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{{short description|Bahamian sprinter}}{{EngvarB|date=October 2019}}{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}{{MedalTableTop|Debbie Ferguson.jpg|220px|Ferguson-McKenzie at the 2009 World Championships}}{{MedalSport|Women's Athletics}}{{MedalCountry|{{BAH}}}}{{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}}{{MedalGold |2000 Sydney|4x100 m relay}}{{MedalSilver|1996 Atlanta|4x100 m relay}}{{MedalBronze|2004 Athens|200 m}}{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}{{MedalGold|1999 Seville|4x100 m relay}}{{MedalGold|2001 Edmonton|200 m}} {{MedalSilver|2009 Berlin|4x100 m relay}}{{MedalBronze|2009 Berlin|200 m}}{{MedalCompetition|Pan American Games}}{{MedalGold|1999 Winnipeg|200 m}}{{MedalCompetition|World Athletics Final}} {{MedalSilver|2004 Monaco|200 m}}{{MedalSilver|2007 Stuttgart|200 m}}{{MedalCompetition|CAC Championships In Athletics}}{{MedalGold |1997 San Juan|100 m}}{{MedalGold|1997 Grenada|4x100 m relay}}{{MedalGold|2003 Grenada|4x100 m relay}}{{MedalGold|2008 Cali|200 m}}{{MedalSilver|1993 Cali|200 m}}{{MedalSilver|1993 Cali|4x100 m relay}}{{Medal|Bronze|2008 Cali|4×100 m relay}}{{Medal|Bronze|2013 Morelia|4×100 m relay}}{{MedalCompetition|Commonwealth Games}}{{MedalGold|2002 Manchester|100 m}}{{MedalGold|2002 Manchester|200 m}}{{MedalGold|2002 Manchester|4x100 m relay}}{{MedalCompetition|Continental Cup}}{{MedalGold|2002 Madrid|200 m}}{{MedalGold|2002 Madrid|4x100 m relay}}{{MedalGold|2006 Athens|4x100 m relay}}{{MedalGold|2010 Split|4×100m relay}}{{MedalCompetition|Goodwill Games}}{{MedalGold|1998 Uniondale|4x100 m relay}}{{MedalGold|2001 Brisbane|200 m}}{{MedalCompetition|CAC Junior Championships (U20)}}{{MedalGold|1994 Port of Spain|100 m}}{{MedalSilver|1994 Port of Spain|200 m}}{{MedalCompetition|CAC Junior Championships (U17)}}{{MedalGold|1990 Havana|4x400 m relay}}{{MedalGold|1992 Tegucigalpa|100 m}}{{MedalGold|1992 Tegucigalpa|200 m}}{{MedalBronze|1990 Havana|Pentathlon}}{{MedalBronze|1990 Havana|4x100 m relay}}{{MedalCompetition|CARIFTA GamesJunior (U20)}}{{MedalGold|1994 Bridgetown|100m}}{{MedalGold|1994 Bridgetown|200m}}{{MedalGold|1995 George Town|100m}}{{MedalGold|1995 George Town|200m}}{{MedalGold|1995 George Town|4x100m relay}}{{MedalSilver|1992 Nassau|4x100m relay}}{{MedalSilver|1992 Nassau|4x400m relay}}{{MedalSilver|1993 Fort-de-France|4x100m relay}}{{MedalSilver|1993 Fort-de-France|4x400m relay}}{{MedalSilver|1994 Bridgetown|4x100m relay}}{{MedalSilver|1994 Bridgetown|4x400m relay}}{{MedalSilver|1995 George Town|4x400m relay}}{{MedalBronze|1993 Fort-de-France|100m}}{{MedalCompetition|CARIFTA GamesYouth (U17)}}{{MedalGold|1991 Port of Spain|100m}}{{MedalGold|1992 Nassau|100m}}{{MedalSilver|1992 Nassau|200m}}{{MedalSilver|1992 Nassau|400m}}{{MedalBronze|1991 Port of Spain|200m}}{{MedalBottom}}Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie (born 16 January 1976) is a former Bahamian sprinter who specialised in the 100 and 200 metres.WEB,weblinkweblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20080909173929weblink">weblink 9 September 2008, dead, Athlete biography: Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie, Beijing2008.cn, 27 August 2008, Ferguson-McKenzie participated in five Olympics.Ferguson-McKenzie is assistant coach of track and field at University of Kentucky. Previously, she coached for four years at the University of Houston.WEB,weblink Five-Time Olympian Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie Loves Being Part Of Kentucky Track, 21 February 2019, WLEX, 14 October 2019, In 1995, she was awarded the Austin Sealy Trophy for themost outstanding athlete of the 1995 CARIFTA Games.{{citation|title=Carifta Games Magazine, Part 2|url=http://www.cariftagames2011.herobo.com/web_documents/carifta_magazine_sm_part2.pdf|publisher=Carifta Games 2011|access-date=12 October 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120425061142weblink|archive-date=25 April 2012}}{{citation|title=Carifta Games Magazine, Part 3|url=http://www.cariftagames2011.herobo.com/web_documents/carifta_magazine_sm_part3.pdf|publisher=Carifta Games 2011|access-date=12 October 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120425061211weblink|archive-date=25 April 2012}} In total she won 7 gold, 9 silver, and 2 bronze CARIFTA Games medals.She had her first major successes with the Bahamian 4×100 metres relay team, winning gold at the Pan American Games and World Championships in Athletics in 1999, and taking another gold at the Olympic Games the following year. She won her first individual gold medal at the 2001 World Championships – having initially won silver, gold medallist Marion Jones was later disqualified.The 2002 season was a career high for Ferguson-McKenzie: she won five gold medals, with victories at the IAAF World Cup and Grand Prix Final, and a 100 m, 200 m and relay gold at the 2002 Commonwealth Games. Her performance in the 100 m remains a personal best, and her time in the 200 m was a commonwealth games record and fastest by any athlete that year.200 Metres 2002. IAAF (14 October 2004). Retrieved 14 October 2019. She won her only individual Olympic medal in 2004, taking bronze in the 200 m. Injury ruled her out for the whole of 2005.Saunders, Gerrino (13 July 2006). BAAA Lists Surprising ‘Times’. The Bahama Journal. Retrieved 22 July 2009. She failed to reach the finals at the 2007 World Championships, unable to compete with the new generation of American and Jamaican sprinters.100 Metres 2007. IAAF. (4 April 2008). Retrieved 14 October 2019. However, she managed to reach the 100 and 200 metres finals at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.She was the previous 200 m national record holder with a best of 22.19 seconds. Her record was broken by Shaunae Miller-Uibo (22.05 seconds) at the 2016 Jamaica Grand Prix. Her 100 m best (10.91) is the second fastest time by a Bahamian after Chandra Sturrup.In 2014 Ferguson-McKenzie became the women's sprints and hurdles coach for the track and field program at the University of Houston.NEWS,weblink Cougars Welcome Track and Field Great Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie, Houston Cougars Track & Field, 31 July 2014, 14 October 2019, Ferguson-McKenzie was coached some part of her professional career by Henry Rolle.

