Leah Bertrand
Trinidad and Tobago athlete (born 2002)
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Leah Bertrand (born 26 July 2002) is a sprinter from Trinidad and Tobago. She was national champion over 100 metres in 2022.[1]
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| Nationality | Trinidad and Tobago | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 26 July 2002 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Sprint | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 60 m: 7.19 (Indianapolis, 2025) 100 m: 11.08 (Bloomington, 2023) 200 m: 22.98 (Ann Arbor, 2024) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
She was a silver medalist in the 100 metres at the NACAC U20 Championships in San Jose, Costa Rica in 2021.[2] She reached the semi finals of the 100 metres at the 2021 World Athletics U20 Championships in Nairobi.[3]
She became national champion over 100 metres in June 2022 in Port-of-Spain.[4] She won the gold medal in the U23 Caribbean Games in the 4 × 100 m relay in Guadeloupe.[5][6] She represented Trinidad and Tobago at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.[7]
She ran a personal best 11.08 seconds on her way to winning the Big Ten Championships in Bloomington, Indiana in May 2023.[8] She was a silver medalist at the 2023 U23 NACAC Championships in Costa Rica over 100 metres. She was a bronze medalist in the 4 × 100 m relay at the same championships.[9] She competed in the 100 metres for Trinidad and Tobago at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest.[10]
Competing for the Ohio State Buckeyes track and field team, she ran a wind-assisted 11.05 seconds for the 100 metres to finish seventh at the 2024 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships final in Eugene, Oregon.[11][12][13]
She competed in the 100 metres at the 2024 Paris Olympics, reaching the semi-finals.[14] She also competed in the 4 × 100 m relay at the Games.[15]
She finished third in the 60 meters at the Big 10 Indoor Championships on 1 March 2025 in 7.19 seconds.[16] In 2025 at the Texas Relays, she ran a wind assisted 10.94 in the women's 100 meters (+3.9).[17] She finished fourth in the 200 metres at the 2025 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships.[18] She also finished fifth in the NCAA Outdoor Championships final over 100 metres in a time of 11.21 seconds.[19] At the Trinidad & Tobago Championships in August 2025, she won the 100 metres title ahead of Shaniqua Bascombe in the final.[20]
In September 2025, she competed in the 100 metres at the 2025 World Championships in Tokyo, Japan.[21] She also ran in the women's 200 metres at the championships.[22]
