- Danny McFarlane
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Medal record Competitor for 
JamaicaMen’s Athletics Olympic Games Silver 2004 Athens 400 m hurdles Bronze 2000 Sydney 4x400 m relay World Championships Silver 1995 Gothenburg 4x400 m relay Silver 2003 Paris 4x400 m relay Silver 1999 Sevilla 4x400 m relay [1] Silver 2001 Edmonton 4x400 m relay [1] Silver 1997 Athens 4x400 m relay [1] World Championships Bronze 2001 Lisbon 400 m Bronze 2001 Lisbon 4x400 m relay Gold 2003 Birmingham 4x400 m relay [1] Pan American Games Gold 1999 Winnipeg 4x400 m relay Danny McFarlane, OD (born 14 June 1972) is a Jamaican hurdler, who has won numerous international medals in individual and relay contests. Having won five medals at the World Championships in Athletics and an Olympic bronze medal with the Jamaican 4 x 400 metres team, McFarlane has also won in individual competition: he took an Olympic silver medal in the 400 metres hurdles at the 2004 Athens Olympics.
In the 2009 World Championships in Athletics, he equalled Tim Berrett's record for most appearances at the competition, having competed in every Championships since 1993.[2]
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2009
The veteran sprinter gained qualification to the 2009 World Championships in Athletics with a run of 48.54 seconds in the 400 metres hurdles at the Jamaican national championships, taking second behind Isa Phillips.[3]
Personal bests
- 400 metres hurdles - 48.00 (2004)
- 400 metres - 44.90 (1995)
Major achievements
Year Tournament Venue Result Extra 1997 World Championships Athens, Greece 3rd 4x400m relay 1999 World Championships Seville, Spain 2nd 4x400m relay[1] Pan American Games Winnipeg, Canada 1st 4x400m relay 2000 Summer Olympics Sydney, Australia 3rd 4x400m relay 2001 Central American and Caribbean Championships Guatemala City, Guatemala 1st 400 metres World Indoor Championships Lisbon, Portugal 3rd 400 metres 3rd 4x400m relay World Championships Edmonton, Canada 2nd[1] 4x400m relay 2003 World Indoor Championships Birmingham, England 1nd 4x400m relay World Championships Paris, France 2nd 4x400m relay World Athletics Final Monte Carlo, Monaco 3rd 400m hurdles 2004 Summer Olympics Athens, Greece 2nd 400m hurdles 2008 Reebok Grand Prix NY, USA 2nd 400m hurdles Notes
- ^ a b c d e f The Jamaica 4x400 team won originally the bronze medal, but the USA 4x400 team, which originally finished first in 4x400 m relay, was disqualified in 2008 due to Antonio Pettigrew confession of using human growth hormone and EPO between 1997 and 2003.
- ^ Statistics book, Berlin 2009. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-08-13.
- ^ Foster, Anthony (2009-06-28). Bolt 9.86 and Fraser 10.88; Walker and Phillips excel over hurdles - JAM Champs , Day 2
External links
- IAAF profile for Danny McFarlane
- IAAF "Focus on Athletes" article
Awards Preceded by
James BeckfordJamaica Sportsman of the Year
2004Succeeded by
Asafa PowellCategories:- Jamaican hurdlers
- Jamaican sprinters
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1999 Pan American Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes of Jamaica
- Olympic silver medalists for Jamaica
- Olympic bronze medalists for Jamaica
- 1972 births
- Living people
- Olympic medalists in athletics (track and field)
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