Cleopatra Borel
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born |
March 10, 1979 Plaisance, Mayaro, Trinidad and Tobago |
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in) |
| Weight | 89 kg (196 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Country |
 Trinidad and Tobago |
| Sport | Athletics |
| Event(s) | Shot Put |
| Updated on 9 January 2015. | |
Cleopatra Borel (from 2005 until 2010 Borel-Brown; born 10 March 1979) is a female shot putter from Plaisance, Mayaro, Trinidad and Tobago.[1][2][3][4][5] Her personal best throw is 19.42 metres, achieved in July 2011 at the Paris Diamond League Meeting.[6] She has a personal best of 19.48 metres on the indoor track, achieved in February 2004 in Blacksburg.
Personal bests
| Event | Result | Venue | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Outdoor | |||
| Shot put | 19.42 m |  Paris Saint-Denis | 8 Jul 2011 |
| Hammer throw | 51.28 m |  Baltimore, Maryland | 5 May 2001 |
| Indoor | |||
| Shot put | 19.48 m | Blacksburg, Virginia | 14 Feb 2004 |
Achievements
Personal life
Borel graduated with a degree in Interdisciplinary Studies from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County in 2002.[7] Three years later, Borel married her college sweetheart Balvin Brown. The couple currently lives in Blacksburg, Virginia [8] Cleopatra Borel returned to Trinidad in 2012 after the London Olympic Games, where she trained for the 2016 Games in Rio.
References
- ↑ Finisterre, Terry (28 February 2004), Focus on Athletes biographies - Cleopatra BOREL-BROWN, Trinidad & Tobago (Shot Put), IAAF, retrieved January 9, 2015
- ↑ UMBC's First Division I Champion, UMBC Retrievers, retrieved January 9, 2015
- ↑ Biography - BOREL Cleopatra, PASO, retrieved January 9, 2015
- ↑ Cleopatra Borel - Biography, Commonwealth Games Federation, retrieved January 9, 2015
- ↑ Cleopatra Borel, National Sporting Archive of Trinidad and Tobago (NSATT), retrieved January 9, 2015
- ↑ "Paris Meeting AREVA (FRA) 08.07.2011 - GL". http://www.all-athletics.com/. Retrieved 4 November 2014. External link in
|website=(help) - ↑ http://news.umbc.edu/two-umbc-alumni-to-compete-on-the-world-stage-at-rio-olympics/
- ↑ http://doylemanagement.com/athletes/cleopatra-borel/
External links
- Cleopatra Borel profile at IAAF
- Sports reference biography
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