- Germaine Mason
Germaine Mason (born
January 20 ,1983 in Kingston,Jamaica ) is aJamaica n-born athlete competing inhigh jump . In 2006 he switched sporting allegiance, and now represents Great Britain.He won silver and bronze medals at the World Junior Championships in 2000 and 2002 respectively, the latter event held in his hometown of Kingston. His first medal at senior level came at the
2003 Pan American Games inSanto Domingo , when he won a gold medal, having achieved a personal best jump of 2.34 metres. He finished fifth at the World Championships the same year.The following seasons saw him drop to 2.25 m (2004) and 2.27 m (2005), but 2.25 metres was enough to win a bronze medal at the
2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships . The medal was won jointly withJaroslav Bába andŞtefan Vasilache .Mason is eligible to represent
Great Britain because his father David was born in London. Mason's mother persuaded him to switch allegiance, and Mason's change in nationality was ratified by athletics' governing body, theIAAF , in 2006.Mason won a silver medal for Great Britain at the
Beijing Olympics on 19th August 2008. He equalled his personal best of 2.34m, beaten only by Russia'sAndrey Silnov with 2.36m.He is coached in Texas by
Sue Humphrey , who also coachedCharles Austin to an Olympic Gold Medal in the 1996 Games.His second cousin is fellow British athlete,
Simeon Williamson .References
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