Michael L. McDonald (born 17 March 1975 in Saint Mary Parish, Jamaica) is a Jamaican runner who competed mainly in the

400 metres The 400 metres, or 400-meter dash, is a sprint event in track and field competitions. It has been featured in the athletics (sport), athletics programme at the Summer Olympics since 1896 for men and since 1964 for women. On a standard outdoor runn ...

Career

He competed for Jamaica at the

1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...

held in Atlanta, United States where he won the bronze medal in the men's 4 × 400 metres relay with his teammates Roxbert Martin, Greg Haughton and

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, and many relay medals followed, before he won his fi ...

. A brother of

Beverly McDonald Beverly McDonald (born 15 February 1970 in Saint Mary, Jamaica) is a Jamaican sprinter. Her accomplishments include winning the silver medal in the 4 × 100 m relay at the 2000 Olympics and the gold medal in the same event at the 2004 Olympics ...

, he won a gold medal at the

1998 Commonwealth Games The 1998 Commonwealth Games ''(Malay: Sukan Komanwel 1998)'', officially known as the XVI Commonwealth Games ''(Malay: Sukan Komanwel ke-16)'', was a multi-sport event held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. This edition is marked by several unprecedent ...

in the 4 × 400 metres relay event and broke the

Commonwealth Games record Commonwealth Games records are the best performances in a specific edition of the event's history. As the Commonwealth Games only accepts athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations, the records are not considered as prestigious as World records ...

Notes

Both at the

1997 World Championships in Athletics The 6th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Amateur Athletic Federation, were held at the Olympic Stadium, Athens, Greece between August 1 and August 10, 1997. In this event participated 1882 athletes from 19 ...

held in Athens, Greece, and at the

1999 World Championships in Athletics The 7th World Championships in Athletics, a World Athletic Championships event held under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held at the Estadio Olímpico, Seville, Spain, between the August 20 and Augu ...

held in Sevilla, Spain, the Jamaica 4 × 400 team won originally the bronze medal, but the USA 4 × 400 team, which originally finished first in 4 × 400 m relay, was disqualified in 2008 due to Antonio Pettigrew confession of using human growth hormone and EPO between 1997 and 2003. Therefore, the silver medal was later awarded to the team from Jamaica.

International competitions

¹Did not finish in the semifinals

External links

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:McDonald, Michael 1975 births Living people People from Saint Mary Parish, Jamaica Jamaican male sprinters Olympic bronze medalists for Jamaica Athletes (track and field) at the 1995 Pan American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1998 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1999 Pan American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of Jamaica Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Jamaica Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics World Athletics Championships medalists Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Pan American Games gold medalists for Jamaica Pan American Games silver medalists for Jamaica Olympic silver medalists for Jamaica Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field) Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field) Pan American Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Goodwill Games medalists in athletics Central American and Caribbean Games silver medalists for Jamaica Competitors at the 2002 Central American and Caribbean Games World Athletics Indoor Championships winners World Athletics Indoor Championships medalists Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in athletics Competitors at the 1998 Goodwill Games Competitors at the 2001 Goodwill Games Medalists at the 1995 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1999 Pan American Games Goodwill Games gold medalists in athletics