Veronica Campbell-Brown (born May 15, 1982) is a
track and field sprint athlete, competing
internationally for Jamaica. A four-time Olympic
medalist, she is the current Olympic 200 m and World
100 m champion.
Campbell was born to Cecil Campbell and Pamella
Bailey in Trelawny, Jamaica on May 15th, 1982. She
has 9 brothers and sisters. She attended Vere
Technical High School in Clarendon before pursuing
higher education in the U.S.
Campbell attended Barton County Community College in
Great Bend, Kansas, where she set several records
and won many titles including 4 national junior
college titles in the 60, 100 and 200 meter dashes
indoors and outdoors. She set the current record for
Barton County in the outdoor 100 and 200 meter
dashes. Campbell also excelled in academics earning
an Associates Degree from Barton County in 2002 with
a 3.8 grade average. She went on to attend The
University of Arkansas where she stood out as a
sprint star in a program dominated by long-distance
runners.
At the 2004 Olympics, Campbell 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.
In August 2005, Campbell won the silver medal in the
100 meters at the 2005 World Championships in
Athletics as well as another silver medal in the 4 x
100 meter relay (together with Daniele Browning,
Aleen Bailey and Sherone Simpson).
At the 2007 World Championships, Campbell won three
medals with a gold in the 100 meters, a silver in
the 200 meters (second to Felix) and a silver in the
4 x 100 meter relay.
Campbell is the only female to win both 100 meter
and 200 meter sprints at the same world youth
championship, which she accomplished in 2000.
In 2007, she married Omar Brown, a fellow Jamaican
sprinter and University of Arkansas alumnus.
