Cydonie Mothersille

Cydonie Mothersille

Personal information
Born	(1978-03-19) 19 March 1978 Jamaica
Height	1.71 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in)
Weight	57 kg (126 lb)
Sport
Country	Cayman Islands
Medal record Representing  Cayman Islands Women's athletics World Championships 2001 Edmonton 200 m Commonwealth Games 2010 Delhi 200 m Pan American Games 2003 Santo Domingo 200 m Central American and Caribbean Games 2010 Mayagüez 200 m Continental Cup 2010 Split 200 m CAC Junior Championships (U17) 1994 Port of Spain 200 m CARIFTA Games (Under 20s) 1996 Kingston 100 m 1996 Kingston 200 m 1997 Bridgetown 100 m 1995 George Town 100 m 1995 George Town 200 m CARIFTA Games (Under 17s) 1994 Bridgetown 200 m 1994 Bridgetown 100 m
Updated on 22 July 2012.

Cydonie Camille Mothersille (born 19 March 1978) is a female track and field athlete from the Cayman Islands.

Mothersille was born in Jamaica in 1978 and moved to Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands at age 7. While in high school, she was discovered by her high school's physical education teacher Evelyn Rockette and began her track career.

In 2011, Cydonie was the highest paid athlete from the Cayman Islands (male or female) making $85,000 (USD).^[1]

Career

Mothersille began competing for the Cayman Islands by competing in the CARIFTA Games, where she performed extremely well. In 1996, she was awarded the Austin Sealy Trophy for the most outstanding athlete of the 1996 CARIFTA Games.^[2][3]

She is a competitor in the 100 m, which was once her speciality. While in college she competed in the 100 m, 200 m, 4 × 100 m relay and 4 × 400 m relay for Clemson University. She was a part of the Clemson All American 4 x 100 and 4 x 400 team.

Mothersille is married to Ato Stephens.

Achievements

• 2010 Commonwealth Games in the Women's 200 metres – gold medal
• 2008 Olympics – eighth place
• 2005 World Championships in Athletics – eighth place
• 2003 Pan American Games – silver medal
• 2003 World Indoor Championships in Athletics – fifth place
• 2002 Commonwealth Games – fifth place
• 2001 World Championships in Athletics – bronze medal
• 2nd IAAF World Athletics Final – sixth place
• 1st IAAF World Athletics Final – seventh place

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing the  Cayman Islands
1992	CARIFTA Games (U-17)	Nassau, Bahamas	8th	200 m	27.12 w
1993	CARIFTA Games (U-17)	Fort-de-France, Martinique	8th	100 m	12.52   (−0.6 m/s)
1994	CARIFTA Games (U-17)	Bridgetown, Barbados	3rd	100 m	11.97
			2nd	200 m	24.31
	Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U-17)	Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago	8th	100 m	12.1   (−0.4 m/s)
			2nd	200 m	24.8   (−2.3 m/s)
	World Junior Championships	Lisbon, Portugal	27th (h)[4]	200m	24.65 (wind: +1.0 m/s)
1995	CARIFTA Games (U-20)	George Town, Cayman Island	3rd	100 m	11.72
			3rd	200 m	23.83
1996	CARIFTA Games (U-20)	Kingston, Jamaica	1st	100 m	11.35   (0.9 m/s)
			1st	200 m	23.77   (−4.4 m/s)
	Olympic Games	Atlanta, United States	6th (h)	100 m	11.61   (0.6 m/s)
	World Junior Championships	Sydney, Australia	6th	100m	11.51 (wind: +0.6 m/s)
			11th (qf)[5]	200m	24.20 (wind: -3.1 m/s)
1997	CARIFTA Games (U-20)	Bridgetown, Barbados	1st	100 m	11.54   (0.0 m/s)
1997	World Championships	Athens, Greece	6th (h)	100 m	11.87   (−1.5 m/s)
2000	NACAC U-25 Championships	Monterrey, Mexico	3rd	100m	11.83 (wind: -1.6 m/s)
			2nd	200m	23.72 (wind: -3.1 m/s)
	Olympic Games	Sydney	4th (h)	100 m	11.38   (−0.4 m/s)
			4th (h)	200 m	22.78   (0.2 m/s)
2001	World Championships	Edmonton, Canada	3rd	200 m	22.88   (−0.3 m/s)
2003	World Championships	Paris, France	7th (sf)	200 m	23.07   (−0.2 m/s)
2004	Olympic Games	Athens, Greece	5th (sf)	200 m	22.76   (1.1 m/s)
2005	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	8th	200 m	23.00   (0.2 m/s)
2007	World Championships	Osaka, Japan	8th	200 m	23.08   (1.7 m/s)
2008	Olympic Games	Beijing, PR China	8th	200 m	22.68   (0.6 m/s)
2009	World Championships	Berlin, Germany	4th (sf)	200 m	22.80   (0.3 m/s)

External links

• Cydonie Mothersille profile at IAAF
• sports-reference
• Picture of Cydonie Mothersille^[6]

References