Name: Anneisha McLaughlin

Date of birth: January 6, 1986

Place of birth: Manchester, Jamaica

Event: 100m and 200m

Personal bests: 11.35 (100m) and 22.94 (200m)

Season bests: 11.35 (100m) and 22.99 (200m)

Best performances: Two-time World Junior Championships 200m silver medallist in Kingston, Jamaica, 2002, and Grosseto, Italy, 2004.

IAAF World Youth Championships 200m champion in Sherbrooke, Canada, 2003. Gold medallist, 200m, Central American and Caribbean Championships (CAC) in Bridgetown, Barbados.

McLaughlin, who has dominated the youth and junior level, winning medals of all colours, has finally got her big break, a place on Jamaica's team to the 12th IAAF World Championships.