Jermaine Brown (born 4 July 1991) is a

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sprinter. He competes in distances from

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to 400 metres. He has a

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best of 20.29 seconds and a 400 m best of 46.24 seconds. He mainly competes internationally in

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competitions. He is a

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holder for the 4 × 200 metres relay event, having set a time of 1:18.63 minutes with the Jamaican team at the 2014 IAAF World Relays. He was also a bronze medallist in the

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at the

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Career

He began competing the sprints in his youth and, while studying at Bridgeport High School, he came third in the

at the Jamaican High School Championships. In his international debut at the 2007 CARIFTA Games he came third in the

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and runner-up in the 200 m, behind compatriot

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, setting personal bests of 10.65 seconds and 21.25 seconds in the process. He transferred to

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in Kingston, Jamaica, but did not compete much from 2008 to 2010, during which time he moved to

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.Jermaine Brown on the Rise
. Track Ledger (2014-01-29). Retrieved on 2014-05-26. Continuing with his training, he set a series of personal bests in 2011, running 6.77 seconds for the

, 10.39 seconds for the 100 m, and 20.90 seconds for the 200 m. He brought his bests down further in 2012 (10.26 and 20.72), but did not compete at any major events.Jermaine Brown
Tilastopaja. Retrieved on 2014-05-26. He began working with a new coach, Bryn Davis, in 2013 and he pairing delivered results. Brown opened the year with a 60 m best of 6.70 seconds and went on to place sixth in the 200 m at the Jamaican Athletics Championships with a best of 20.49 seconds. This earned him selection for the

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– his first senior championship – and he was eighth in the final and took silver in the 4×100 metres relay, in a team of Oshane Bailey,

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, and Jason Livermore. Brown has a strong indoor season in 2014. He ran bests of 5.84 seconds for the

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, 6.62 seconds for the 60 m, then ran a world-leading time of 20.59 seconds. His indoor time of 33.30 seconds for the 300 metres was also a world lead, and a

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run of 46.24 seconds mark yet another best for the athlete. He was chosen as the heat runner for the Jamaican

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team at the

and, after he qualified the team, they won the bronze medal in the final. In April and May, Brown set outdoor personal records of 20.29 seconds and 46.64 seconds for 200 m and 400 m distance. Given his form, he was again called up to the national team: at the 2014 IAAF World Relays he was the third leg runner in the 4×200 metres relay. The team in the heats ( Rasheed Dwyer, Brown, Livermore, and Warren Weir) set an area record time of 1:20.15 minutes. Brown and Weir were joined by Nickel Ashmeade and

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in the final, where they broke the

for the event, taking the gold medal in 1:18.63 minutes. This improved upon the 20-year-old mark set by the

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.Report: Men's 4x200m – Nassau 2014 WORLD RECORD
IAAF (2014-05-25). Retrieved on 2014-05-26.

Personal bests

– 5.84 seconds (2014) *

– 6.62 seconds (2014) *

– 10.26 seconds (2012) *

– 20.28 seconds (2014) *200 metres (indoor) – 20.59 seconds (2014) * 300 metres (indoor) – 32.91 seconds (2015) * 400 metres – 46.64 seconds (2014) *400 metres (indoor) – 46.24 seconds (2014)

International competition record

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Brown, Jermaine Living people 1991 births Jamaican male sprinters World Athletics record holders (relay) World Athletics Indoor Championships medalists 21st-century Jamaican people