Misplaced Pages

Rusheen McDonald

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.
Jamaican sprinter (born 1992)

Rusheen McDonald
Rusheen Mc Donald during 2012 Athletissima
Personal information
NationalityJamaican
Born (1992-08-17) 17 August 1992 (age 32)
Height5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Weight170 lb (77 kg)
Sport
SportTrack and field
Event400 metres
ClubMVP Track Club
Achievements and titles
Personal bests100 m: 10.44
200 m: 20.57
400 m: 43.93 NR
800 m: 1:58.3
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Jamaica
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2016 Rio de Janeiro 4×400 m relay
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2013 Moscow 4×400 m relay
World Indoor Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Glasgow 400 metres

Rusheen McDonald (born 17 August 1992) is a Jamaican sprinter. Competing at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Rusheen was in the 400 metres and 4 x 400 metres relay.

Rusheen qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics, after placing second in the 400 metres at the Jamaican Olympic Trials, with a time of 45.1 seconds. In the 400 preliminaries at the Olympics, Rusheen placed fourth in his heat with a time of 46.67 seconds, failing to qualify for the semi-finals.

In 2015, Rusheen qualified for the 15th World Championships in Athletics after placing second in the 400 metres at the Jamaican National Championships, with a time of 44.73 seconds. Two months after, in the 400 heats at the World Championships, Rusheen placed second with a time of 43.93 seconds breaking Jermaine Gonzales's Jamaican record. As of 2018, his time ranks him in the top 15 in history.

References

  1. "Rusheen McDonald runs PB to head 400m final field". jamaica-gleaner.com. Retrieved 8 August 2012.
  2. "Rusheen McDonald – Athletics – Olympic Athlete". london2012.com. Archived from the original on 9 August 2012. Retrieved 8 August 2012.
  3. O'Neal, Reid. "Dane Hyatt had more left in the tank – coach George Williams". trackledger.com. Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 8 August 2012.
  4. "Hyatt qualifies for 400 semis, Gonzalez, McDonald out of luck". go-jamaica.com. Retrieved 8 August 2012.
  5. "2015 National Senior Championships". www.brawtasports.net. 28 June 2015. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
  6. "#BEIJING2015: McDonald advances to 400m semis with national record". www.jamaicaobserver.com. 22 August 2015. Retrieved 22 August 2015.


Flag of JamaicaBiography icon

This biographical article relating to Jamaican athletics is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

Categories: