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{{short description|Bahamian sprinter}}
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{{MedalSport|Women's [[Athletics (sport)|athletics]]}}
{{MedalCountry | {{BAH}} }}
{{MedalOlympic}}
{{MedalGold | [[2000 Summer Olympics|2000 Sydney]] | [[Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics|4 × 100 m relay]]}}
{{MedalSilver | [[1996 Summer Olympics|1996 Atlanta]] | [[Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics|4 × 100 m relay]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[IAAF World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[1999 World Championships in Athletics|1999 Seville]] |4 × 100 m relay}}
{{MedalBronze | [[1997 World Championships in Athletics|1997 Athens]] |100 m}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Commonwealth Games]]}}
{{MedalGold |[[2002 Commonwealth Games|2002 Manchester]]|[[Athletics at the 2002 Commonwealth Games|4 × 100 m relay]]}}
{{MedalBronze |[[2002 Commonwealth Games|2002 Manchester]]|[[Athletics at the 2002 Commonwealth Games|100 m]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships in Athletics|CAC Junior Championships]] (U20)}}
{{MedalGold |[[1992 Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships in Athletics|1992 Tegucigalpa]] | 200 m}}
{{MedalSilver |[[1992 Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships in Athletics|1992 Tegucigalpa]] | 100 m}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships in Athletics|CAC Junior Championships]] (U17)}}
{{MedalGold |[[1990 Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships in Athletics|1990 Havana]] | 4 × 400 m relay}}
{{MedalSilver |[[1990 Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships in Athletics|1990 Havana]] | 100 m}}
{{MedalSilver |[[1990 Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships in Athletics|1990 Havana]] | 200 m}}
{{MedalBronze |[[1990 Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships in Athletics|1990 Havana]] | 4 × 100 m relay}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[CARIFTA Games]] <br /> Junior (U20)}}
{{MedalGold |[[1992 CARIFTA Games|1992 Nassau]] | 200 m}}
{{MedalSilver |[[1991 CARIFTA Games|1991 Port of Spain]] | 100 m}}
{{MedalSilver |[[1992 CARIFTA Games|1992 Nassau]] | 100 m}}
{{MedalSilver |[[1992 CARIFTA Games|1992 Nassau]] | 4 × 100 m relay}}
{{MedalSilver |[[1992 CARIFTA Games|1992 Nassau]] | 4 × 400 m relay}}
{{MedalSilver |[[1993 CARIFTA Games|1993 Fort-de-France]] |100 m}}
{{MedalSilver |[[1993 CARIFTA Games|1993 Fort-de-France]] |4 × 100 m relay}}
{{MedalSilver |[[1993 CARIFTA Games|1993 Fort-de-France]] |4 × 400 m relay}}
{{MedalBronze |[[1993 CARIFTA Games|1993 Fort-de-France]] |200 m}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[CARIFTA Games]] <br /> Youth (U17)}}
{{MedalBronze |[[1990 CARIFTA Games|1990 Kingston]] |100 m}}
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'''Savatheda Fynes Coke''' (born October 17, 1974) is a track and field [[sprint (running)|sprint]] athlete, competing internationally for [[Bahamas]]. She is an Olympic gold medalist in the [[Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay|4 x 100 meter relay]] race. Some sources spell her first name "Sevatheda".

==Career==
She graduated Physiology and Exercise Science at [[Michigan State University]], [[East Lansing]], Michigan, USA.
She missed the [[2001 World Championships in Athletics|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 100 m at the [[1996 Olympics|Atlanta Games]].

She was a member of the [[Bahamas]] [[4 × 100 m 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–New Orleans Knights and Lady Knights|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.

==Coaching career==
In 2010, Fynes Coke worked as an assistant coach for the [[NJIT Highlanders track and field]] team.<ref>{{cite web |title=Savatheda Fynes Coke - Men's Track & Field Coach |url=https://njithighlanders.com/sports/mens-track-and-field/roster/coaches/savatheda-fynes-coke/353 |website=New Jersey Institute of Technology Athletics |access-date=28 July 2024 |language=en}}</ref>

==Personal bests==
* [[100 metres]]: 10.91&nbsp;seconds in Lausanne 1999
* [[60 metres]]: 7.01&nbsp;seconds in Maebashi 1999
* [[50 metres]]: 6.05&nbsp;seconds in Liévin 2000

