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| birth_place = | nationality = Jamaican| height = 1.80 mKaliese Spencer. Glasgow2014. Retrieved on 2015-08-03.| weight = 75 kg| country = JamaicaSport of athletics>Athletics400 metres hurdles>400 m hurdles| medaltemplates ={{Medal|Sport|Women's athletics}}{{Medal|Country|{{JAM}}}}{{Medal|Competition|Olympic Games}}{{Medal|Bronze|2012 London|400 m hurdles}}{{Medal|Competition|World Championships}}{{Medal|Silver|2009 Berlin|4x400 m relay}}{{Medal|Competition|World Indoor Championships}}{{Medal|Silver|2014 Sopot|400 m}}{{Medal|Silver|2014 Sopot|4×400 m relay}}{{Medal|Competition|World Relays}}{{Medal|Silver|2014 Nassau|4x400 m relay}}{{Medal|Competition|Diamond League}}{{Medal|1st|2010|400 m hurdles}}{{Medal|1st|2011|400 m hurdles}}{{Medal|1st|2012|400 m hurdles}}{{Medal|1st|2014|400 m hurdles}}{{Medal|Competition|Commonwealth Games}}{{Medal|Gold|2014 Glasgow|400 m hurdles}}{{Medal|Competition|World Junior Championships}}{{Medal|Gold|2006 Beijing|400 m hurdles}}{{Medal|Bronze|2006 Beijing|4x400 m relay}}}}Kaliese Spencer Carter (born 6 May 1987) is a Jamaican track and field athlete who specialises in the 400 metres hurdles. She won the bronze medal in the event at the 2012 London Olympics. Spencer was the Commonwealth Games champion in 2014 and a double silver medallist at the 2014 World Indoor Championships. She finished fourth at both the 2009 and 2011 World Championships in Athletics.Spencer was the 2006 World junior champion. She is a four-time Diamond League 400 m hurdles winner.

Career

Born in the parish of Westmoreland, Jamaica, her mother, Merfelin Spencer was a 400 m runner in college and her father Joshua Spencer was a middle-distance runner and she followed in their footsteps into the sport of athletics.Pochert, Alexander (2008-05-08). Kaliese Spencer – Die Talentierteste {{in lang|de}}. Leichtathletik. Retrieved on 2010-07-12. She attended the University of Technology in Jamaica and began focusing on her running under the tutelage of Stephen Francis as part of his Maximising Velocity and Power Track Club.Graham, Raymond (2008-04-21). Spencer hits top form in California {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141013085911weblink |date=13 October 2014 }}. The Jamaica Star. Retrieved on 2010-07-12. She had her first hurdles success at the 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics, where she won the junior 400 m hurdles title with a personal best run of 55.11 seconds. Her debut at the senior level came the following year and she reached the semi-finals of her event at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics in Osaka.Spencer Kaliese Biography. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-07-12.Spencer made a strong start to the 2008 outdoor season by running a world-leading time in the 400 metres at the Azuza Pacific Invitational, winning in a personal best time of 50.55 seconds. However, she suffered a hip injury and only trained sporadically in the rest of the year, missing out on the Jamaican Olympic team for the 2008 Beijing Games as a result.Tucker, Eton. Asafa may have to step up pace, says Francis » {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716121737weblink |date=16 July 2011 }}. Sports Caribe. Retrieved on 2010-07-12.She began competing in the IAAF Golden League in 2009, performing at the Reebok Grand Prix, Golden Gala and Herculis meetings, although she failed to reach the podium on those occasions.Kaliese SPENCER. The-Sports.Org. Retrieved on 2010-07-12. At the 2009 World Championships, Spencer reached the final of the women's 400 m hurdles and finished fourth with a personal best run of 53.56 seconds – her club teammate Melaine Walker won the gold in a championship record.Jalava, Mirko (2009-08-20). Event Report – Women's 400m Hurdles – Final {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120605033046weblink |date=5 June 2012 }}. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-08-24. She was also the substitute runner in the 4 × 400 m relay at the championships and helped her team progress to the final where they won the silver medal. She took a victory over Walker shortly afterwards at the IAAF Zagreb Grand Prix.Ramsak, Bob (2009-08-31). Vlasic tops 2.08m in Zagreb – IAAF World Athletics Tour. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-07-12. Spencer ended her season by winning the silver medal at the 2009 IAAF World Athletics Final, running 53.99 seconds to finish behind Walker.The 2010 IAAF Diamond League became Spencer's principal target the following year and she was sixth at first meeting, the Shanghai Golden Grand Prix in May. She won at the Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat, defeating Perri Shakes-Drayton,Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat – Rabat (MAR) – Sunday, 6 June 2010. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-07-12. and was third in the 400 m at the Jamaican Championships that month. She began making an impact on the Diamond League, finishing as runner-up behind Lashinda Demus at the Prefontaine Classic and the Golden Gala, recording a personal best 53.48 s. She had her first win on the major circuit at the British Grand Prix.Martin, David. Overview Disciplines – 10.07.2010 400m Hurdles – Women {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100818011819weblink |date=18 August 2010 }}. IAAF Diamond League. Retrieved on 2010-07-12. She won at the Herculis meeting soon after and also set a meet record of 53.72 s at the Spitzenleichtathletik competition in Switzerland.Sampaolo, Diego (2010-08-09). Blazing 100m in Nottwil – Carter edges Dix 9.86 to 9.88. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-08-09.The 24-year-old set a personal best in the 400 m hurdles of 52.79 s at the Aviva Grand Prix in Crystal Palace on 5 August 2011. As a result, Spencer was heavy favourite to win the gold medal at 2011 World Championships in Athletics in Daegu, South Korea, where she finished fourth.At the 2012 London Olympics, Spencer initially narrowly missed out on a medal, finishing in fourth place in the 400 m hurdles. She was upgraded to the bronze medal in December 2022, following the stripping of gold medallist Natalya Antyukh of Russia.NEWS,weblink London 2012 400m hurdles women - Olympic Athletics, 2016-08-09, International Olympic Committee, 2016-11-12, NEWS, 2022-12-21, Russia's Antyukh stripped of London 2012 gold, en-GB, BBC Sport,weblink 2022-12-21, Spencer won the gold medal in her specialist event at the 2014 Commonwealth Games held in Glasgow.WEB,weblink Glasgow 2014 - Kaliese Spencer Profile, g2014results.thecgf.com, 2016-11-12,

