Michael McDonald (runner)
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Birth name | Michael L. McDonald | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Saint Mary Parish, Jamaica | 17 March 1975|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Michael L. McDonald (born 17 March 1975 in Saint Mary Parish, Jamaica) is a Jamaican runner who competed mainly in the 400 metres.
Career[]
He competed for Jamaica at the 1996 Summer Olympics held in Atlanta, United States where he won the bronze medal in the men's 4 × 400 metres relay with his teammates Roxbert Martin, Greg Haughton and Davian Clarke.
A brother of Beverly McDonald, he won a gold medal at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in the 4 × 400 metres relay event and broke the Commonwealth Games record.
Notes[]
Both at the 1997 World Championships in Athletics held in Athens, Greece, and at the 1999 World Championships in Athletics held in Sevilla, Spain, the Jamaica 4 × 400 team won originally the bronze medal, but the USA 4 × 400 team, which originally finished first in 4 × 400 m relay, was disqualified in 2008 due to Antonio Pettigrew confession of using human growth hormone and EPO between 1997 and 2003. Therefore, the silver medal was later awarded to the team from Jamaica.
International competitions[]
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing Jamaica | |||||
1991 | CARIFTA Games (U-17) | Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago | 1st | 800 m | 1:56.02 |
3rd | 1500 m | 4:20.8 | |||
1992 | CARIFTA Games (U-20) | Nassau, Bahamas | 6th | 800 m | 1:58.59 |
1993 | CARIFTA Games (U-20) | Fort-de-France, Martinique | 1st | 800 m | 1:51.43 |
1st | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:10.26 | |||
Central American and Caribbean Games | Maracaibo, Venezuela | 2nd | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:03.26 | |
1994 | CARIFTA Games (U-20) | Bridgetown, Barbados | 4th | 200 m | 21.75 |
1st | 400 m | 47.02 | |||
1st | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:09.47 | |||
Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U-20) | Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago | 1st | 400 m | 46.2 | |
World Junior Championships | Lisbon, Portugal | 1st | 400m | 45.83 | |
2nd | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:04.12 | |||
1995 | Pan American Games | Mar del Plata, Argentina | 8th | 400 m | 46.21 |
2nd | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:02.11 | |||
World Championships | Gothenburg, Sweden | 2nd | 4 × 400 m relay | 2:59.88 | |
1996 | Olympic Games | Atlanta, United States | 12th (sf) | 400 m | 45.48 |
3rd | 4 × 400 m relay | 2:59.42 | |||
1997 | World Championships | Athens, Greece | 13th (sf) | 400 m | 45.74 |
2nd | 4 × 400 m relay | 2:56.75 NR | |||
1998 | Central American and Caribbean Games | Maracaibo, Venezuela | 2nd | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:03.26 |
Commonwealth Games | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | 1st | 4 × 400 m relay | 2:59.03 GR | |
1999 | Central American and Caribbean Championships | Bridgetown, Barbados | 1st | 400 m | 45.21 |
Pan American Games | Winnipeg, Canada | 1st | 4 × 400 m relay | 2:57.97 GR | |
World Championships | Seville, Spain | 22nd (qf) | 400 m | 45.87 | |
2nd | 4 × 400 m relay | 2:59.34 | |||
2000 | Olympic Games | Sydney, Australia | 3rd | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:04.85 (h) |
2001 | World Championships | Edmonton, Canada | 3rd (h) | 400 m | 45.021 |
2002 | Central American and Caribbean Games | San Salvador, El Salvador | 2nd | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:05.40 |
1Did not finish in the semifinals
External links[]
- Michael McDonald at World Athletics
- Michael McDonald at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Picture of Michael McDonald[1]
References[]
- ^ Shaw, Ezra / Allsport (5 July 2001), Michael McDonald #61 of Jamaica runs during the Men's 400m Event for the IAAF World Championships at the Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, Getty Images, retrieved 5 April 2012
- 1975 births
- Living people
- People from Saint Mary Parish, Jamaica
- Jamaican male sprinters
- Olympic bronze medalists for Jamaica
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1995 Pan American Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1999 Pan American Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes of Jamaica
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Jamaica
- Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics
- World Athletics Championships medalists
- Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Pan American Games gold medalists for Jamaica
- Pan American Games silver medalists for Jamaica
- Olympic silver medalists for Jamaica
- Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Pan American Games medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Goodwill Games medalists in athletics
- Central American and Caribbean Games silver medalists for Jamaica
- Competitors at the 2002 Central American and Caribbean Games
- World Athletics Indoor Championships winners
- World Athletics Indoor Championships medalists
- Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in athletics
- Competitors at the 1998 Goodwill Games
- Competitors at the 2001 Goodwill Games
- Medalists at the 1995 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 1999 Pan American Games
- Goodwill Games gold medalists in athletics