Bershawn Jackson

Bershawn Jackson at the Bislett Games 2008

Bershawn Jackson ( born May 8, 1983 in Miami, Florida) is an American track and field athlete, who in the 400 - meter hurdles world champion ( 2005).

Bershawn Jackson won the 2002 in Kingston, Jamaica the bronze medal at the Junior World Championships and made ​​his international breakthrough in the summer 2005 season. He was one of the favorites for the finals at the World Athletics Championships in Helsinki in 2005, though its U.S. competitors James Carter and Kerron Clement were judged stronger. Carter he could fight down in the final sprint, and Clement was started by the unfavorable first track so that it turned out early as a serious competitor in the final. So Jackson won the gold medal with a personal best time of 47.30 s.

At the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, he won with a time of 48.06 s the bronze medal behind Kerron Clement ( 47.98 s ) and Angelo Taylor ( 47.25 s ).

At the World Championships in Berlin in 2009, won the bronze medal behind Clement and Javier Culson from Puerto Rico.

Bershawn Jackson has a competition weight of 69 kg at a height of 1.73 m.

Personal Best

  • 400 m - 45.45 s
  • 400m hurdles - 47.30 s
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