Achievements

File:Kaliese Spencer Daegu 2011.jpg|thumb|Spencer races 400 m hurdles at the 2011 World Championships in DaeguDaeguAll information taken from World Athletics profile.

Personal bests{|classwikitable

!Event || Time (sec) || Venue || Date200 metres >Rovereto, Italy >| 3 September 2013400 metres hurdles >Crystal Palace, London, United Kingdom >| 5 August 2011400 metres >Rieti, Italy >| 8 September 2013Sopot, Poland >| 8 March 2014800 metres >Kingston, Jamaica>Kingston, Jamaica 5 March 2011

International competitions{|{{AchievementTable|nationJAM|Eventyes|Timeyes|NotesOffyes}}2006

CARIFTA Games (U-20)Les Abymes, Guadeloupe2nd|400 m2006 CARIFTA Games#Girls under 20 (Junior)>51.991st|4 × 400 m relay3:31.90) {{AthAbbr|CR}}World Junior ChampionshipsBeijing, China1st|400 m hurdles2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres hurdles>55.113rd|4 × 400 m relay3:31.62)|20072007 World Championships in Athletics>World Championships|Osaka, Japan|8th (sf)|400 m hurdles2007 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres hurdles>56.692009World ChampionshipsBerlin, Germany|4th|400 m hurdles2009 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres hurdles>53.562nd|4 × 400 m relay3:24.72)12009 IAAF World Athletics Final>World Athletics Final|Thessaloniki, Greece2nd|400 m hurdles2009 IAAF World Athletics Final results#400 metres hurdles>53.99|20112011 World Championships in Athletics>World Championships|Daegu, South Korea|4th|400 m hurdles2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres hurdles>54.01|2012Olympic GamesLondon, United Kingdom3rd|400 m hurdlesAthletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's 400 metres hurdles>53.662013World ChampionshipsMoscow, Russia|– (h)|400 m hurdles2013 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres hurdles>DQ|– (h)|4 × 400 m relay2013 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay>DQ2014World Indoor ChampionshipsSopot, Poland2nd|400 m2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 400 metres>51.542nd|4 × 400 m relay3:26.54)2014 IAAF World Relays>World RelaysNassau, Bahamas2nd|4 × 400 m relay3:23.26)Athletics at the 2014 Commonwealth Games>Commonwealth GamesGlasgow, United Kingdom1st|400 m hurdlesAthletics at the 2014 Commonwealth Games – Women's 400 metres hurdles>54.10|20152015 World Championships in Athletics>World Championships|Beijing, China|8th|400 m hurdles2015 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres hurdles>55.471Time from the heats; Spencer was replaced in the final.

Circuit wins and titles

• Diamond League overall winner 400 m hurdles (4): (File:Diamond blue.svg|24px) 2010, (File:Diamond blue.svg|24px) 2011, (File:Diamond blue.svg|24px) 2012, (File:Diamond blue.svg|24px) 2014

National titles

• Jamaican Athletics Championships
  • 400 m hurdles: 2011, 2014

References

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External links

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• {{World Athletics}}
• Audio interview in 2009

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