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She is the co-Canadian record holder in the 400 metres, along with Jillian Richardson, and previously held the Canadian record in the 200 metres.       (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4Table of ContentsEarly life and education[edit]Post career[edit]Personal life[edit]Achievements[edit]See also[edit]References[edit]External links[edit]Early life and education[edit]Payne was born in Barbados and spent her early childhood in Christ Church, Barbados.[3] As a young child, her parents, Ina and Clarence Payne, moved to New York City for school and work, leaving her behind in Barbados. In 1970, when Payne was nine, she rejoined her parents and the family settled in Toronto, Ontario, and later in Concord, Ontario.[3][4][5] She attended Vaughan Road Collegiate Institute in Toronto, where she blossomed into a star sprinter, becoming an Ontario provincial champion in both the senior 100 metres and 200 metres in 1979.[3][6]In 1980, Payne enrolled at Florida State University (FSU), where she competed for the Seminoles track and field team before graduating in 1984.[7] A 21-time NCAA All-American,[4] she was a 400 metres national champion in 1982 and 1984; a 4 \u00d7 100 metres relay national champion in 1981, 1983, and 1984; an indoor 4 \u00d7 200 metres relay national champion in 1981; and a 4 \u00d7 400 metres relay national champion in 1983 and 1984.[4] Payne also met her husband Mitchell Wiggins at FSU, while he played for the Seminoles basketball team.Payne began competing for Canada at the 1979 Pan American Games, where she won a bronze medal with the 4 \u00d7 400 metres relay team. In 1981, she was a member of the Americas 4 \u00d7 400 metres relay team that took bronze at the IAAF World Cup in Rome. The following year, at the Commonwealth Games, she won a silver medal with the Canadian team in the 4 \u00d7 100 metres relay, and was a 400 metres semi-finalist.       (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4Payne won a silver medal in the 200 metres, at the 1983 Universiade, and helped Canada win silver medals in both the 4 \u00d7 100 and 4 \u00d7 400 metre relays. That year, she also won a silver medal in the 4 \u00d7 400 metres relay at the Pan American Games. She competed in the inaugural World Championships two weeks earlier. At the championships, held in Helsinki, she finished fifth in the 400 metres \u2013 the best performance by a non-European athlete in the discipline, breaking the existing Commonwealth record with a time of 50.06. She also teamed up with her Canadian compatriots in the 4 \u00d7 100 and 4 \u00d7 400 metres relay events, where they finished fifth and fourth in the finals, respectively.At the 1984 Summer Olympics, held in Los Angeles, Payne won a silver medal in the 4 \u00d7 400 metres relay with her teammates Charmaine Crooks, Jillian Richardson and Molly Killingbeck. She also competed with her teammates Angela Bailey, Angella Taylor-Issajenko and France Gareau in the 4 \u00d7 100 metres relay, in which the team also won a silver medal. She finished fourth in the individual 400 metres, establishing a new Canadian record (49.91).Payne helped the Canadian 4 \u00d7 400 metres relay team win a gold medal, and finished fourth in the individual 400 metres race, at the 1986 Commonwealth Games. In 1987, she won her second silver medal in the 4 \u00d7 400 metres relay at the Pan American Games. A few weeks later, she reached the semi-finals of the 400 metres at the World Championships, and along with Crooks, Killingbeck and Richardson, she took Canada to the fourth position in the 4 \u00d7 400 metres relay. The team reunited for the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, but failed to finish in the relay final. She was a semi-finalist in the individual 400 metres race. Shortly after the Olympics, she retired from track and field.[1]Post career[edit]Payne was inducted into the FSU Hall of Fame in 1991.[4] Ten years later, she was inducted into the Canadian Olympic Hall of Fame.The City of Vaughan, Ontario named a park in her honour. Marita Payne Park, located in Concord, where she was raised, is also within walking distance of her family’s current residence in Vaughan.[3]Personal life[edit]Payne is the wife of former NBA player Mitchell Wiggins. Their son Andrew was selected first overall in the 2014 NBA draft by the Cleveland Cavaliers. He was then traded to the Minnesota Timberwolves.[8] He currently plays for the Golden State Warriors. They have two other sons, Nick, who played basketball for the Wichita State Shockers and Mitchell II, and three daughters: Stephanie, Angelica, and Taya.[9] Since 2002, the family has resided in Vaughan.[3]Achievements[edit]Two-time Canadian 400 metres champion (1981, 1984)Co-holder of Canadian 400 metres record with Jillian Richardson (49.91)Previous holder of Canadian 200 metres record (22.62)[a]YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotesRepresenting \u00a0Canada1979Pan American GamesSan Juan, Puerto Rico3rd4 \u00d7 400 m3:37.60World CupMontreal, Canada4th400 m53.015th4 \u00d7 400 m3:28.501981World CupRome, Italy3rd4 \u00d7 400 m3:26.421982Commonwealth GamesBrisbane, Australiasemi-final400 m54.062nd4 \u00d7 100 m43.661983Universiade (World Student Games)Edmonton, Canada2nd200 m22.622nd4 \u00d7 100 m43.212nd4 \u00d7 400 m3:25.26World ChampionshipsHelsinki, Finland5th400 m50.065th4 \u00d7 100 m43.054th4 \u00d7 400 m3:27.57Pan American GamesCaracas, Venezuela2nd4 \u00d7 400 m3:30.241984Olympic GamesLos Angeles, United States4th400 m49.912nd4 \u00d7 100 m42.772nd4 \u00d7 400 m3:21.211986Commonwealth GamesEdinburgh, Scotland4th400 m52.001st4 \u00d7 400 m3:28.921987Pan American GamesIndianapolis, United States2nd4 \u00d7 400 m3:29.18World ChampionshipsRome, Italysemi-final400 m51.754th4 \u00d7 400 m3:24.111988Olympic GamesSeoul, South Koreasemi-final400 m50.29DNF4 \u00d7 400 m3:27.63 (in heat)See also[edit]References[edit]External links[edit]1974: \u00a0Roscoe, Kennedy, Pettett, Elder\u00a0(ENG)1978: \u00a0Hartley, Hoyte-Smith, Kennedy, Elder\u00a0(ENG)1982: \u00a0Crooks, Richardson, Killingbeck, Taylor\u00a0(CAN)1986: \u00a0Crooks, Payne, Killingbeck, Richardson\u00a0(CAN)1990: \u00a0Piggford, Stoute, Gunnell, Keough\u00a0(ENG)1994: \u00a0Smith, Goddard, Keough, Gunnell\u00a0(ENG)1998: \u00a0Andrews, Lewis, Naylor, Van Heer\u00a0(AUS)2002: \u00a0Hewitt, Freeman, Lewis, Pittman\u00a0(AUS)2006: \u00a0Pittman, Willis, Lewis, Hayward\u00a0(AUS)2010: \u00a0Mj. Kaur, Jose, Akkunji, Md. Kaur\u00a0(IND)2014: \u00a0Day, Williams-Mills, Le-Roy, McPherson\u00a0(JAM)2018: \u00a0Day, Le-Roy, Russell, McPherson\u00a0(JAM)2022: \u00a0Constantine, McDonald, Powell, Stiverne\u00a0(CAN)     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4"},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki41\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Enzyklop\u00e4die"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki41\/marita-payne-wikipedia\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Marita Payne – Wikipedia"}}]}]