Warren Weir
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Weir at the 2012 Olympics in London
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| Personal information | |
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| Nationality | Jamaican |
| Born |
31 October 1989 Trelawny, Jamaica |
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) |
| Weight | 72.57 kg (160.0 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Track and field |
| Event(s) | 200 metres |
| College team | Calabar High School |
| Club | Racers Track Club |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal best(s) |
100m 10.02 (+1.5 m/s) (Kingston, Jamaica 2013) 200 m 19.79 (+0.9 m/s) (Kingston, Jamaica 2013) |
Warren Weir (born October 1989) is a Jamaican sprinter, who specializes in the 200 metres. He was the bronze medallist in the event at the 2012 London Olympics, helping Jamaica sweep the medals. In 2013 at the Moscow World Championships, Warren Weir won the silver medal equalling his personal best. He finished behind Usain Bolt who set a World Leading time. His personal best is 19.79 seconds set at the National Stadium in his home country Kingston, Jamaica. He has since equalled his personal best in Moscow, in the World Championship final. He trains with the Glen Mills-coached Racers Track Club, alongside Usain Bolt and Yohan Blake.
At the start of his career, Weir competed in the short sprints and the 110 metres hurdles. Born in Trelawny Parish, he ran the 100 m and 200 m for Calabar High School at the Jamaican High School Championships. At the 2007 Jamaican junior championships he set a hurdles best of 13.65 seconds for second place and set a 100 m dash best of 10.69 seconds. He was a hurdles finalist at the 2007 Pan American Junior Athletics Championships and a silver medallist at the 2008 CARIFTA Games, where he also shared in the 4×100 metres relay gold medal. In his first appearance on the global stage, Weir reached the semi-finals at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics. He competed sparingly in his first years as a senior, although he did run personal bests in the 100 m (10.50) and the 400 metres hurdles (53.28) in 2009.
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