Kemar Hyman (born 11 October 1989) is a

Caymanian Caymanians are the status holders or born citizens of the Cayman Islands. As a British Overseas Territory, citizens of the Cayman Islands will hold British Overseas Territories Citizenship. There is no record of a native people to the Cayman I ...

sprinter of Jamaican descent. He graduated from

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with an Economic Degree. Whilst competing for Florida State University he became the 2012 ACC indoor and outdoor champion and placed third at the 2012 indoor NCAA championships. Hyman is the national record holder in the 100 and

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. Kemar holds the 60m record with Olympian

Kareem Streete-Thompson Kareem Streete-Thompson (born March 30, 1973) is a Caymanian-American athlete specializing in the long jump and the 100 metres. He was born in Ithaca, New York. Although born in the United States, he lived his first 18 years in the Cayman Isl ...

in 6.56 seconds Hyman first represented the Cayman Islands at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics in the

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he also became an Olympian at the

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. He is a native of

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Personal bests

Outdoor

*100 m: 9.95 s (wind: +1.8 m/s) –

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, 7 Jul 2012 *200 m: 20.73 s (wind: +0.8 m/s) –

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, 9 April 2016

Indoor

*60 m: 6.56 s –

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, 21 January 2012 *200 m: 21.42 s –

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, 22 January 2011

International competitions

¹: Disqualified in the semifinal.
²: Did not show in the semifinal.
³: Disqualified in the final.

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