![]() Roshawn Clarke in 2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nationality | Jamaican | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 1 July 2004 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | 400m hurdles | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Achievements and titles | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Personal bests | 400m hurdles: 47.34 (Budapest, 2023)
WU20R
[1] 400m: 45.24 (Kingston, 2023) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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]
Clarke attended Camperdown High School, in Kingston, Jamaica. [3] He runs for the Swept Track Club. [4]
In 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 at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest, running 47.34 seconds in his qualifying heat. 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] In July 2024, he was officially selected for the Jamaican team at the 2024 Paris Olympics. [16]
![]() Roshawn Clarke in 2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nationality | Jamaican | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 1 July 2004 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | 400m hurdles | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Achievements and titles | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Personal bests | 400m hurdles: 47.34 (Budapest, 2023)
WU20R
[1] 400m: 45.24 (Kingston, 2023) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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]
Clarke attended Camperdown High School, in Kingston, Jamaica. [3] He runs for the Swept Track Club. [4]
In 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 at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest, running 47.34 seconds in his qualifying heat. 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] In July 2024, he was officially selected for the Jamaican team at the 2024 Paris Olympics. [16]