Jarrin Solomon (born 11 January 1986) is a Trinidadian

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sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres. He was part of the Trinidad and Tobago team that won the bronze medal in the 4 × 400 m relay at the

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. Solomon also competed in the 2012 Summer Olympics, where his 4 × 400 m team again won the bronze medal. He was also part of Trinidad and Tobago's 2014 Commonwealth Games 4 x 400 team, where they also won a bronze. His personal best on the 400 m track is 44.98 s, set in 2014. Solomon is a native of

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, United States, where he attended La Cueva High School and the

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. His father, Mike Solomon, is from Trinidad and was also a 400 m sprinter. In the summer of 2018, Solomon was a "flex" player for Godspeed, a

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team made mostly of former professional

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players that participated in the

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(AFFL). The team were crowned the champions of participating pro teams but lost in the final match to the amateur champion team.

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* 1986 births Living people Trinidad and Tobago male sprinters Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of Trinidad and Tobago Track and field athletes from Albuquerque, New Mexico Olympic bronze medalists for Trinidad and Tobago Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Commonwealth Games World Athletics Championships athletes for Trinidad and Tobago World Athletics Championships medalists Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Trinidad and Tobago Pan American Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Pan American Games gold medalists for Trinidad and Tobago Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field) Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics Athletes (track and field) at the 2015 Pan American Games World Athletics Indoor Championships medalists World Athletics Championships winners Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in athletics Medallists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games {{Trinidad-athletics-bio-stub