Veronica CampbellVeronica Campbell (born May 15, 1982) is a Track and Field sprint athlete, competing internationally for Jamaica. She is a three-time Olympic medalist.
Campbell attends the University of Arkansas where she stands out as a sprint star in a program dominated by long-distance runners.
In 2000, she was a member of the 4 x 100 meter relay team the won silver at the 2000 Summer Olympics for Jamaica.
At the 2004 Olympics she first placed third in the 100 meters and two days later won the 200 meters, beating out Allyson Felix of the United States.
She later teamed up with Aleen Bailey, Tayna Lawrence, and Sherone Simpson to win the 4 x 100 meter relay race.
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| Olympic medalists in athletics (women) | Olympic Champions in Women's 4x100 m relay
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1928 Canada Fanny Rosenfeld, Ethel Smith, Florence Bell & Myrtle Cook
1932 United States Mary Carew, Evelyn Furtsch, Annette Rogers & Wilhelmina Von Bremen
1936 United States Harriet Bland, Annette Rogers, Betty Robinson & Helen Stephens
1948 Netherlands Xenia Stad-de Jong, Netty Witziers-Timmer, Gerda van der Kade-Koudijs & Fanny Blankers-Koen
1952 United States Mae Faggs, Barbara Jones, Janet Moreau & Catherine Hardy
1956 Australia Shirley Strickland, Norma Croker, Fleur Mellor & Betty Cuthbert
1960 United States Martha Hudson, Lucinda Williams, Barbara Jones & Wilma Rudolph
1964 Poland Teresa Wieczorek, Irena Kirszenstein, Halina Richter & Ewa Kłobukowska
1968 United States Barbara Ferrell, Margaret Bailes, Mildrette Netter & Wyomia Tyus
1972 West Germany Christiane Krause, Ingrid Mickler, Annegret Richter & Heidemarie Rosendahl
1976 East Germany Marlies Oelsner, Renate Stecher, Carla Bodendorf & Bärbel Eckert
1980 East Germany Romy Müller, Bärbel Wöckel, Ingrid Auerswald & Marlies Göhr
1984 United States Alice Brown, Jeanette Bolden, Chandra Cheeseborough & Evelyn Ashford
1988 United StatesAlice Brown, Sheila Echols, Florence Griffith Joyner & Evelyn Ashford
1992 United States Evelyn Ashford, Esther Jones, Carlette Guidry & Gwen Torrence
1996 United States Gail Devers, Inger Miller, Chryste Gaines & Gwen Torrence
2000 Bahamas Sevatheda Fynes, Chandra Sturrup, Pauline Davis & Debbie Ferguson
2004 Jamaica Tayna Lawrence, Sherone Simpson, Aleen Bailey & Veronica Campbell
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