Shane Brathwaite

Shane Brathwaite
Shane Brathwaite in 2015
Personal information
Nationality Barbados
Born (1990-02-08) February 8, 1990 (age 34)
Bridgetown, Barbados[1]
Height6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight190 lb (86 kg)
Sport
SportTrack and field
Event110 m hurdles
College teamTexas Tech Red Raiders
Coached byDarryl Woodson
Achievements and titles
Personal best110 m hurdles 13.21 (+0.8 m/s) (Toronto 2015)
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Barbados
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 2019 Lima 110 m hurdles
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Toronto 110 m hurdles
CAC Championships
Gold medal – first place 2013 Morelia 110 m hurdles

Shane Rashad Brathwaite (born 8 February 1990 in Bridgetown) is a hurdler from Barbados who competed in the 110 metres hurdles at the 2012 Summer Olympics but did not finish the race in the qualifying heats.[2] His gold medal in the octathlon at the 2007 World Youth Championships in Athletics made him the first person from Barbados to win a gold medal at a global athletics championship.[3]

He competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[4]

Brathwaite competed for Texas Tech University at Lubbock, Texas.[5] Although he shares a birthplace, surname and specialty with Ryan Brathwaite, the two are not related.[3][6]

  1. ^ "2018 CWG bio". Retrieved 24 April 2018.
  2. ^ "Shane Brathwaite". london2012.com. Archived from the original on 7 August 2012. Retrieved 9 August 2012.
  3. ^ a b Arcoleo, Laura (2007-07-13). Brathwaite is Barbados first World champion. IAAF. Retrieved on 2014-07-11.
  4. ^ "Athletics BRATHWAITE Shane". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 2021-08-22. Retrieved 2021-08-22.
  5. ^ Texas Tech: Track and Field Roster - Shane Brathwaite
  6. ^ Brathwaite follows tradition of top hurdlers. Lubbock Online (2012-05-23). Retrieved on 2014-07-11.

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