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Name:
CHAMBERS, Carlton
Sport:
Track and Field
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In 1996, Mississauga athletes returned from Atlanta covered with Olympic glory, accounting for the most impressive medal count – four silver and one gold – in the city’s history. The brightest of all belonged to Carlton Chambers, a sprinter attending Clemson University on a sports scholarship. He earned his gold medal as a member of Canada’s Olympic champion men’s 4x100-metre relay team. The sprint relay final in Atlanta was a bitter-sweet event for the 21-year-old Mississauga athlete. Chambers ran the lead-off leg in both the heats and the semi-finals that took the team to the final, but was forced to watch from the stand as the Canadian quartet handed the favoured U.S. its first sprint relay loss in Olympic history. His place was taken by tried-and-tested veteran Robert Esmie, running lead-off for Glenroy Gilbert, Bruny Surin and anchor Donovan Bailey. It was discovered only the day before the relay final that what Chambers thought was just a nagging tightness was a much more devastating groin injury that had put him on the sidelines. Since he had already ran for the team en route to the final, Chambers wasentitled to the gold medal of champions and it was a tribute to the Mississauga athlete that as soon as the race was over, his teammates ran to the grandstand in a gesture of appreciation for his contribution. His Olympic accomplishment was recognized back home when he chosen Mississauga’s Male Athlete of the Year for 1996. Chambers track and field career is dotted with impressive accomplishments. Long before the Olympics in his high school days, Chambers had already provided an early glimpse of his sprinting talent. He claimed the Peel senior boys sprint title in record time then went on to establish a Canadian junior 100-metres record at 10.3 seconds and was a member of Canada’s record-setting 4x100-metres relay team that won a bronze medal in the 1994 Junior World Track and Field Championships. At the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, B.C., he was also a member of Canadian men’s gold medal winning 4x100-metres team.While attending Clemson University and competing for his school, he achieved NCAA All-Star status. His post-Atlanta track career was severely curtailed by injury and he was never able to regain the form that made him a force in his glory days. He made a valiant effort to qualify for the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens but his comeback effort fizzled. |
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