Nesta Carter

Nesta Carter

Carter at the 2010 Memorial Van Damme
Personal information
Nationality	Jamaican
Born	(1985-10-11) October 11, 1985 (age 31) Banana Ground, Jamaica
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	78 kg (172 lb)
Sport
Sport	Running
Event(s)	100 metres, 200 metres
Club	MVP Track & Field Club
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	100 m: 9.78 s (Rieti 2010) 200 m: 20.25 s (Kingston 2011)
Medal record Representing  Jamaica Men’s athletics Olympic Games 2012 London 4×100 m relay Disqualified 2008 Beijing 4×100 m relay World Championships 2011 Daegu 4×100 m relay 2013 Moscow 4×100 m relay 2015 Beijing 4×100 m relay 2007 Osaka 4×100 m relay 2013 Moscow 100 m World Indoor Championships 2012 Istanbul 60 m World Relay Championships 2015 Nassau 4×100 m relay World Junior Championships 2004 Grosseto 4×100 m relay

100 m: 9.78 s (Rieti 2010)

Nesta Carter OD (born October 11, 1985) is a Jamaican sprinter, who specializes in the 100 metres event. Carter has been successful as part of the Jamaican 4 x 100 metres relay team, taking gold and setting successive world records at the 2011 World Championships and 2012 London Olympics. He also won a 4 x 100m silver medal at the 2007 World Championship. On August 11, 2013, Carter secured an individual 100m World Championship bronze medal in Moscow, behind Justin Gatlin and teammate Usain Bolt. He followed this with another gold in the 4 x 100 metres relay.

In August 2010 he became only the fifth sprinter to run the 100 metres in less than 9.8 seconds. His current 100m personal best of 9.78 ranks him as the sixth fastest man of all time, behind fellow Jamaicans Usain Bolt, Yohan Blake and Asafa Powell, and Americans Tyson Gay and Justin Gatlin.

On 25 January 2017, the International Olympic Committee sanctioned Carter for doping at the 2008 Olympic Games, meaning that Carter will lose his gold medal for the men's 4 × 100 m relay.

Carter attended Manchester High School in central Jamaica. He is a member of the MVP.

Representing his high school at the ISSA Championships Carter finished second in the Class 2 100 m in 11.58 s (wind −1.3 m/s), and fourth in the 200 m in 22.54 (wind −2.0 m/s). The 4 × 100 m relay team did not finish their heat.