Jehue Gordon

Jehue Gordon

Gordon at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics
Personal information
Nationality	Trinidad and Tobago
Born	15 December 1991
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	81 kg (179 lb)
Sport
Sport	Running
Event(s)	400 metres hurdles
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	400 m: 46.43 s (Marabella 2010) 400 m h: 47.69 s (Moscow 2013)
Medal record World Championships 2013 Moscow 400 m hurdles World Junior Championships 2010 Moncton 400 m hurdles CAC Championships 2009 Havana 400 m hurdles Pan American Junior Championships 2009 Port-of-Spain 400 m hurdles 2009 Port-of-Spain 4×400 m relay CAC Junior Championships (U20) 2010 Santo Domingo 400 m hurdles 2010 Santo Domingo 4x400 m relay CARIFTA Games Junior (U20) 2009 Vieux Fort 110 m hurdles 2009 Vieux Fort 400 m hurdles 2009 Vieux Fort 4x400 m relay 2010 George Town 110 m hurdles 2010 George Town 400 m hurdles 2008 Basseterre 400 m hurdles 2010 George Town 4x400 m relay

Jehue Gordon (born 15 December 1991) is a Trinidadian track and field athlete who specialises in the 400 metres hurdles. He turned professional on 24 June 2010,^[1] and signed a deal with Adidas in August 2010.^[2]

Formerly a pupil of Queen's Royal College in Port of Spain,^[3] he began his international athletics career at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics, where he finished fifth in the semi-finals at the age of 16. He was the bronze medallist in the 400 m hurdles at the 2008 CARIFTA Games and went on to win the gold medal the following year, recording a championship record of 50.01 seconds.^[4] His success continued in the form of a bronze medal at the 2009 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics, where he ran a time of 49.45 seconds,^[5] and a silver at the 2009 Pan American Junior Athletics Championships.

He qualified for the 2009 World Championships in Athletics and surprised by setting a world-age best and senior national record of 48.66 seconds in the heats.^[6] He progressed through the rounds and reached the final, finishing in fourth with a 48.26-second national record.^[7] Statisticians A. Lennart Julin and Mirko Jalava picked out Gordon's performances as sign of promise for future success.^[8] At the start of the 2010 season, he took a 400 m and 110 metres hurdles double at the trials for the CARIFTA Games.^[9] He went on to improve the championship records in both the 110 and 400 m hurdles at the 2010 CARIFTA Games, earning himself that year's Austin Sealy Trophy.

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Trinidad and Tobago
2008	CARIFTA Games (U-20)	Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis	3rd	400 m hurdles	53.18
	World Junior Championships	Bydgoszcz, Poland	15th (sf)	400 m hurdles	52.26
			4th (h)	4 × 400 m relay	3:07.60 (only in heat)
2009	CARIFTA Games (U-20)	Vieux Fort, Saint Lucia	1st	110 m hurdles	13.86   (0.7 m/s)
			1st	400 m hurdles	50.01 CR
			1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:10.20
	World Championships	Berlin, Germany	4th	400 m hurdles	48.26 NR
2010	CARIFTA Games (U-20)	George Town, Cayman Islands	1st	110 m hurdles	13.41 CR   (1.3 m/s)
			1st	400 m hurdles	49.76 CR
			3rd	4 × 400 m relay	3:11.59
	Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U-20)	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	1st	400 m hurdles	50.26 CR
			1st	4x400 m relay	3:08.19
	World Junior Championships	Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada	1st	400m hurdles	49.30
2011	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Mayagüez, Puerto Rico	3rd	400 m hurdles	50.10
	World Championships	Daegu, South Korea	9th (sf)	400 m hurdles	49.08
2012	Olympic Games	London, United Kingdom	6th	400 m hurdles	48.86
2013	World Championships	Moscow, Russia	1st	400 m hurdles	47.69
			6th	4 × 400 m relay	3:01.74
2014	Commonwealth Games	Glasgow, Scotland	2nd	400 m hurdles	48.75
2015	World Championships	Beijing, China	31st (h)	400 m hurdles	49.91

References

1. "Jehue Gordon Turns Professional". HSInternational: News and Announcements. 24 June 2010.
2. Laurence, Kwame (5 August 2010). "Gordon signs with adidas". Trinidad Express.
3. "Jehue Gordon's school - Queen's Royal College, Trinidad and Tobago", BBC Sport, 10 September 2010.
4. Finisterre, Terry (13 April 2009). More records fall in 2009 CARIFTA Games – Day 3. IAAF. Retrieved on 2 June 2010.
5. Clavelo Robinson, Javier (6 July 2009).Culson prevails over Sanchez as six more records fall – CAC Champs Final Day. IAAF. Retrieved on 2 June 2010.
6. Mulkeen, Jon (15 August 2009). Event Report – Men's 400m Hurdles – Heats. IAAF. Retrieved on 15 August 2009.
7. Mulkeen, Jon (18 August 2009). Event Report – Men's 400m Hurdles – Final. IAAF. Retrieved on 22 August 2009. Archived 8 September 2009.
8. 2009 – End of Year Reviews – HURDLES. IAAF (24 December 2009). Retrieved on 2 June 2010.
9. Clarke, Clayton (15 March 2010). "Gordon takes hurdles double at Trinidad & Tobago Carifta Trials". IAAF. Retrieved on 2 June 20102.

External links

• Jehue Gordon profile at IAAF