Valma Bass
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 12 March 1974 |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Track and field |
Valma Bass (born 12 March 1974) is a former sprinter from Saint Kitts and Nevis who specialized in the 100 and 200 metres. She changed her sporting nationality to the United States Virgin Islands in May 2003.
Early life
[edit]Residing in the United States Virgin Islands after her family had moved from Saint Kitts and Nevis,[1] Bass attended Charlotte Amalie High School in Saint Thomas alongside her future Olympic relay partner Ameerah Bello.[2] She attended Louisiana State University in the United States.[3]
Career
[edit]Bass competed for Saint Kitts and Nevis at the Olympic Games in 1996 and 2000 as well as the 2001 World Championships.[4][5] In 2003, she formally requested permission from the International Association of Athletics Federations to switch allegiance to the United States Virgin Islands after receiving dispensation by not competing for Saint Kitts for a year, opposed to the usual three year waiting period.[4] She later competed at the 2003 World Championships and the 2004 World Indoor Championships.[3] At none of these occasions she reached the final. She does have an eighth-place finish from the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games.[6]
Her personal best times are 11.43 seconds in the 100 metres and 23.07 seconds in the 200 metres, both achieved in May 2000 in Baton Rouge. These times used to be the Saint Kitts and Nevis records, but they have been broken by Virgil Hodge. Bass still co-holds the Saint Kitts and Nevis record in 4 x 400 metres relay, which was achieved at the 1996 Olympic Games.[7]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Jermaine Bass". The Virgin Islands Daily News. 22 April 2026. Retrieved 24 May 2026.
- ↑ "For Immediate Release July 9". Virgin Island Space. Retrieved 24 May 2026.
- 1 2 "V.I. TRACK STARS COMPETE IN WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS". St John Source. 28 August 2003. Retrieved 24 May 2026.
- 1 2 "FEDERATION BUILDS STRONG WOMEN'S TRACK TEAMS". St Croix Source. 14 May 2003. Retrieved 24 May 2026.
- ↑ "ST. KITTS SPRINTERS SHOW THE WORLD THEY CAN MATCH STRIDES WITH LARGER NATIONS". Chicago Tribune. 28 September 2000. Retrieved 24 May 2026.
- ↑ "2006 Juegos CAC Tomo" (PDF). Atetismo (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 May 2026.
- ↑ "Saint Kitts and Nevis athletics records". Archived from the original on 19 August 2007. Retrieved 29 August 2007.
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- 1974 births
- Living people
- Saint Kitts and Nevis emigrants to the United States Virgin Islands
- United States Virgin Islands women sprinters
- Saint Kitts and Nevis women sprinters
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2003 Pan American Games
- Olympic athletes for Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Pan American Games competitors for the United States Virgin Islands
- Olympic women sprinters
- 20th-century American sportswomen
- 21st-century American sportswomen
- Louisiana State University alumni
- LSU Lady Tigers track and field athletes