Michael Blackwood

Michael Blackwood ( born August 29, 1976 in Kingston) is a Jamaican athlete who specializes in the 400 -meter run - with a personal record of 44.60 s in Madrid ( 2002).

He won several medals at smaller international competitions:

He never won a major tournament, although he in Saint- Denis as a third party was at the World Athletics Championships 2003 in Paris close. In the competition of the 400-meter run at the 2004 Summer Olympics he was eighth with 45.55 s. At the World Championships in Helsinki in 2005, he only reached the semi-finals in third place in the flow.

Still, Blackwood was part of many successful 4-by- 400-meter relay teams. He won the bronze medal at the 2000 Olympic Games and the World Indoor Championships in 2001. At the World Championships in 2003, the squadron was third also (later they moved up to second place ). The second season was also at the World Indoor Championships in 2003. Five years later, Blackwood was with a completely newly formed relay at the World Indoor Championships in 2008 again in the final and won silver again.

Michael Blackwood has a competition weight of 79 kg at a height of 1.90 m.