Career

Ferguson attended St Andrew's School in Nassau, Bahamas and graduated in 1994.Ferguson graduated from University of Georgia from where she launched her senior athletics career since which she has gained medals at the Summer Olympics, IAAF World Championships in Athletics, Commonwealth Games and Pan American Games.In 2002, she was appointed as an ambassador for the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization. At the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester, England, she set the championship record in the 100 metres and in the 4×100 m relay with the Bahamian team, recording a personal best of 10.91 seconds in the individual event.File:Osaka07 D6A Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie.jpg|thumb|Ferguson-McKenzie in competition at the 2007 World Championships.]]At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing she competed at the 100 metres sprint. In her first round heat she placed second behind Oludamola Osayomi in a time of 11.17 to advance to the second round. There she won her series to qualify for the semi-finals in a time of 11.21, this time finishing in front of Osayomi. Despite fellow Bahamian Chandra Sturrup being unable to qualify for the final with a time of 11.22 in the first semi final, Ferguson managed to qualify with the same time as she finished fourth in her race, while Sturrup finished fifth in hers. In the final Ferguson came to 11.19 seconds, which was the 7th position.She competed at the 2009 Manchester City Games, winning the 150 metres final in 16.54 seconds.NEWS,weblink Superb Bolt storms to 150m record, BBC Sport, BBC News, 17 May 2009, 14 October 2019, She followed this up with a win in the 200 m at the Meeting Mohammed VI d' Athlétisme in Rabat.NEWS, Benchrif, Mohammed, 24 May 2009,weblink Lishchynska and Cheshari set world season leads but Jelimo is way below par in Rabat, International Association of Athletics Federations, IAAF, 14 October 2019, At the 25th Vardinoyiannia in Rethymno, Greece, she ran a world-leading time of 22.32 seconds to win the 200 m and set a meeting record.NEWS, Nikitaridis, Michalis, 21 July 2009,weblink Ferguson (22.32) and Jones (12.47) set world season leads in Rethymno, IAAF, 14 October 2019, LIVE RESULTS OF 25th VARDINOYANNIA {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090723092342weblink|date=23 July 2009}}. EAR. Retrieved 22 July 2009. Now trains in Clermont, Florida, at the NTC.">

