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Michael Blackwood

Michael Blackwood
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Jamaica
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2000 Sydney 4x400 m relay
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2001 Edmonton 4x400 m relay
Silver medal – second place 2003 Paris 4x400 m relay
Bronze medal – third place 2003 Paris 400 m
Bronze medal – third place 2005 Helsinki 4x400 m relay
World Indoor Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2001 Lisbon 4x400 m relay
Gold medal – first place 2003 Birmingham 4x400 m relay
Silver medal – second place 2008 Valencia 4x400 m relay

Michael Blackwood (born 29 August 1976 in Clarendon) is a Jamaican male track and field athlete, who specialized in the 400 meters, his personal best being 44.60 set during his win at the 2002 IAAF World Cup. He was chosen as the Jamaica Sportsman of the Year in 2002 in that same year he was the world number one rank by IAAF in the 400 m. He is the brother of Catherine Scott who also earned a silver medal in the 2000 Sydney Olympics Games her silver medal was also upgraded to a gold Medal. He won the NAIA national 400 m title in 1997. He is the winner of Jamaica 400 m national championships three times. Blackwood holds the Big 12 conference record in the 400 meters since 2000 in the time of 44.69. He is an alumnus of The University of Oklahoma.

Blackwood was 400 m gold medallist at the 2002 Commonwealth Games, the bronze medallist at the 2003 World Championships, the winner at the 2002 2003 and 2004 IAAF World Athletics Final, eighth in the 400 meters at the 2004 Olympic Games, and a semi-finalist at the 2005 World Championships.


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