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Michelle-Lee Ahye

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Michelle-Lee Ahye
Michelle-Lee Ahye at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Personal information
NationalityTrinidadian
Born (1992-04-10) 10 April 1992 (age 34)
Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
Height1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)[1]
Weight59 kg (130 lb)
Sport
SportAthletics
Events
100 metres, 200 metres
Coached byMatt Kane
Achievements and titles
Personal bests100 m: 10.82 (Port of Spain, Trinidad 2017)
200 m: 22.25 (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 2016)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Trinidad and Tobago
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place2015 Beijing4×100 m relay
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place2018 Gold Coast100 m
Pan American Games
Silver medal – second place2019 Lima100 m
Bronze medal – third place2023 Santiago100 m
CAC Championships
Gold medal – first place2011 Mayagüez4×100 m relay
NACAC Championships
Bronze medal – third place2015 Costa Rica100m
Pan American Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place2011 Miramar100 m
CARIFTA Games (Junior)
Gold medal – first place2010 George Town100 m
Gold medal – first place2010 George Town4×100 m relay
Silver medal – second place2011 Montego Bay100 m
Silver medal – second place2011 Montego Bay4×100 m relay
CARIFTA Games (Youth)
Gold medal – first place2007 Providenciales100 m
Gold medal – first place2008 Basseterre100 m
Bronze medal – third place2006 Les Abymes4×100 m relay
Representing Americas
Continental Cup
Gold medal – first place2014 Marrakech4×100m relay
Silver medal – second place2014 Marrakech100 m

Michelle-Lee Raquel Ahye (pronounced ah-ee)[2][3][4] (born 10 April 1992) is a Trinidadian sprinter. She was the gold medallist at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in the women's 100 metres.

She was part of Trinidad and Tobago's squad that finished fourth in the women's 4 × 100 m relay at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics, while running a national record time of 42.50 seconds in the heats.[5]

She was born in Port of Spain but lives in the community of Carenage with her mother, Raquel Ahye. She attended Carenage Girls' Government Primary School where her talent of running was discovered, with the help of her Physical Education teacher, Ms. Akowe. She then furthered her career by running in the Milo Games where she proved herself to be one of the best runners in her age group.[6]

She competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics.[7]

Ahye won the Trinidad & Tobago National T&F Championships 100m title in both 2013 and 2014. In 2013, Ahye traveled to Moscow, Russia to compete at the IAAF World Outdoor T&F Championships, representing her country of Trinidad & Tobago. In the winter of 2014, Ahye traveled to Sopot, Poland representing Trinidad & Tobago at the IAAF World Indoor T&F Championships in the women's 60m dash. In the finals, Ahye set a new National Record for 60 meters by running 7.10 seconds and placing 6th overall.

In the 2014 outdoor season, Ahye burst onto the worldwide professional Track and Field scene by running at personal best 10.85 in the 100m, winning 12 of 13 races and ranking third in the world by Track and Field News. Ahye placed 1st in the 100m event at the Lausanne Diamond League meet on July 3, 2014, running 10.98. Michelle then traveled to the Glasgow Diamond League meet in Scotland, and defeated the defending 100m Olympic Champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce of Jamaica by running 11.01 on July 12, 2014. Ahye was also victorious in several other world-class T&F meets in Guadeloupe, Ponce Puerto Rico, Paris France and Switzerland. On Sept 13, 2014 Ahye placed 2nd at the Continental Cup in Marrakech Morocco for the Americas Team.[8]

She was part of the Trinidad and Tobago team that won the bronze medal in the 4 × 100 m at the 2015 World Championships.[9]

She competed at the Olympics again in 2016, reaching the finals of the 100 and 200 m, and helping the Trinidad and Tobado team into the final of the 4 × 100 m relay.[7]

Ahye won the first ever gold medal for a female Trinidadian track and field athlete at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia.[9]

Ahye is coached by Fritzroy "Eric" Francis in Houston, Texas and managed by Stellar Athletics.[10]

In January 2020, Ahye was issued with a two-year ban backdated to April 2019 for an anti-doping rule violation for whereabouts failures (three missed tests).[11][12]

She is openly lesbian.[13][14] In 2023, she married Canadian sprinter Crystal Emmanuel-Ahye.[15] That year, she also won the bronze medal at the Pan American Games.[9]

In 2024, she competed at the Olympics again.[7]

International competitions

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YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
2018 Commonwealth Games Gold Coast, Australia 1st 100 m 11.14

References

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  1. ↑ "2018 Commonwealth Games profile". Retrieved 1 May 2018.[dead link]
  2. ↑ "2014 Spitzen Leichtathletik women 200m- Michelle Lee Ahye wins in 22.77 then collapses". YouTube. 15 July 2014. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
  3. ↑ "Michelle-Lee Ahye - Training Camp - RioToday". YouTube. 15 July 2014. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
  4. ↑ "Michelle-Lee Ahye". Olympedia. Retrieved 28 May 2022.
  5. ↑ T&T women’s relay team sets national record
  6. ↑ Michelle-Lee Ahye. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2015-04-26.
  7. 1 2 3 "Michelle Lee Ahye at Olympics.com". www.olympics.com. Retrieved 18 July 2026.
  8. ↑ "Home". trackandfieldnews.com.
  9. 1 2 3 "Michelle-Lee AHYE | Profile | World Athletics". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 2026-07-18.
  10. ↑ "Michelle-Lee Ahye". Stellar Athletics. Retrieved 2018-04-09.
  11. ↑ Mohammed, Susan (14 January 2020). "Michelle Lee Ahye banned for 2 years". Trinidad Express.
  12. ↑ "Commonwealth Games gold medalist Michelle Lee Ahye gets ban". ESPN. 14 January 2020.
  13. ↑ Outsports (2021-07-12). "At least 161 out LGBTQ athletes at the Tokyo Olympics, a record by far". Retrieved 2021-07-20.
  14. ↑ "Trinidad sprinter Michelle Lee Ahye weds long-time girlfriend". Loop Jamaica. Retrieved 2021-07-20.
  15. ↑ Holmes, Jon. "Michelle-Lee Ahye, Crystal Emmanuel-Ahye are married Olympians". OutSports. Retrieved 2024-08-05.
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