Jerome Blake
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| Born | August 18, 1995 Buff Bay, Jamaica | |||||||||||||||||||
| Home town | Burnaby, British Columbia[1] | |||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 187 cm (6 ft 2 in) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 86 kg (190 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 100m: 10.06 (2021) 200: 20.20 (2021) | |||||||||||||||||||
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Jerome Blake (born August 18, 1995) is a Canadian track and field athlete specializing in the sprint events.[1] A Jamaican at birth, Blake moved to Canada in 2013 and currently lives in Burnaby, British Columbia.[1]
Career[]
Early career[]
Blake started his young track career as a hurdler in the 400 m in Jamaica.[1] After attending his brother's soccer game, he began testing his speed on track which a coach noticed and convinced him to switch to sprinting.[1] Blake and his family then moved to British Columbia, Canada in 2013 with his mother and brother and he continued his track ambitions in Canada.[1] He competed for British Columbia at the 2017 Canada Summer Games where he won gold in both the 100 m and 200 m.[1]
At the 2018 NACAC Championships, Blake was part of the gold medal 4x100 relay winning team.[1]
Blake competed at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, finishing 6th in the 200 m and 4th in the 4x100 relay.[1]
2020 Summer Olympics[]
In the buildup to the 2020 Summer Olympics which were taking place in 2021 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, Blake competed at the Canadian National Trials. There he placed in second place and as a result Blake was named to Canada's Olympic team.[2][3] He then set a new personal best just before the games, running 10.15 seconds in Stockholm in early July.[1] As a part of the 4x100 m relay team, he won a bronze medal in the 4x100 m relay.[4]
References[]
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Jerome Blake". www.olympic.ca/. Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
- ^ Nichols, Paula (3 July 2021). "Team Canada to have 57 competitors in athletics at Tokyo 2020". www.olympic.ca/. Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
- ^ "57 athletes nominated to Canada's Olympic track & field team". www.cbc.ca/. CBC Sports. 3 July 2021. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
- ^ Strashin, Jamie (August 6, 2021). "Andre De Grasse powers Canada to Olympic bronze in men's 4x100m relay". CBC Sports. Retrieved August 6, 2021.
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