- Michael Blackwood
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This article is about the Jamaican athlete. For the English footballer, see Michael Blackwood (footballer).
Medal record Competitor for 
JamaicaMen’s Athletics Olympic Games Bronze 2000 Sydney 4x400 m relay World Championships Silver 2003 Paris 4x400 m relay Bronze 2003 Paris 400 m World Indoor Championships Gold 2003 Birmingham 4x400 m relay Silver 2008 Valencia 4x400 m relay Michael Blackwood (born August 29, 1976 in Kingston, Jamaica) is a male track and field athlete from Jamaica, who specializes in 400 Metres, his personal best being 44.60 set in Madrid in 2002. He is the brother of Catherine Scott.
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Achievements
Year Tournament Venue Result Extra 2002 Commonwealth Games Manchester, England 1st IAAF Grand Prix Final Paris, France 1st IAAF World Cup Madrid, Spain 1st 44.60, current PB 2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships Birmingham 1st 4x400 m relay IAAF World Championships Paris 3rd World Athletics Final Monaco 1st 2004 World Athletics Final Monaco 1st Career
Blackwood has been part of many successful 4 x 400 relay teams. He won the bronze medal at the 2000 Olympics, the 2001 World Indoor Championships and the 2003 World Championships. The team did even better in the 2003 World Indoor Championships, finishing second and winning a silver medal.
2003
In the 2003 World Championships in Paris Saint-Denis Blackwood finished fourth.
2004
In the 400 Metres competition at the 2004 Olympic Games he finished eighth with 45.55.
2005
In the 2005 World Championships in Helsinki, he reached the semi finals, finishing third in his heat.
2009
On February 24 2009 the IAAF issued a statement saying that they had received notification from USATF that Jerome Young (USA) admitted a doping rule violation from 1999 through 2003 and had been sanctioned with a life ban dating back to 1999.[1]
This disqualified Young’s results from the Birmingham 2003 World Indoor Championships (4x400m), Paris 2003 World Championships (400m) and the Monaco 2003 World Athletics Final (400m).
The event results now list Jamaica as World Indoor 4x400 m Relay gold medalists, a team that Blackwood was a member of, running the third leg of the relay.[2]
In addition, Blackwood is subsequently the bronze medal winner of the 2003 400 m World Championships,[3] as well as the winner of the 400 m at the 2003 World Athletics Final.[4]
At the Jamaica National Championships in June Blackwood won his Quarter Final in 46.43, making him the fourth fastest qualifier for the semi finals.[5] He was subsequently disqualified for running outside his lane, and thus eliminated from competing for a spot on the World Championship team.[6]
In August Blackwood announced his retirement from the sport.[7]
References
External links
- IAAF profile for Michael Blackwood
Awards Preceded by
Christopher WilliamsJamaica Sportsman of the Year
2002Succeeded by
James BeckfordCommonwealth Champions in Men's 400 m 1930 – 1966: 440 yards • 1970 – present: 400 metres 1930: Alex Wilson (CAN) • 1934: Godfrey Rampling (ENG) • 1938: Bill Roberts (ENG) • 1950: Edwin Carr (AUS) • 1954: Kevan Gosper (AUS) • 1958: Milkha Singh (IND) • 1962: George Kerr (JAM) • 1966: Wendell Mottley (TRI) • 1970: Charles Asati (KEN) • 1974: Charles Asati (KEN) • 1978: Rick Mitchell (AUS) • 1982: Bert Cameron (JAM) • 1986: Roger Black (ENG) • 1990: Darren Clark (AUS) • 1994: Charles Gitonga (KEN) • 1998: Iwan Thomas (WAL) • 2002: Michael Blackwood (JAM) • 2006: John Steffensen (AUS) • 2010: Mark Mutai (KEN)
IAAF World / Continental Cup Champions in Men's 400 m 1977: Alberto Juantorena (CUB) • 1979: Hassan El Kachief (SUD) • 1981: Cliff Wiley (USA) • 1985: Michael Franks (USA) • 1989: Roberto Hernández (CUB) • 1992: Sunday Bada (NGR) • 1994: Antonio Pettigrew (USA) • 1998: Iwan Thomas (GBR) • 2002: Michael Blackwood (JAM) • 2006: LaShawn Merritt (USA) • 2010: Jeremy Wariner (USA)
1977: West Germany (Krieg, Hofmeister, Schmid, Herrmann) • 1979: United States (Frazier, Green, Smith, Darden) • 1981: United States (McCoy, Wiley, Smith, Darden) • 1985: United States (McCoy, Phillips, Armstead, Franks) • 1989: Americas (Martínez, Menezes, Burnett, Hernández) • 1992: Africa (Lahlou, Matete, Kemboi, Bada) • 1994: Great Britain (McKenzie, Ladejo, Baulch, Black) • 1998: Great Britain (Hylton, Baulch, Baldock, Thomas) • 2002: Americas (Sánchez, Francique, McDonald, Blackwood) • 2006: United States (Ashley, Brew, Merritt, Williamson) • 2010: Americas (Brenes, Jackson, Nixon, Chambers)
Categories:- Jamaican sprinters
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes of Jamaica
- Olympic bronze medalists for Jamaica
- 1976 births
- Living people
- People from Kingston, Jamaica
- Olympic medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Jamaican athletics biography stubs
- North American Olympic medalist stubs
- Jamaican sportspeople stubs
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