympics, but was eliminated in the semi-finals. At the 2013 World Championships in Athletics, she was eliminated in the heats after being disqualified for a lane infringement.

She has also run as part of the Canadian relay team, and is part of the team that holds the Canadian record. Her race in the 200 m final at the 2017 World Championship was the first time a Canadian woman ran in the World Championship 200 m final since 1983.

Competition record

Personal bests Outdoor 100 metres – 11.11 (+0.9 m/s, Toronto 2018) 200 metres – 22.50 (+0.0 m/s, Cork 2017) NR Indoor 60 metres – 7.23 (New York 2016) 200 metres – 23.42 (New York 2020)