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Rushell Clayton

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Rushell Clayton
Rushell Clayton wearing a yellow-green-black sleeveless top and having a bronze medal around her neck
Rushell Clayton with her bronze medal at the 2023 World Championships in Budapest
Personal information
NationalityJamaican
Born (1992-10-18) 18 October 1992 (age 32)
Bath Mountain Westmoreland
EducationMico University College
University of the West Indies
Height5 ft 7 in (170 cm)
Weight140 lb (64 kg)
Sport
CountryJamaica
SportAthletics
Event400 metres hurdles
ClubElite Performance Track Club
Coached byReynaldo Walcott
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Jamaica
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Doha 400 m hurdles
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Budapest 400 m hurdles
Pan Am Games
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Lima 400 m hurdles
NACAC U23 Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Kamloops 400 m hurdles
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Kamloops 4×100 m relay

Rushell Clayton (born 18 October 1992) is a Jamaican athlete specialising in the 400 metres hurdles.[1] She won the bronze medal, finishing in third place, at the 2019 World Championships and again at the 2023 World Championships, setting her personal best of 52.81 seconds at the 2023 Worlds. Rushell is coached by Reynaldo Walcott and is a part of Andi Sports Management. She became the first Jamaican Woman since 2011 to break 53 seconds in the 400m Hurdles

Personal bests

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Information from her World Athletics profile unless otherwise noted.[1]

Personal best times for individual events
Event Time Location Date Notes
200 metres 24.06 Kingston, Jamaica 20 April 2024 (Wind: -0.9 m/s)
400 metres 51.81 Gainesville, Florida, United States 13 April 2024
800 metres 2:12.18 Kingston, Jamaica 30 January 2016
100 metres hurdles 14.21 Kingston, Jamaica 1 April 2015 (Wind: +2.0 m/s)
400 metres hurdles 52.51 Kingston, Jamaica 28 June 2024

International competitions

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Representing  Jamaica
Year Competition Venue Position Event Time Notes
2011 CARIFTA Games (U20) Montego Bay, Jamaica 4th 400 m hurdles 59.35
Pan American Games Guadalajara, Mexico 12th (h) 400 m hurdles 63.44
2014 NACACU23 Championships Kamloops, Canada 3rd 400 m hurdles 63.68
3rd 4 × 100 m relay 45.90
2015 NACAC Championships San José, Costa Rica 9th (h) 400 m hurdles 57.71
2018 Central American and Caribbean Games Barranquilla, Colombia 4th 400 m hurdles 55.30
2019 Pan American Games Lima, Peru 3rd 400 m hurdles 55.53
World Championships Doha, Qatar 3rd 400 m hurdles 53.74 PB
2022 World Championships Eugene, United States 6th 400 m hurdles 54.36
2023 World Championships Budapest, Hungary 3rd 400 m hurdles 52.81 PB
2024 Olympic Games Paris, France 5th 400 m hurdles 52.68

References

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