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Yohan Blake

Yohan Blake
Yohan Blake Memorial Van Damme 2012.jpg
Blake at the 2012 Memorial Van Damme
Personal information
Nickname(s) The Beast
Nationality  Jamaica
Born (1989-12-26) 26 December 1989 (age 27)
St. James, Jamaica
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 80 kg (176 lb)
Sport
Sport Track and field
Event(s) 100 m, 200 m
Club Racers Track Club
Coached by Glen Mills
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)

Yohan Blake (born 26 December 1989), is a Jamaican sprinter of the 100-metre and 200-metre sprint races. He won gold at the 100 m at the 2011 World Championships as the youngest 100 m world champion ever, and a silver medal in the 2012 Olympic Games in London in the 100 m and 200 m races for the Jamaican team. He is known by the nickname "The Beast".

Blake is the second fastest man ever in both 100 m and 200 m. He is tied with Tyson Gay at 100 m with a personal best of 9.69 seconds as second fastest ever after Usain Bolt. His personal best for the 200 m (19.26 seconds) is the second fastest time ever after Bolt. He holds the Jamaican national junior record for the 100 metres, and was formerly the youngest sprinter to have broken the 10-second barrier (at 19 years, 196 days).

He is coached by Glen Mills and his training partners are Usain Bolt and Daniel Bailey.

Blake attended St. Jago High School in Spanish Town where his first sporting love was cricket. Blake was a fast bowler, and it was only after the school Principal saw how quickly he ran to the wicket that he was urged to try sprinting.

Blake set the fastest time by a Jamaican junior sprinter over 100 m with 10.11 seconds. The record was set at the 2007 CARIFTA Games held in the Turks and Caicos islands where he also led his team to gold in the 4 × 100 metres relay. At this occasion, he was awarded the Austin Sealy Trophy for the most outstanding athlete of the 2007 CARIFTA Games.


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