Beverly McDonald

Beverly McDonald (born 15 February 1970 in Saint Mary, Jamaica) is a Jamaican sprinter. Her accomplishments include winning the silver medal in the 4 × 100 m relay at the 2000 Olympics and the gold medal in the same event at the 2004 Olympics. She also won the bronze medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in the 200 m race, after Marion Jones was disqualified in 2007 due to doping violations, although it would take until the 2024 Summer Olympics for McDonald to be presented with the actual bronze medal.^[1] Beverly McDonald is the sister of Michael McDonald.

Beverly McDonald

Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Jamaica
Olympic Games
	2004 Athens	4 x 100 m relay
	2000 Sydney	4 x 100 m relay
	2000 Sydney	200 m
World Championships
	1991 Tokyo	4 x 100 m relay
	1995 Gothenburg	4 x 100 m relay
	1997 Athens	4 x 100 m relay
	1999 Seville	200 m
	1999 Seville	4 x 100 m relay
	2001 Edmonton	4 x 100 m relay

Personal bests

• 100 metres - 10.99 (1998)
• 200 metres - 22.22 (1999)

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Jamaica
1985	CARIFTA Games (under-17)	Bridgetown, Barbados	1st	100 m	11.99
			2nd	200 m	24.22
1986	CARIFTA Games (under-17)	Les Abymes, Guadeloupe	1st	100 m	11.85
			1st	200 m	23.90
1987	CARIFTA Games (under-20)	Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago	1st	100 m	11.54
			1st	200 m	23.40
1988	CARIFTA Games (under-20)	Kingston, Jamaica	2nd	100 m	11.62
			1st	200 m	23.7
	World Junior Championships	Sudbury, Canada	7th	100m	11.74 (wind: -0.4 m/s)
			6th	4 × 100 m relay	45.04
1991	World Championships	Tokyo, Japan	1st	4 × 100 m relay	41.94
	Pan American Games	Havana, Cuba	3rd	100 m	11.52
			1st	4 × 100 m relay	43.79
1995	World Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	2nd	4 × 100 m relay	42.25
1997	World Championships	Athens, Greece	2nd	4 × 100 m relay	42.10
1998	Central American and Caribbean Games	Maracaibo, Venezuela	2nd	100 m	11.36
			1st	200 m	22.30 w
1999	World Championships	Seville, Spain	2nd	200 m	22.22
			3rd	4 × 100 m relay	42.15
	IAAF Grand Prix Final	Munich, Germany	3rd	200 m	22.64
2000	Summer Olympics	Sydney, Australia	3rd	200 m	22.35
2001	World Championships	Edmonton, Canada	3rd	4 × 100 m relay	42.40

References

1. "She finished fourth behind a notorious drug cheat. Now she finally has her Sydney bronze". Sydney Morning Herald. 10 August 2024.

• Beverly McDonald at World Athletics

External links

• Beverly McDonald at Olympics.com
• Beverly McDonald at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)