Keston Bledman
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Born | [1] San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago[1] | 8 March 1988|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 88 kg (194 lb)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Track and field | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Sprinting | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Personalbest(s) | 100m:9.86 (Trinidad2012) 200m:20.73 (Lappeenranta2008) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Keston Bledman,HBM(born 8 March 1988) is atrack and fieldsprint athlete,who competes internationally forTrinidad and Tobago.[2]
On 7 July 2007, at the2007 Pan American Junior Athletics ChampionshipsinSão Paulo,Brazil,he upset the JamaicanYohan Blakein the100 meters,finishing in 10.32 seconds (−1.1 m/s wind).
Bledman representedTrinidad and Tobago at the 2008 Summer OlympicsinBeijing.He competed at the4 × 100 m relaytogether withMarc Burns,Aaron ArmstrongandRichard Thompson.He was the lead off man.[3]In their qualification heat they placed first in front ofJapan,theNetherlandsandBrazil.Their time of 38.26 was the fastest of all sixteen teams participating in the first round and they qualified for the final. Armstrong was replaced byEmmanuel Callenderfor the final race and they sprinted to a time of 38.06 seconds, the second time after theJamaicanteam, winning thesilver medal.[2]In 2022, Bledman and his teammates received the gold medal due to Jamaica'sNesta Cartertesting positive for the prohibited substancemethylhexaneamine.[4]
He ran in the first round, but not the final of the men's 4 × 100 m at the2009 World Championshipswhere Trinidad and Tobago won silver.[3]
On 4 June 2011, Bledman ran 9.93 over 100 m inClermont, Florida,to become the 78th athlete to cross the10-second barrier.[5]He won his first national title in June 2012 by beatingRichard Thompsonover 100 m and ran a personal best time of 9.86 seconds,[6]which is currently tied for the 27th fastest ever. At the 2011 World Championships, he qualified for the 100 m final as one of the fastest losers in the semi-final.[3]
He was also a member of the relay team that won a silver medal at the2012 Summer Olympicsin London.[7]He was part of the Trinidad and Tobago team 4 × 100 m team that won the bronze at the2014 Commonwealth Games.[8]He ran in the 100 m and the 4 × 100 m at the2016 Summer Olympics.[9]
Early career
[edit]His mother lived in the US, and Bledman attributes his athletic success to wanting to do well enough to qualify for the national team and earn a visa.[3]He was recruited by Gunness Persad, who became his coach, at Pleasantville Senior Comprehensive sportsday.[3]His first international competition was the 2005 World Youth Championships, where he won an individual bronze.[3]His athletics idol isHasely Crawfordwho won the 100 m at the 1976 Olympics for Trinidad and Tobago.[3]
Personal best
[edit]Distance | Time | venue |
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100 m | 9.86 s (+1.4 m/s) | Port-of-Spain,Trinidad(23 June 2012) |
200 m | 20.73 s | Lappeenranta,Finland(3 August 2008) |
International competitions
[edit]1Disqualified in the final
References
[edit]- ^abcd"Keston Bledman".Olympedia.org.OlyMADmen.Retrieved12 November2022.
- ^ab"Athlete biography: Keston Bledman".Beijing2008.cn.Archived fromthe originalon 9 September 2008.Retrieved29 August2008.
- ^abcdefgLaurence, Kwame."IAAF: Keston Bledman | Profile - Focus on Athletes Biography".iaaf.org.Archived fromthe originalon 10 September 2013.Retrieved11 July2017.
- ^"Medal reallocation in action: Trinidad and Tobago get men's 4x100m relay gold from Beijing 2008".International Olympic Committee.5 July 2022.Retrieved7 July2022.
- ^"Tyson Gay runs world-best 100 this year in Clermont".Orlando Sentinel.4 June 2011. Archived fromthe originalon 6 September 2012.
- ^Lawrence, Kwame (25 June 2012).Bledman wins Trinidad and Tobago title in 9.86.IAAF. Retrieved on 9 July 2012.
- ^"London 2012 4x100m relay men Results - Olympic athletics".
- ^"Glasgow 2014 - Keston Bledman Profile".g2014results.thecgf.com(in Spanish).Retrieved11 July2017.
- ^"Men's 100m".22 August 2016. Archived fromthe originalon 22 August 2016.Retrieved11 July2017.
External links
[edit]- 1988 births
- Living people
- Trinidad and Tobago male sprinters
- Olympic athletes for Trinidad and Tobago
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic silver medalists for Trinidad and Tobago
- Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics
- Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
- World Athletics Championships athletes for Trinidad and Tobago
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2015 Pan American Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2019 Pan American Games
- Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Trinidad and Tobago
- Pan American Games medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Pan American Games silver medalists for Trinidad and Tobago
- Pan American Games bronze medalists for Trinidad and Tobago
- Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Trinidad and Tobago
- Competitors at the 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games
- Competitors at the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games
- Olympic gold medalists for Trinidad and Tobago
- Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in athletics
- Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games
- Medallists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
- Sportspeople from San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago