My name is Carline Muir. I was born October 1, 1987, in Spanish Town, Jamaica. I came to Canada at a young age and loved to run. On the track is where I felt the best and most at home.
After many years of hard work, and the help of many coaches, physiotherapists, chiropractors, nutritionists, strength and conditioning coaches, mentors, and friends I am proud to call myself a Canadian Olympian.
My specialty is the 400m and I have been competing for Canada for almost a decade. I am a multiple junior and senior Canadian national Champion, competing internationally since the age of 17, and was Canada's youngest Track & Field Olympian at the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics.
I have also represented Canada at the World Indoor and Outdoor Track & Field, The Commonwealth Games winning Bronze in Dehli, and the Pan Am games to name a few.
After missing London 2012 my goal was to remain injury-free and qualify for Rio 2016 Olympics which I did after winning the Canadian National Championships for a 6thtime, and helping the Canadian 400m Womens Relay team qualify after finishing 6th at the World Relay Championships, Bahamas 2015.
Season 2016 was finally the type of season I have been striving towards. I was on the podium for a number of IAAF Challenge meets, won a number of European track meets, and finally broke my PR! However, these successes were tinged with the disappointment of finishing 4th at the Rio Olympics in the Womens 400m. I finished ranked 12th after reaching the semi-finals and ended the season ranked 24th in the IAAF Womens 400m World Rankings.
In addition to Track and Field, I completed my BSc in Sports Management at The University of Alberta, Edmonton, have been lucky enough to be part of a number of modeling shoots and campaigns, and have done a number of motivational speaking engagements talking about the benefits of Track and Field with respect to health, discipline, teamwork and personal growth.
Retiring in 2020, I returned to Grad School and am currently studying to become a Licensed Mental Health Counselor. After years as an athlete and coach seeing how the pressure and stress of work performance can affect people’s mental health, and seeing the increasing disparity in access to treatment for mental health issues around the world, this avenue gives me a way to channel my skills towards helping others.
““I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”
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