Nickel Ashmeade

Nickel Ashmeade

Ashmeade during Rio 2016
Personal information
Nationality Jamaican
Born (1990-04-07) 7 April 1990[1]
Ocho Rios, Saint Ann Parish
Residence Clermont, Florida
Height 6 ft (183 cm)[1]
Weight 169 lb (77 kg)[1]
Sport
Sport Running
Event(s) 100 metres, 200 metres
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s) 100 m: 9.90 (Moscow 2013)
200 m: 19.85 (Zurich 2012)

Nickel Ashmeade (born 7 April 1990) is a Jamaican sprinter who specialises in the 100 and 200 meters. Nickel Ashmeade placed 2nd in the Jamaica National Trials in the 200m behind Warren Weir. He came 3rd in the 100m behind Kemar Bailey-Cole and Usain Bolt.

Nickel Ashmeade ran the third leg for Jamaicas 4x100m team at the World Championships in Moscow which won the gold medal. Nickel Ashmeade finished 5th in the 2013 World Championships 100m in Moscow and 4th in the 200m.

Career

A St. Jago High School teammate of Yohan Blake,[1] Ashmeade first enjoyed success in the sprints as a junior athlete: at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships he beat compatriot Dexter Lee to the 100 m title, was runner-up to Ramone McKenzie over 200 m, and teamed up with the pair to bring Jamaica the 4×100 meter relay title.[2] Another medal haul came for the young Jamaican at the 2007 World Youth Championships in Athletics, where he was second to Lee in the 100 m, ran a 200 m best of 20.76 seconds for the bronze medal, and helped the national team to another bronze in the sprint medley relay.[3] He competed at the Penn Relays in 2008 and represented his school, St. Jago High School – an institution renowned for producing track and field athletes.[4]

Ashmeade focused on the 200 m at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics and he took the silver medal, narrowly finishing behind France's Christophe Lemaitre. A second silver came in the 4×100 m relay and he departed from his usual oeuvre to help Jamaica to fourth place in the 4×400 m relay.[5] The regional CARIFTA Games provided him the opportunity for further junior medals: he won the 200 m title and two relay gold medals at the 2008 edition and almost repeated the feat in 2009, with the sole difference being a 4×400 m relay silver.[6][7] His final international outing as a junior athlete came at the 2009 Pan American Junior Athletics Championships in Port of Spain and he won the 200 m gold in a personal best of 20.40 seconds before going on to take a relay bronze medal.[8]

He made the transition to the senior ranks at the 2009 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics, where he won the 200 m race ahead of Rondel Sorrillo.[9] After a quiet 2010, he made significant improvements at the start of the 2011 outdoor season. In May 2011, he completed his first 200 m in under 20 seconds in Kingston, running 19.96 seconds to surprise the more established Wallace Spearmon and improve upon his previous best by almost half a second.[10] Ashmeade made similar progress in the 100 m at the Ponce Grand Prix later that month, setting a meet record to beat Justin Gatlin, 2004 Olympic and 2005 World champion, with a time of 10.05 seconds (an improvement of 0.24 seconds).[11] Ashmeade competed in the 100M, 200M and 4X100M Relay in the 2013 World Championships. After finishing 5th in the 100M and 4th in the 200M, Ashmeade was part of the Jamaican 4X100M Relay team which won gold.

Ashmeade represented Jamaica in the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. During his first Olympic Games, he finished fifth place in the semifinal rounds of the men's 100m with a time of 10.05s and fourth in the 200m semifinals with 20.31s. He earned his first Olympic medal as the third leg of the 4x100m relay team, anchored by Usain Bolt, with a time of 37.27s.[12]

Personal bests

Distance Time Date Venue
100 m 9.90 s (+0.4 m/s) 11 August 2013 Moscow, Russia
200 m 19.85 s (+0.0 m/s) 30 August 2012 Zurich, Switzerland

Achievements

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  Jamaica
2006 Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U-17) Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago 1st 100 m 10.60   (1.8 m/s)
2nd 200 m 21.30   (1.6 m/s)
1st 4x100 m relay 40.83
2007 World Youth Championships Ostrava, Czech Republic 2nd 100 m 10.54   (−0.4 m/s)
3rd 200 m 20.76   (−0.2 m/s)
3rd Medley relay
(100m x 200m x 300m x 400m)
1:52.18
2008 CARIFTA Games (U-20) Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis 1st 200 m 20.16 w   (5.2 m/s)
1st 4x100 m relay 39.80
1st 4x400 m relay 3:09.71
World Junior Championships Bydgoszcz, Poland 2nd 200 m 20.84   (−0.9 m/s)
2nd 4x100 m relay 39.25
4th 4x400 m relay 3:08.58
2009 CARIFTA Games (U-20) Vieux Fort, Saint Lucia 1st 200 m 20.56 w   (2.3 m/s)
1st 4x100 m relay 40.05
2nd 4x400 m relay 3:11.49
2011 2011 World Championships in Athletics Daegu, South Korea 5th 200 m 20.29
2013 2013 World Championships in Athletics Moscow, Russia 5th 100 m 9.98   (−0.3 m/s)
4th 200 m 20.05   (0.0 m/s)
1st 4x100 m relay 37.36
2014 2014 Commonwealth Games Glasgow, Scotland 3rd 100 m 10.12   (0.0 m/s)
1st 4x100 m relay 37.58
2015 World Relay Championships Nassau, Bahamas 2nd 4×100 m relay 37.68
World Championships Beijing, China 14th (sf) 100 m 10.06
8th 200 m 20.33
1st 4×100 m relay 37.36
2016 2016 Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 1st 4×100 m relay 37.27

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Nickel Ashmeade". tracklifeinternational.com. TrackLife International. Retrieved 2 June 2015.
  2. 2006 Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships. WJAH. Retrieved on 2011-05-25.
  3. 2007 World Youth Championships. WJAH. Retrieved on 2011-05-25.
  4. Fitzpatrick, Frank (2009-04-26). Jamaica's next sprint superstar?. The Philly. Retrieved on 2011-05-25.
  5. 2008 World Junior Championships. WJAH. Retrieved on 2011-05-25.
  6. Carifta Games 2008. WJAH. Retrieved on 2011-05-25.
  7. Carifta Games 2009. WJAH. Retrieved on 2011-05-25.
  8. Pan American Junior Championships 2009. WJAH. Retrieved on 2011-05-25.
  9. Clavelo Robinson, Javier (2009-07-06). Culson prevails over Sanchez as six more records fall – CAC Champs Final Day. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-05-25.
  10. Foster, Anthony (2011-05-08). Jeter and Ashmeade impress in Kingston – IAAF World Challenge. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-05-25.
  11. Robinson, Javier Clavelo (2011-05-15). Home win for Culson, fine sprinting by Ashmeade in Ponce. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-05-25.
  12. http://www.bbc.com/sport/olympics/36691185
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