Charmaine Crooks

Charmaine Crooks CM OLY (born August 8, 1962), is a Canadian businesswoman, sports executive, and retired sprinter and middle-distance runner. She is currently the president of Canadian Soccer Association since March 1, 2023, following the resignation of Nick Bontis.

Charmaine Crooks
CM, OLY
Crooks in 2013
36th President of the
Canadian Soccer Association
Assumed office
March 1, 2023
Preceded byNick Bontis
Personal details
Born (1962-08-08) August 8, 1962
Mandeville, Jamaica
Alma materUniversity of Texas at El Paso
Sports career
NationalityCanadian
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight58 kg (128 lb)
SportRunning
Event(s)400 metres, 800 metres
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Canada
Olympic Games
1984 Los Angeles 4x400 m relay
Commonwealth Games
1982 Brisbane 4x400 m relay
1986 Edinburgh 4x400 m relay
1994 Victoria 800 m
1994 Victoria 4x400 m relay
Pan American Games
1983 Caracas 400 m
1983 Caracas 4x400 m relay
1987 Indianapolis 4x400 m relay
Francophone Games
1989 Casablanca 400 m
1989 Casablanca 4x400 m relay
Pan American Junior Athletics Championships
1980 Sudbury 400 m
1980 Sudbury 4x400 m relay
Representing Americas
World Cup
1981 Rome 4x400 m relay
1989 Barcelona 4x400 m relay
1992 Havana 400 m
1992 Havana 4x400 m relay

Crooks was born in Mandeville, Jamaica, but represented Canada for close to 20 years in athletics. She was a five-time Olympian, winning silver and setting a national record of 3:21.21 in the 4 x 400 metres relay with her teammates Jillian Richardson, Molly Killingbeck, and Marita Payne. The first Canadian woman to run 800 metres in under two minutes, Crooks also won gold medals at the Pan American, Commonwealth, World Student Games, and World Cup. In 1996, she had the honour of being Canada's flag bearer at the opening ceremonies of the Atlanta Centennial Olympic Games. She is the fifth child with five sisters and three brothers.

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