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Michael McDonald (athlete) Personal information Born March 17, 1975 Medal recordMen’s Athletics Competitor for Jamaica
Olympic Games Bronze 1996 Atlanta 4x400 m relay Bronze 2000 Sydney 4x400 m relay World Championships Silver 1995 Gothenburg 4x400 m relay Silver 1999 Sevilla 4x400 m relay[1] Bronze 1997 Athens 4x400 m relay Pan American Games Gold 1999 Winnipeg 4x400 m relay Silver 1995 Mar del Plata 4x400 m relay Michael L. McDonald (born March 17, 1975 in Saint Mary Parish, Jamaica) was a Jamaican athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres.
He competed for Jamaica at the 1996 Summer Olympics held in Atlanta, United States where he won the bronze medal in the men's 4 x 400 metre relay with his team mates Roxbert Martin, Greg Haughton and Davian Clarke.
A brother of Beverly McDonald he won a gold medal at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in the 4 x 400 metres relay event and broke the Commonwealth Games record.
Notes
- ^ 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.
References
World Indoor Champions in Men's 4×400 m Relay 1991: Germany (Lieder, Carlowitz, Just, Schönlebe) • 1993: USA (Hall, Irvin, Rouser, Everett) • 1995: USA (Tolbert, Davis, Long, Atwater) • 1997: USA (Rouser, Everett, Maye, Minor) • 1999: USA (Morris, Johnson, Minor, Campbell) • 2001: Poland (Rysiukiewicz, Haczek, Bocian, Maćkowiak) • 2003: USA (Davis, Young, Campbell, Washington) • 2004: Jamaica (Haughton, Colquhoun, McDonald, Clarke) • 2006: USA (Washington, Merritt, Campbell, Spearmon) • 2008: USA (Davis, Torrance, Nixon, Willie) 2010: USA (Torrance, Nixon, Tate, Jackson)
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)
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