Michael Mathieu

Michael Mathieu

Michael Mathieu (in blue and yellow)
Personal information
Nationality	Bahamian
Born	(1984-06-24) 24 June 1984 (age 32) Freeport, Grand Bahama
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Sport
Sport	Running
Event(s)	Sprint
Medal record Olympic Games 2012 London 4×400 m relay 2008 Beijing 4×400 m relay 2016 Rio de Janeiro 4×400 m relay World Championships 2007 Osaka 4×400 m relay World Indoor Championships 2016 Portland 4 × 400 m relay Pan American Games 2007 Rio de Janeiro 4×400 m relay Central American and Caribbean Games 2010 Mayaguez 4x400 m relay CAC Championships 2011 Mayagüez 200 m 2011 Mayagüez 4×400 m relay 2008 Cali 400 m 2008 Cali 4×400 m relay Commonwealth Games 2014 Glasgow 4×400 m relay Pan American Junior Championships 2003 Bridgetown 400 m CAC Junior Championships (U20) 2002 Bridgetown 4×400 m relay 2002 Bridgetown 4×100 m relay

Michael Mathieu (born 24 June 1984) is a Bahamian sprinter from Freeport, Grand Bahama who specializes in 200 metres and 400 metres. He was part of the Bahamian silver medal-winning team in the men's 4×400 metres relay at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, running second leg and recording a 44.0 split, and the gold medal winning team at the 2012 Summer Olympics. He was also a part of second place relay team at the 2007 World Championships. He won the bronze medal in the 4x400 metres relay in the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Individually, he has won medals at the Central American and Caribbean Championships, taking the 400 m silver medal in 2008 and the 200 m gold in 2011. His personal bests are 20.16 seconds for the 200 m and 45.06 for the 400 m (the former being the Bahamian record mark).

Mathieu attended St George's High School in the Bahamas, graduating in 2001 as their "Most Outstanding Athlete". He gained a sports scholarship to attend Southwestern Christian College in Texas, United States. As a junior athlete, he won two relay medals in the under-20 section of the 2002 CAC Junior Championships. The following year he took the 400 m bronze medal at the 2003 Pan American Junior Athletics Championships. Moving up the age categories, he won a 400 m relay bronze medal at the 2006 NACAC Under-23 Championships in Athletics.