Roshawn Clarke (born 1 July 2004) is a Jamaican track and field athlete. In July 2023, he became the Jamaican national champion over 400m hurdles.[2]
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| Nationality | Jamaican | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 1 July 2004 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | 400m hurdles | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal bests | 400m hurdles: 47.34 (Budapest, 2023) WU20R[1] 400m: 45.24 (Kingston, 2023) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Early life
editClarke attended Camperdown High School, in Kingston, Jamaica.[3] He runs for the Swept Track Club.[4]
Career
editIn April 2022, Clarke ran a new championship record time of 49.50 for the 400m hurdles, to win the title at the Boys and Girls' Athletics Championships held in Kingston, Jamaica.[5]
In 2022, he was a bronze medalist in the 400m hurdles at the 2022 World Athletics U20 Championships.[6]
Clarke won gold at the 2022 CARIFTA Games in the u-20 boys 400m hurdles, and defended that title at the 2023 CARIFTA Games, running 49.92 at the Thomas A. Robinson Stadium in Nassau, Bahamas.[7] He also contributed to the Jamaican team winning the mile relay, and was given the Austin Sealy Award for the most outstanding performer at the Games.[8]
Competing at the Jamaican national championships, Clarke qualified for the 400m hurdles final with the fastest time.[9] In the final, he won the event in 47.85s, a time which tied with Sean Burrell for the world junior record he had set in 2021.[10] He became only the second Jamaican to run under 48 seconds for the event, and the time placed him fourth-fastest in the world for the year.[11][12]
He lowered his personal best and set a new world under-20 record at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest, running 47.34 seconds in his semi-final. He finished fourth overall in the final.[13]
In April 2024, he was selected as part of the Jamiacan team for the 2024 World Athletics Relays in Nassau, Bahamas.[14] In June 2024, he finished second at the Jamaican Athletics Championships in the 400m hurdles in Kingston.[15]
He competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris in August 2024, reaching the final of the 400 metres hurdles, but did not finish.[16][17]
References
edit- ^ "Official Semi-Final results of 400mH of the World Athletics Championship 2023". Archived from the original on 15 September 2022. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
- ^ "Roshawn Clarke". World Athletics. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
- ^ "Camperdown's Roshawn Clarke breaks 400mh record". Jamaica Observer. April 8, 2022. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
- ^ Walker, Howard (July 8, 2023). "47.85!". Jamaica Observer. Retrieved July 8, 2023.
- ^ "Camperdown's Roshawn Clarke demolishes 400m hurdles champs record". Jamaica.loopnews. April 8, 2022. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
- ^ "Men's 400m Hurdles Results: World Athletics Junior U20 Championships 2022". World Athletics. 6 July 2022. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
- ^ "Roshawn Clarke defends 400 hurdles title". April 9, 2023. Retrieved July 8, 2023.
- ^ Swaby, Alrick (April 11, 2023). "Roshawn Clarke Named Most Outstanding Performer at 50th Carifta Games". Nationwideradiojm.com.
- ^ Williams, Melton (July 6, 2023). "Roshawn Clarke dominates men's 400m hurdles semis at Jamaica Trials". Jamaica.loopnews. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
- ^ Buchanan, Orane (July 7, 2023). "Clarke ties junior record in 400mh final". Jamaica Gleaner. Retrieved July 8, 2023.
- ^ "Clarke shatters national U20 400mh record". Jamaica Observer. July 7, 2023. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
- ^ Williams, Melton (July 8, 2023). "Roshawn Clarke breaks national Under-20 400m hurdles record". Jamaica Loopnews. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
- ^ "Men's 400m Hurdles Results: World Athletics Championships 2023". Watch Athletics. Retrieved 23 August 2023.
- ^ "Jamaica's youngsters to take World Relays stage". Jamaica Gleaner. 17 April 2024. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
- ^ "NationalTrials: Stunning wins for James-King, Clayton in 400m hurdles". Jamaica Observer. 28 June 2024. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
- ^ "Men's 400m Hurdles Results - Paris Olympic Games 2024 Athletics". Watch Athletics. 9 August 2024. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
- ^ Levy, Leighton (July 7, 2024). "JAAA announces star-studded team for 2024 Paris Olympic Games". Sportsmax.tv. Retrieved 8 July 2024.