Adrienne Power is a Canadian sprinter, who specialized in the 200 metres.
Education
She attended Dalhousie University in her birthplace, where she was a key member of the women"s track and field program, under her personal and head coach Dan Hennigar. In 2005, Power graduated from the University, with a bachelor"s degree in commerce.
Career
Since graduating from the University, Power began training for the Tiger Track Club under her personal coach Hennigar. The following year, Power set her personal best time of 22.86 seconds for the 200-metre sprint at the United States.A. Track and Field High Performance Sprint and Power meet in Provo, Utah. She qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing by winning the gold medal for the 200 metres at the Canadian Track and Field Championships.
At the 2008 Summer Olympics, Power was the nation"s lone female sprinter to compete for the 200 metres.
She finished the race in fifth place by seven hundredths of a second behind Sheniqua Ferguson of the Bahamas, outside her personal best time of 23.40 seconds. Although she was ranked below the mandatory qualifying slots, Power advanced into the next round based on her fastest time allotted in the preliminary heats.
Power, however, fell short in her bid for the semi-finals, as she placed sixth in the second round, with her slowest possible time of 23.51 seconds. At the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi, India, Power made her international breakthrough, as she captured the bronze medal in the 200 metres, with an impressive time of 23.52 seconds, placing behind four-time Olympian Cydonie Mothersill of the Cayman Islands and England"s Abi Oyepitan.
She nearly missed out of the podium, together with her national team, as they placed fourth in the women"s 4 × 400 m relay.
However, they were immediately upgraded into the bronze medal position, following the disqualification of the Nigerian team Power currently trains for the Tiger Track Club in Halifax, and serves as a coach and mentor to the current track team