Major competition record{| {{AchievementTable|Eventyes|classwikitable style"text-align:center; font-size: 90%;}}

!colspan=6|Representing the {{BAH}}

1990	Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U-17)	Havana, Cuba	3rd|Pentathlon|3015pts

3rd|4 × 100 m relay|47.66

1st|4 × 400 m relay|3:47.22

1991	CARIFTA Games (U-17)	Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago	1st|100 m|11.89 w   (2.4 m/s)

3rd|200 m|24.86

1992	CARIFTA Games (U-17)	Nassau, Bahamas	1st|100 m|11.79

2nd|200 m|23.97 w

2nd|400 m|54.68

CARIFTA Games (U-20)	2nd|4 × 100 m relay|45.61

2nd|4 × 400 m relay|3:42.37

Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U-17)	Tegucigalpa, Honduras	1st|100 m|12.0   (0.0 m/s)

1st|200 m|24.2   (-0.1 m/s)

World Junior Championships	Seoul, South Korea|21st (qf)|100 m	1992 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 100 metres>11.92 (wind: +1.9 m/s)

|23rd (sf)|200 m

1992 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 200 metres>24.74 (wind: +0.7 m/s)

1993	CARIFTA Games (U-20)	Fort-de-France, Martinique	3rd|100 m|11.79   (0.3 m/s)

|4th|200 m|24.09   (-1.2 m/s)

2nd|4 × 100 m relay|45.53

2nd|4 × 400 m relay|3:39.32

Central American and Caribbean Championships	Cali, Colombia	2nd|200 m |23.32 w

2nd|4 × 100 m relay|44.28

1994	CARIFTA Games (U-20)	Bridgetown, Barbados	1st|100 m|11.58

1st|200 m|23.53

2nd|4 × 100 m relay|45.66

2nd|4 × 400 m relay|3:36.53

Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U-20)	Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago	1st|100 m|11.1   (-1.8 m/s)

2nd|200 m|23.8   (-1.8 m/s)

World Junior Championships	Lisbon, Portugal|5th|100m	1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 100 metres>11.48 (wind: +2.0 m/s)

|4th|200m

1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 200 metres>23.59 w (wind: +2.2 m/s)

|12th (h)|4 × 400 m relay

3:44.67)

Commonwealth Games	Victoria, Canada|12th (sf)|200 m	Athletics at the 1994 Commonwealth Games – Women's 200 metres>23.68

|5th|4×100 m relay

Athletics at the 1994 Commonwealth Games – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay>44.89

1995	CARIFTA Games (U-20)	George Town, Cayman Islands	1st|100 m|11.35

1st|200 m|23.17

1st|4 × 100 m relay|45.00

2nd|4 × 400 m relay|3:39.46

World Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden|27th (h)|200 m	1995 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 200 metres>23.33   (0.0 m/s)

|4th|4 × 100 m relay

1995 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 x 100 metres relay>43.14

1996	Olympic Games	Atlanta, United States|13th (sf)|100 m	Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metres>11.28   (0.4 m/s)

2nd|4 × 100 m relay	Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay>43.14 (h)

