Keston Bledman

Keston Bledman

Keston Bledman at the 2012 Olympics in London
Personal information
Nationality	Trinidad & Tobago
Born	8 March 1988 San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	75 kg (165 lb)
Sport
Sport	Track and field
Event(s)	Sprinting
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	100m: 9.86 (Trinidad 2012) 200m: 20.73 (Lappeenranta 2008)
Medal record Men's Athletics Representing  Trinidad and Tobago Olympic Games 2008 Beijing 4×100 m relay 2012 London 4×100 m relay CAC Championships 2008 Cali 4×100 m relay 2009 Havanna 4×100 m relay 2011 Mayagüez 100 m 2011 Mayagüez 4×100 m relay Pan American Junior Championships 2007 São Paulo 100 m 2007 São Paulo 4×100 m relay World Youth Championships 2005 Marrakech Medley relay 2005 Marrakech 100 m

Keston Bledman, HBM (born 8 March 1988) is a track and field sprint athlete, who competes internationally for Trinidad and Tobago.^[1]

On 7 July 2007, at the 2007 Pan American Junior Athletics Championships in São Paulo, Brazil, he upset the Jamaican Yohan Blake in the 100 meters, finishing in 10.32 seconds (−1.1 m/s wind).

Bledman represented Trinidad and Tobago at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. He competed at the 4 × 100 m relay together with Marc Burns, Aaron Armstrong and Richard Thompson. In their qualification heat they placed first in front of Japan, the Netherlands and Brazil. Their time of 38.26 was the fastest of all sixteen teams participating in the first round and they qualified for the final. Armstrong was replaced by Emmanuel Callender for the final race and they sprinted to a time of 38.06 seconds, the second time after the Jamaican team, winning the silver medal.^[1]

On 4 June 2011, Bledman ran 9.93 over 100 m in Clermont, Florida, to become the 78th athlete to cross the 10-second barrier.^[2] He won his first national title in June 2012 by beating Richard Thompson over 100 m and ran a personal best time of 9.86 seconds.^[3]

He was also a member of the relay team that won a bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.

Personal best

Distance	Time	venue
100 m	9.86 s (+1.4 m/s)	Port-of-Spain, Trinidad (23 June 2012)
200 m	20.73 s	Lappeenranta, Finland (3 August 2008)

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Trinidad and Tobago
2005	CARIFTA Games (U-20)	Bacolet, Trinidad and Tobago	8th	100 m	10.79   (1.7 m/s)
			1st	4x100 m relay	41.05
	World Youth Championships	Marrakesh, Morocco	3rd	100 m	10.55
			2nd	Medley relay (100m x 200m x 300m x 400m)	1:52.51
2006	CARIFTA Games (U-20)	Les Abymes, Guadeloupe	2nd	100 m	10.57   (0.0 m/s)
	Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U-20)	Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago	2nd	100 m	10.39   (1.5 m/s)
			4th	4 × 100 m relay	40.80
	World Junior Championships	Beijing, China	7th	100m	10.47 (wind: -0.5 m/s)
			54th (h)	200m	25.57 (wind: -0.6 m/s)
2007	CARIFTA Games (U-20)	Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands	2nd	100 m	10.41   (1.2 m/s)
2010	NACAC U23 Championships	Miramar, Florida, United States	4th	100m	10.19 (wind: +1.7 m/s)

References

1. Athlete biography: Keston Bledman, beijing2008.cn, ret: 29 Aug 2008
2. "Tyson Gay runs world-best 100 this year in Clermont". Orlando Sentinel. 4 June 2011.
3. Lawrence, Kwame (2012-06-25). Bledman wins Trinidad and Tobago title in 9.86. IAAF. Retrieved on 9 July 2012.

External links

• Keston Bledman profile at IAAF