Keston Bledman

Keston Bledman

Keston Bledman at the 2012 Olympics in London
Personal information
Nationality	Trinidad & Tobago
Born	(1988-03-08) 8 March 1988 (age 28) 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.

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.

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. 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, which is currently tied for the 16th fastest ever.