1997	Central American and Caribbean Championships	San Juan, Puerto Rico	1st|100 m|11.29

1st|4 × 100 m relay|44.00

World Championships	Athens, Greece|7th (sf)|100 m	1997 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 100 metres>11.39   (-0.1 m/s)

|6th|4 × 100 m relay

1997 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 x 100 metres relay>42.77

1999	World Championships	Seville, Spain|9th (sf)|100 m	1999 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 100 metres>11.12   (-0.1 m/s)

|5th|200 m

1999 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 200 metres>22.28   (0.6 m/s)

1st|4×100 m relay	1999 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 x 100 metres relay>41.92 WL

Athletics at the 1999 Pan American Games>Pan American Games|Winnipeg, Canada	1st|200 m	Athletics at the 1999 Pan American Games – Women's 200 metres>22.83   (0.7 m/s)

2000	Olympic Games	Sydney, Australia|8th|100 m	Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metres>11.29   (-0.4 m/s)

|4th|200 m

Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metres>22.37   (0.7 m/s)

1st|4×100 m relay	Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay>41.95 SB

2001	World Championships	Edmonton, Canada|5th|100 m	2001 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 100 metres>11.13   (-0.3 m/s)

1st|200 m	2001 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 200 metres>22.52

2001 IAAF Grand Prix Final>IAAF Grand Prix Final|Melbourne, Australia	2nd|200 m|23.00

2002	Commonwealth Games	Manchester, England	1st|100 m	Athletics at the 2002 Commonwealth Games – Women's 100 metres>10.91 GR

1st|200 m	Athletics at the 2002 Commonwealth Games – Women's 200 metres>22.20 GR

1st|4×100 m relay	Athletics at the 2002 Commonwealth Games – Women's 4 x 100 metres relay>42.44 GR

2002 IAAF World Cup>IAAF World Cup|Madrid, Spain	1st|200 m	2002 IAAF World Cup results#200 m>22.49Representing the Americas

2002 IAAF Grand Prix Final>IAAF Grand Prix Final|Paris, France	1st|100 m|10.97

2003	2003 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics>Central American and Caribbean Championships|St. George's, Grenada	1st|4×100 m relay	2003 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics – Results#4 x 100 meters relay 2>43.06

World Championships	Paris, France|10th (sf)|100 m	2003 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 100 metres>11.27   (0.4 m/s)

|12th (qf)|200 m

2003 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 200 metres>22.98   (-0.2 m/s)

|8th (h)|4 × 100 m relay

2003 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay>43.64

2004	Olympic Games	Athens, Greece|7th	Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metres>100 m|11.16   (-0.1 m/s)

3rd|200 m	Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metres>22.30

|4th|4 × 100 m relay

Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay>42.69

2004 World Athletics Final>World Athletics Final|Monaco	2nd|200 m|22.66

2007	World Championships	Osaka, Japan|14th (sf)|100 m	2007 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 100 metres>11.25   (-0.1 m/s)

|14th (sf)|200 m

2007 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 200 metres>23.27   (-0.4 m/s)

2007 World Athletics Final>World Athletics Final|Stuttgart, Germany	2nd|200 m|22.74

2008	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Cali, Colombia	1st|200 m	2008 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics – Results#200 meters 2>22.78

3rd|4 × 100 m relay	2008 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics – Results#4 x 100 meters relay 2>44.03

Olympic Games	Beijing, China|7th|100 m	Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metres>11.19

|7th|200 m

Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metres>22.61

2009	World Championships	Berlin, Germany|6th|100 m	2009 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 100 metres>11.05   (0.1 m/s)

3rd|200 m	2009 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 200 metres>22.41   (-0.1 m/s)

2nd|4 × 100 m relay	2009 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay>42.29 SB

2011	World Championships	Daegu, South Korea|6th|200 m	2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 200 metres>22.96   (-1.0 m/s)

|17th (h)|4 × 100 m relay

2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay>50.62

2012	Olympic Games	London, United Kingdom|24th (h)|100 m	Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metres>11.32

|38th (h)|200 m

Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metres>22.61

2013	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Morelia, Mexico|7th|100 m	2013 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics – Results#100 meters 2>11.85

3rd|4 × 100 m relay	2013 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics – Results#4 x 100 meters relay 2>44.08

On 16 October 2002 Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie was nominated Goodwill Ambassador of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).

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