Michael McDonald (athlete)

Michael McDonald

Personal information
Birth name	Michael L. McDonald
Born	(1975-03-17) 17 March 1975 (age 41) Saint Mary Parish, Jamaica
Medal record Men’s Athletics Representing  Jamaica Olympic Games 2000 Sydney 4x400 m relay 1996 Atlanta 4x400 m relay World Championships 1995 Gothenburg 4x400 m relay 1999 Sevilla 4x400 m relay 1997 Athens 4x400 m relay Pan American Games 1999 Winnipeg 4x400 m relay 1995 Mar del Plata 4x400 m relay CAC Junior Championships (U20) 1994 Port of Spain 400 m CARIFTA Games Junior (U20) 1993 Fort-de-France 800m 1993 Fort-de-France 4x400m relay 1994 Bridgetown 400m 1994 Bridgetown 4x400m relay CARIFTA Games Youth (U17) 1991 Port of Spain 800m 1991 Port of Spain 1500m

Michael L. McDonald (born 17 March 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 × 400 metres relay with his teammates 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 × 400 metres relay event and broke the Commonwealth Games record.

Both at the 1997 World Championships in Athletics held in Athens, Greece, and at the 1999 World Championships in Athletics held in Sevilla, Spain, the Jamaica 4 × 400 team won originally the bronze medal, but the USA 4 × 400 team, which originally finished first in 4 × 400 m relay, was disqualified in 2008 due to Antonio Pettigrew confession of using human growth hormone and EPO between 1997 and 2003. Therefore, the silver medal was later awarded to the team from Jamaica.

¹Did not finish in the semifinals

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