14 Facts About Kelly-Ann Baptiste

Kelly-Ann Kaylene Baptiste was born on 14 October 1986 and is a Tobagonian track and field sprint athlete.

Kelly-Ann Baptiste ran 12.03 seconds to end seventh in her heat at the National Stadium in Kingston, Jamaica.

In 2003, Kelly-Ann Baptiste was the first Trinidad and Tobago female sprinter to win a medal in a global track meet when she ran 11.58 seconds to take bronze in the 100m at the 3rd IAAF World Youth Championships in Sherbrooke, Canada.

Kelly-Ann Baptiste followed that up with fourth place in the 200m final at the 10th IAAF World Junior Championships, in Grosseto, running 23.46 and missing out on bronze by one-thousandth of a second.

In 2005, Kelly-Ann Baptiste ran 11.39 and 23.35 to win the 100m and 200m races at the CARIFTA Games on her home island of Tobago.

Kelly-Ann Baptiste then competed at the 10th IAAF World Championships in Athletics in Helsinki, Finland, and reached the quarter-finals of the 100m, where she ran 11.42 to finish sixth.

In 2005, Kelly-Ann Baptiste began her track career at Trinidad and Tobago's national events before moving on to Louisiana State University.

Kelly-Ann Baptiste scored a team-high 19 points at the 2008 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships to lead the Lady Tigers to their first national championship since 2004 and their 25th NCAA team title.

Kelly-Ann Baptiste returned to major international competition when she represented Trinidad and Tobago at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.

Kelly-Ann Baptiste competed at the 100m and placed second in her first round heat after Chandra Sturrup in a time of 11.39.

Kelly-Ann Baptiste had a good run at the inaugural Samsung Diamond League, ending third in her event on points.

Kelly-Ann Baptiste failed a doping test in April 2013; the test result was announced in August just ahead of the 2013 World Championships in Athletics in Moscow, which she had been scheduled to compete in.

Kelly-Ann Baptiste received a two-year ban from the IAAF, though Trinidadian authorities argued for a shorter ban on the grounds that she fully co-operated with anti-doping investigators; her case was compared to that of her training partner Tyson Gay, who had co-operated with authorities after a failed test and received a reduced ban of only one year.

The Court of Arbitration for Sport eventually cleared Kelly-Ann Baptiste to compete in January 2015; the effective duration of her ban was 21 months, backdating to 24 April 2013.