Davian Clarke (born 30 April 1976) is a Jamaican former athlete, who mainly competed in the 400 metres. He was born in Spanish Town, St. Catherine and went to St. Catherine Primary & Kingston College HS won the bronze medal in the 4 × 400 metres relay at the 1996 Olympics,[1] and many relay medals followed, before he won his first individual medal at the 2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships. Davian Clarke is also a graduate of University of Miami Patti & Allan Herbert Business School with Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA).
Achievements
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Representing | |||||
| 1992 | World Junior Championships | Seoul, South Korea | 2nd | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:06.58 |
| 1994 | World Junior Championships | Lisbon, Portugal | 19th (qf) | 200 m | 21.51 (wind: +0.6 m/s) |
| 2nd | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:04.12 | |||
| 1996 | Summer Olympics | Atlanta, Georgia | 3rd | 4 × 400 m relay | 2:59.42 |
| 1997 | World Championships | Athens, Greece | 2nd | 4 × 400 m relay | 2:56.75 |
| 1998 | Central American and Caribbean Games | Maracaibo, Venezuela | 4th | 400 m | 45.31 |
| 2nd | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:03.26 | |||
| Commonwealth Games | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | 1st | 4 × 400 m relay | 2:59.03 CR | |
| 1999 | Central American and Caribbean Championships | Bridgetown, Barbados | 2nd | 400 m | 45.49 |
| 2nd | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:03.82 | |||
| Pan American Games | Winnipeg, Canada | 1st | 4 × 400 m relay | 2:57.97 | |
| World Championships | Seville, Spain | 2nd | 4 × 400 m relay | 2:59.34[2] | |
| 2003 | World Indoor Championships | Birmingham, UK | 1st | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:04.21 |
| World Championships | Paris, France | 2nd | 4 × 400 m relay | 2:59.60 | |
| Pan American Games | Santo Domingo, DR | 1st | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:01.81 | |
| 2004 | World Indoor Championships | Budapest, Hungary | 2nd | 400 m | 45.92 |
| 1st | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:05.21 | |||
| 2005 | World Championships | Helsinki, Finland | 3rd | 4 × 400 m relay | 2:58.07 |
| 2006 | World Indoor Championships | Moscow, Russia | 4th | 400 m | 45.93 |
| Commonwealth Games | Melbourne, Australia | 3rd | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:01.94 | |
Personal bests
- 200 metres – 20.72 s (1999)
- 400 metres – 44.83 s (2004)
References
- olympics.com https://olympics.com/en/athletes/davian-clarke. Retrieved 4 March 2022.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - 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.
External links
- Davian Clarke at World Athletics
- Davian Clarke at Olympics.com
- Davian Clarke at Olympedia
- Davian Clarke at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
- Davian Clarke at InterSportStats
- Bio at U. Miami Sports Hall of Fame