Davian Clarke

Davian Clarke (born 30 April 1976) is a Jamaican former athlete, who mainly competed in the 400 metres. He won the bronze medal in the 4 x 400 metres relay at the 1996 Olympics,[1] and many relay medals followed, before he won his first individual medal at the 2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships. Davian Clarke is also a graduate of University of Miami Patti & Allan Herbert Business School with Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA).

Davian Clarke
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Jamaica
World Indoor Championships
Gold medal – first place 2003 Birmingham 4x400 m relay
CARIFTA Games
Junior (U20)
Gold medal – first place 1993 Fort-de-France 200m
Gold medal – first place 1993 Fort-de-France 400m
Gold medal – first place 1993 Fort-de-France 4x400m relay
CARIFTA Games
Youth (U17)
Gold medal – first place 1992 Nassau 200m
Gold medal – first place 1992 Nassau 400m
Silver medal – second place 1991 Port of Spain 400m

Achievements

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing  Jamaica
1992 World Junior Championships Seoul, South Korea 2nd 4 × 400 m relay 3:06.58
1994 World Junior Championships Lisbon, Portugal 19th (qf) 200 m 21.51 (wind: +0.6 m/s)
2nd 4 × 400 m relay 3:04.12
1996 Summer Olympics Atlanta, Georgia 3rd 4 × 400 m relay 2:59.42
1997 World Championships Athens, Greece 2nd 4 × 400 m relay 2:56.75
1998 Central American and Caribbean Games Maracaibo, Venezuela 2nd 4 × 400 m relay 3:03.26
Commonwealth Games Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 1st 4 × 400 m relay 2:59.03 CR
1999 Central American and Caribbean Championships Bridgetown, Barbados 2nd 400 m 45.49
2nd 4 × 400 m relay 3:03.82
Pan American Games Winnipeg, Canada 1st 4 × 400 m relay 2:57.97
World Championships Seville, Spain 2nd 4 × 400 m relay 2:59.34[2]
2003 World Indoor Championships Birmingham, UK 1st 4 × 400 m relay 3:04.21
World Championships Paris, France 2nd 4 × 400 m relay 2:59.60
Pan American Games Santo Domingo, DR 1st 4 × 400 m relay 3:01.81
2004 World Indoor Championships Budapest, Hungary 2nd 400 m 45.92
1st 4 × 400 m relay 3:05.21
2005 World Championships Helsinki, Finland 3rd 4 × 400 m relay 2:58.07
2006 World Indoor Championships Moscow, Russia 4th 400 m 45.93
Commonwealth Games Melbourne, Australia 3rd 4 × 400 m relay 3:01.94

Personal bests

References

  1. olympics.com https://olympics.com/en/athletes/davian-clarke. Retrieved 4 March 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. The Jamaica 4x400 team won originally the bronze medal, but the USA 4x400 team, which originally finished first in 4x400 m relay, was disqualified in 2008 due to Antonio Pettigrew confession of using human growth hormone and EPO between 1997 and 2003.


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