== Achievements ==
{| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes|class=wikitable style="text-align:center; font-size: 90%;}}
|-
!colspan="6"|Representing the {{BAH}}
|-
|rowspan = "5"|1990
|[[1990 CARIFTA Games#Girls under 17 .28Youth.29|CARIFTA Games (U-17)]]
|[[Kingston, Jamaica]]
|bgcolor=cc9966|3rd
|100 m
|12.20 &nbsp;&nbsp;(1.9&nbsp;m/s)
|-
|rowspan = "4"|[[1990 Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships in Athletics#Female Junior B .28under 17.29|Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U-17)]]
|rowspan = "4"|[[Havana]], Cuba
|bgcolor=silver|2nd
|100 m
|12.13 &nbsp;&nbsp;(0.2&nbsp;m/s)
|-
|bgcolor=silver|2nd
|200 m
|24.68 &nbsp;&nbsp;(0.2&nbsp;m/s)
|-
|bgcolor=cc9966|3rd
|4 × 100 m relay
|47.66
|-
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|4 × 400 m relay
|3:47.22
|-
|1991
|[[1991 CARIFTA Games#Girls under 20 .28Junior.29|CARIFTA Games (U-20)]]
|[[Port of Spain]], Trinidad and Tobago
|bgcolor=silver|2nd
|100 m
|11.64 &nbsp;&nbsp;(1.7&nbsp;m/s)
|-
|rowspan = "6"|1992
|rowspan = "4"|[[1992 CARIFTA Games#Girls under 20 .28Junior.29|CARIFTA Games (U-20)]]
|rowspan = "4"|[[Nassau, Bahamas]]
|bgcolor=silver|2nd
|100 m
|11.52 '''w'''&nbsp;&nbsp;(4.7&nbsp;m/s)
|-
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|200 m
|23.49 '''w'''&nbsp;&nbsp;(3.1&nbsp;m/s)
|-
|bgcolor=silver|2nd
|4 × 100 m relay
|45.61
|-
|bgcolor=silver|2nd
|4 × 400 m relay
|3:42.37
|-
|rowspan = "2"|[[1992 Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships in Athletics#Female Junior A .28under 20.29|Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U-20)]]
|rowspan = "2"|[[Tegucigalpa]], Honduras
|bgcolor=silver|2nd
|100 m
|12.1 &nbsp;&nbsp;(0.0&nbsp;m/s)
|-
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|200 m
|24.1 &nbsp;&nbsp;(-0.1&nbsp;m/s)
|-
|rowspan = "5"|1993
|rowspan = "4"|[[1993 CARIFTA Games#Girls under 20 .28Junior.29|CARIFTA Games (U-20)]]
|rowspan = "4"|[[Fort-de-France]], Martinique
|bgcolor=silver|2nd
|100 m
|11.52&nbsp;&nbsp;(0.3&nbsp;m/s)
|-
|bgcolor=cc9966|3rd
|200 m
|23.81&nbsp;&nbsp;(-1.2&nbsp;m/s)
|-
|bgcolor=silver|2nd
|4 × 100 m relay
|45.53
|-
|bgcolor=silver|2nd
|4 × 400 m relay
|3:39.32
|-
|[[1993 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics|Central American and Caribbean Championships]]
|[[Cali]], Colombia
|bgcolor=silver|2nd
|4 × 100 m relay
|44.28
|-
|rowspan = "3"|1995
|rowspan = "3"|[[1995 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
|rowspan = "3"|[[Gothenburg]], Sweden
|6th (qf)
|100 m
|[[1995 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 100 metres|11.36]]&nbsp;&nbsp;(0.8&nbsp;m/s)
|-
|5th (h)
|200 m
|[[1995 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 200 metres|23.01]]&nbsp;&nbsp;(-0.5&nbsp;m/s)
|-
|4th
|4 × 100 m relay
|[[1995 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay|43.14]]
|-
|rowspan = "2"|1996
|rowspan = "2"|[[Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
|rowspan = "2"|[[Atlanta]], United States
|6th (qf)
|200 m
|[[Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metres|23.26]]&nbsp;&nbsp;(0.3&nbsp;m/s)
|-
|bgcolor=silver|2nd
|4 × 100 m relay
|[[Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay|42.14]]
|-
|rowspan = "2"|1997
|rowspan = "2"|[[1997 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
|rowspan = "2"|[[Athens]], Greece
|bgcolor=cc9966|3rd
|100 m
|[[1997 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 100 metres|11.03]]&nbsp;&nbsp;(0.4&nbsp;m/s)
|-
|6th
|4 × 100 m relay
|[[1997 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay|42.77]]
|-
|rowspan = "2"|1999
|rowspan = "2"|[[1999 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
|rowspan = "2"|[[Seville]], Spain
|6th (sf)
|100 m
|[[1999 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 100 metres|11.15]]&nbsp;&nbsp;(-0.1&nbsp;m/s)
|-
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|4 × 100 m relay
|[[1999 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay|41.92]] '''WL'''
|-
|rowspan = "2"|2000
|rowspan = "2"|[[Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
|rowspan = "2"|[[Sydney]], Australia
|7th
|100 m
|[[Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metres|11.22]]&nbsp;&nbsp;(-0.4&nbsp;m/s)
|-
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|4 × 100 m relay
|[[Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay|41.95]] '''SB'''
|-
|rowspan = "2"|2003
|rowspan = "2"|[[2003 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
|rowspan = "2"|[[Paris]], France
|6th (qf)
|100 m
|[[2003 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 100 metres|11.36]]&nbsp;&nbsp;(0.0&nbsp;m/s)
|-
|3rd (h)
|4 × 100 m relay
|[[2003 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay|43.64]]
|-
|2006
|[[Athletics at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games|Central American and Caribbean Games]]
|[[Cartagena, Colombia]]
|14th (h)
|100 m
|[[Athletics at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games – Women's 100 metres|11.75]]&nbsp;&nbsp;(+2.3&nbsp;m/s)
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{sports links}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060302055836/http://www.bahamasolympic.com/Olympians/Savatheda_Fynes/savatheda_fynes.html Bahamas Olympic Bio]
* [http://www.msuspartans.com/genrel/msu-genreleases26.html Michigan State]
* [http://rapidas.webcindario.com/duas/qwe-sevatheda.jpg Picture of Savatheda Fynes]

{{Footer Olympic Champions 4x100 m Women}}
{{Footer World Champions 4 x 100 m Women}}
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