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Davian Clarke (born 30 April 1976) is a
Jamaica Jamaica is an island country in the Caribbean Sea and the West Indies. At , it is the third-largest island—after Cuba and Hispaniola—of the Greater Antilles and the Caribbean. Jamaica lies about south of Cuba, west of Hispaniola (the is ...
n former
athlete An athlete is most commonly a person who competes in one or more sports involving physical strength, speed, power, or endurance. Sometimes, the word "athlete" is used to refer specifically to sport of athletics competitors, i.e. including track ...
, who mainly competed in the
400 metres The 400 metres, or 400-meter dash, is a sprint event in track and field competitions. It has been featured in the athletics programme at the Summer Olympics since 1896 for men and since 1964 for women. On a standard outdoor running track, it is ...
. He was born in Spanish Town, St. Catherine and went to St. Catherine Primary & Kingston College HS won the
bronze medal A bronze medal in sports and other similar areas involving competition is a medal made of bronze awarded to the third-place finisher of contests or competitions such as the Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, etc. The outright winner receives ...
in the
4 × 400 metres relay The 4 × 400 metres relay or long relay is an athletics track and field, track event in which teams consist of four runners who each complete 400 metres or one lap, totaling 1600 meters. It is traditionally the final event of ...
at the
1996 Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...
, and many relay medals followed, before he won his first individual medal at the
2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships The 10th IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) were held in the Budapest Arena, Hungary between March 5 and March 7, 2004. A total off 139 countries were r ...
. Davian Clarke is also a graduate of
University of Miami The University of Miami (UM, UMiami, Miami, U of M, and The U) is a private university, private research university in Coral Gables, Florida, United States. , the university enrolled 19,852 students in two colleges and ten schools across over ...
Patti & Allan Herbert Business School with Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA).


Achievements


Personal bests

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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 ...
– 20.72 s (1999) *
400 metres The 400 metres, or 400-meter dash, is a sprint event in track and field competitions. It has been featured in the athletics programme at the Summer Olympics since 1896 for men and since 1964 for women. On a standard outdoor running track, it is ...
– 44.83 s (2004)


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External links

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Bio at U. Miami Sports Hall of Fame
1976 births Living people Jamaican male sprinters Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1998 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1999 Pan American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2003 Pan American Games Olympic bronze medalists for Jamaica Olympic athletes for Jamaica Sportspeople from Spanish Town World Athletics Championships medalists Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field) Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Jamaica Commonwealth Games athletes for Jamaica Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Jamaica Pan American Games gold medalists in athletics (track and field) Pan American Games gold medalists for Jamaica Goodwill Games medalists in athletics World Athletics Indoor Championships winners World Athletics Indoor Championships medalists Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Competitors at the 1998 Goodwill Games Medalists at the 1999 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2003 Pan American Games Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in athletics Central American and Caribbean Games silver medalists for Jamaica Competitors at the 1998 Central American and Caribbean Games 20th-century Jamaican sportsmen 21st-century Jamaican sportsmen Medallists at the 1998 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Jamaican Athletics Championships winners NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships winners Miami Hurricanes men's track and field athletes NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships winners Commonwealth Games gold medallists in athletics Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in athletics {{jamaica-athletics-bio-stub