Gerald Drummond (athlete)

Gerald David Drummond Hernández (born 5 September 1994) is a Costa Rican athlete specialising in the 400 metres hurdles.^[2] He has won multiple medals at regional level. In addition, he is his country's national record holder in the event. He competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics.^[3]

His father Gerald Drummond Johnson was a footballer.

International competitions[]

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Costa Rica
2010	Central American Junior Championships (U18)	Panama City, Panama	3rd	400 m hurdles (84 cm)	55.79
			1st	Medley relay	1:59.12
	Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U17)	Santo Domingo, Dominican Rep.	9th (h)	110 m hurdles (91.4 cm)	14.19
			4th	400 m hurdles (84 cm)	56.35
	Youth Olympic Games	Singapore	5th (B)	400 m hurdles (84 cm)	54.83
2011	World Youth Championships	Lille, France	48th (h)	200 m	22.55
			24th (sf)	400 m hurdles (84 cm)	54.65
2012	Central American Junior Championships (U-20)	San Salvador, El Salvador	1st	400 m hurdles	52.49
			1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:13.51
	Central American Championships	Managua, Nicaragua	2nd	400 m hurdles	53.33
			1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:12.42
	Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U20)	San Salvador, El Salvador	10th (h)	400 m hurdles	54.07
			5th	4 × 400 m relay	3:13.92
	World Junior Championships	Barcelona, Spain	44th (h)	400 m hurdles	53.46
2013	Central American Games	San José, Costa Rica	3rd	200 m	21.07 (w)
			2nd	400 m hurdles	51.44
			1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:11.15
	Central American Junior Championships (U-20)	San José, Costa Rica	1st	200 m	21.69
			1st	400 m	48.72
			2nd	400 m hurdles	54.15
			1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:18.17
	Central American Championships	Managua, Nicaragua	2nd	400 m hurdles	52.55
			1st	4 × 400 m relay	3.13.40
	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Morelia, Mexico	11th (h)	400 m hurdles	52.53
			6th	4 × 400 m relay	3:08.77
	Pan American Junior Championships	Medellín, Colombia	5th	400 m hurdles	51.80
2014	Central American Championships	Tegucigalpa, Honduras	1st	400 m	47.20
			1st	400 m hurdles	50.78
			1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:20.17
	Ibero-American Championships	São Paulo, Brazil	4th	400 m hurdles	50.41
	NACAC U23 Championships	Kamloops, Canada	3rd	400 m hurdles	51.05
			3rd	4 × 400 m relay	3:14.29
	Central American and Caribbean Games	Xalapa, Mexico	5th	400 m hurdles	50.72
			5th	4 × 400 m relay	3:08.02
2015	Pan American Games	Toronto, Canada	21st (h)	400 m hurdles	53.47
			8th	4 × 400 m relay	3:05.21
	NACAC Championships	San José, Costa Rica	7th	400 m hurdles	50.63
			6th	4 × 400 m relay	3:07.34
	Universiade	Gwangju, South Korea	22nd (sf)	400 m hurdles	53.35
			14th (h)	4 × 400 m relay	3:19.34
2016	Ibero-American Championships	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	13th (h)	400 m hurdles	52.05
	NACAC U23 Championships	San Salvador, El Salvador	8th	400 m hurdles	53.02
2017		Tegucigalpa, Honduras	1st	400 m	46.76
			1st	400 m hurdles	51.43
	Universiade	Taipei, Taiwan	26th (h)	400 m hurdles	52.22
	Central American Games	Managua, Nicaragua	2nd	400 m	47.13
			–	400 m hurdles	DQ
			1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:13.98
2018	Central American and Caribbean Games	Barranquilla, Colombia	6th	400 m hurdles	49.94
			6th	4 × 400 m relay	3:08.31
	NACAC Championships	Toronto, Canada	10th (q)	400 m hurdles	50.65
	Ibero-American Championships	Trujillo, Peru	2nd	400 m hurdles	49.80
2021	Olympic Games	Tokyo, Japan	27th (h)	400 m hurdles	49.92

Personal bests[]

Outdoor

• 200 metres – 21.13 (-0.9 m/s, Medellín 2016)
• 400 metres – 46.09 (Heredia 2019)
• 400 metres hurdles – 49.31 (San José 2021)

References[]

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