Personal information | |
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Born |
Plaisance, Mayaro, Trinidad and Tobago |
March 10, 1979
Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in) |
Weight | 89 kg (196 lb) |
Sport | |
Country | Trinidad and Tobago |
Sport | Athletics |
Event(s) | Shot Put |
Updated on 9 January 2015. |
Cleopatra Borel (from 2005 until 2010 Borel-Brown; born 10 March 1979) is a female shot putter from Plaisance, Mayaro, Trinidad and Tobago. Her personal best throw is 19.42 metres, achieved in July 2011 at the Paris Diamond League Meeting. She has a personal best of 19.48 metres on the indoor track, achieved in February 2004 in Blacksburg.
Borel graduated with a degree in Interdisciplinary Studies from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County in 2002. Three years later, Borel married her college sweetheart Balvin Brown. The couple currently lives in Blacksburg, Virginia Cleopatra Borel returned to Trinidad in 2012 after the London Olympic Games, where she trained for the 2016 Games in Rio.