Clive George Wright, Jr. (born 18 November 1965) is a

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n former

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er who specialised in the

200 metres The 200 metres, or 200-meter dash, is a sprint running event. On an outdoor 400-metre racetrack, the race begins on the curve and ends on the home straight, so a combination of techniques is needed to successfully run the race. A slight ...

. He won several medals with the Jamaican relay team, taking Jamaica's first World Championships relay medal (a bronze) at the

1987 World Championships in Athletics The 2nd World Championships in Athletics under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations were held in the Stadio Olimpico in Rome, Italy between August 28 and September 6, 1987. Men's results Track 1983 , 1987 , ...

, as well as a bronze medal at the

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in 1987 and two relay bronze medals at the

1990 Commonwealth Games The 1990 Commonwealth Games () were held in Auckland, New Zealand from 24 January – 3 February 1990. It was the 14th Commonwealth Games, and part of New Zealand's 1990 sesquicentennial celebrations. Participants competed in ten sports: at ...

. He was a four-time Jamaican champion in the 200 m and held a personal best of 20.50 seconds for the distance. He represented his country in that event at the

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in 1988 and 1992.

Career

Born in Dover in

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,Clive Wright
Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2015-10-10. he did not compete at a high level in his youth but rose to prominence at senior level at the age of twenty-one. He won his first

title at the

Jamaican Athletics Championships The Jamaican Athletics Championships is an annual outdoor track and field competition organised by the Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association, which serves as the national championship for the sport in Jamaica.1987 IAAF World Indoor Championships The 1st IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics were held in Indianapolis, United States from March 6 to March 8, 1987. The championship had previously been known as the World Indoor Games, which were held once before changing the name. Bein ...

, where he narrowly missed qualifying for the 200 m final. He won double gold at the

1987 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics Events January * January 1 – Bolivia reintroduces the Boliviano currency. * January 2 – Chadian–Libyan conflict – Battle of Fada: The Chadian army destroys a Libyan armoured brigade. * January 3 – Afghan leader Mohammad Najibu ...

in the 200 m and 4×100 metres relay.Central American and Caribbean Championships (Men)
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1987 Pan American Games The 1987 Pan American Games, officially known as the X Pan American Games, was a major international multi-sport event held in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States, on August 7–23, 1987. Over 4,300 athletes from 38 countries in the Americas ...

followed and he placed fifth in the 200 m before taking a relay bronze medal as part of a quartet with Ray Stewart, Andrew Smith and

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. The team regrouped for the

, with Wright running the bend, and won another bronze medal – the first time that Jamaican men won a relay medal at the competition. Wright also ran individually for Jamaica and ran in the semi-finals to a career best of 20.50 seconds.Clive Wright
IAAF. Retrieved on 2015-10-10. He defended his national title in the 200 m the following year and then made his Olympic debut. At the

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he was eliminated in the quarter-finals of the individual 200 m, then joined up with Christopher Faulknor, Greg Meghoo, and John Mair for the relay. The team came close to their World Championship medal-winning time in the 4×100 m relay final, but ended in fourth behind the French team who were seven hundredths faster. After a third straight Jamaican Championships win, he attempted a defence of his two regional titles at the 1989 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics but came up two hundredths short behind host nation athlete Edgardo Guilbe in the 200 m. With the Jamaican men he managed to defend the relay title. Two bronze medals awaited Wright at the

, as the Jamaican men took third in both the 4×100 m relay and

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(Mair and Wright ran in both teams, with Ray Stewart and

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being in the 100 m team and Devon Morris and Howard Burnett in the longer sprint quartet). Wright also placed seventh in the semi-finals of the 200 m individually.Clive Wright
. TheCGF. Retrieved on 2015-10-10. After a defeat to Windell Dobson in 1991, Wright won the fourth (and last) Jamaican 200 m championship in 1992. This gained him the Jamaican Olympic team for the

1992 Barcelona Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics (, ), officially the Games of the XXV Olympiad (, ) and officially branded as Barcelona '92, were an international multi-sport event held from 25 July to 9 August 1992 in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Beginning in 1994 ...

. He was omitted from the relay squad, but had his best Olympic finish in the 200 m individual event, coming seventh in his semi-final. This proved to be his last season at the top level, both nationally and internationally. Running for the

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team, Wright won the

1990 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships The 1990 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships were contested May 30−June 2 at Wallace Wade Stadium at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina in order to determine the individual and team national champions of men's and women' ...

in the

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National titles

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: 1987, 1988, 1989, 1992Jamaican Championships
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International competitions

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Wright, Clive Living people 1965 births Sportspeople from Saint Mary Parish, Jamaica Jamaican male sprinters Olympic athletes for Jamaica Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics World Athletics Championships athletes for Jamaica World Athletics Championships medalists Pan American Games bronze medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 1987 Pan American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1991 Pan American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1995 Pan American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1990 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Jamaica Pan American Games bronze medalists for Jamaica Medalists at the 1987 Pan American Games Medallists at the 1990 Commonwealth Games Jamaican Athletics Championships winners NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships winners Alabama Crimson Tide men's track and field athletes 20th-century Jamaican sportsmen Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in athletics

Career

National titles

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