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Bahamian sprinter

Savatheda Fynes (born October 17, 1974) is a track and field sprint athlete, competing internationally for Bahamas. She is an Olympic gold medalist in the 4 x 100 meter relay race. Some sources spell her first name "Sevatheda."

She graduated Physiology and Exercise Science at Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA. She missed the 2001 World Championships due to injury. She had a minor car accident prior to the 2000 Olympic trials, which limited her training. At the World Championships in 1999 she was eliminated in semifinals due to an injured hip flexor. In 1996 a hamstring injury kept her out of the 100m at the Atlanta Games. She was a member of the Bahamas 4x100m relay team that won gold at the 1999 World Championships. After that performance the team of Fynes, Pauline Davis Thompson, Debbie Ferguson, Chandra Sturrup and Eldece Clark Lewis were dubbed the Golden Girls. When they won the relay again at the Sydney Olympics they showed the world why they had earned that name. The girls returned home from Sydney to a six day fanfare of festivities in their honor, from receptions and parades to monetary awards and land grants. Central Bank has even been commissioned to mint a commemorative gold coin to honour their victory. She earned an athletic scholarship to Southern University at New Orleans, but later transferred to Eastern Michigan University and then to Michigan State University. She was forced to sit out the 1996 season because she was a transfer. She attended an indoor meet that year and stayed in a hotel room paid for by Michigan State. That being a violation, she lost her final season of eligibility in 1998, and her coach lost her job.

100 metres: 10.91 seconds in Lausanne 1999
60 metres: 7.01 seconds in Maebashi 1999
50 metres: 6.05 seconds in Liévin 2000

Representing the 1990CARIFTA Games (U 17)Kingston, Jamaica3rd100 m12.20   (1.9 m/s)Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U 17)Havana, Cuba2nd100 m12.13   (0.2 m/s)2nd200 m24.68   (0.2 m/s)3rd4x100 m relay47.661st4x400 m relay3:47.221991CARIFTA Games (U 20)Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago2nd100 m11.64   (1.7 m/s)1992CARIFTA Games (U 20)Nassau, Bahamas2nd100 m11.52 w   (4.7 m/s)1st200 m23.49 w   (3.1 m/s)2nd4x100 m relay45.61 2nd4x400 m relay3:42.37 Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U 20)Tegucigalpa, Honduras2nd100 m12.1   (0.0 m/s)1st200 m24.1   ( 0.1 m/s)1993CARIFTA Games (U 20)Fort de France, Martinique2nd100 m11.52   (0.3 m/s)3rd200 m23.81   ( 1.2 m/s)2nd4x100 m relay45.532nd4x400 m relay3:39.32Central American and Caribbean ChampionshipsCali, Colombia2nd4 × 100 m relay44.281995World ChampionshipsGothenburg, Sweden6th (qf)100 m11.36   (0.8 m/s)5th (h)200 m23.01   ( 0.5 m/s)4th4 x 100 m relay43.141996Olympic GamesAtlanta, United States6th (qf)200 m23.26   (0.3 m/s)2nd4 x 100 m relay42.141997World ChampionshipsAthens, Greece3rd100 m11.03   (0.4 m/s)6th4 x 100 m relay42.771999World ChampionshipsSeville, Spain6th (sf)100 m11.15   ( 0.1 m/s)1st4 x 100 m relay41.92 WL2000Olympic GamesSydney, Australia7th100 m11.22   ( 0.4 m/s)1st4 x 100 m relay41.95 SB2003World ChampionshipsParis, France6th (qf)100 m11.36   (0.0 m/s)3rd (h)4 x 100 m relay43.642006Central American and Caribbean GamesCartagena, Colombia14th (h)100 m11.75   (+2.3 m/s)