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Who is Yohan Blake

Filed Under (Jamaica, Track and Field) by pwalker on 29-03-2008


Jamaican sprinter and World Junior bronze medalist. Blake also holds the distinction of being the fastest Jamaican High School student over 100M with a time of 10.11s. The record was set at the CARIFTA games held in the Turks and Caicos islands where he also won the 200M and led his team to record breaking runs in the 4×400M and 4×100M.

Born December 26, 1989 in St. James, Jamaica, Blake is the son of Veda and Shirley Blake. He’s fast following in the footsteps of his self proclaimed role model Asafa Powell with impressive performances on the local as well as world stage.

Information
National Junior Championships: 2006 (1st, 100m & 200m)
CAC Junior Championships: 2006 (1st, 100m)

Personal Best - Outdoor
Performance Wind Place Date
100 Metres 10.11 1.20 Providenciales 07/04/2007
200 Metres 20.62 1.00 Kingston, JAM 31/03/2007
Personal Best - Indoor
Performance Wind Place Date
60 Metres 6.75 New York (MSG), NY 01/02/2008
Progression - Outdoor
Season Performance Wind Place Date
100 Metres 2008 10.27 0.50 Kingston (NS), JAM 14/03/2008
2007 10.11 1.20 Providenciales 07/04/2007
2006 10.33 1.50 Port-of-Spain 14/07/2006
2005 10.56 0.90 Marrakech 13/07/2005
200 Metres 2007 20.62 1.00 Kingston, JAM 31/03/2007
2006 20.92 1.20 Kingston (NS), JAM 25/06/2006
Progression - Indoor
Season Performance Wind Place Date
60 Metres 2008 6.75 New York (MSG), NY 01/02/2008
Honours
Rank Performance Wind Place Date
100 Metres
11th IAAF World Junior Championships 3 f 10.42 -0.50 Beijing 16/08/2006
4th IAAF World Youth Championships 7 f 10.65 0.80 Marrakech 14/07/2005

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