Devon Morris

Devon Morris ( born January 22, 1961 at the Westmoreland Parish ) is a retired Jamaican sprinter who specialized in the 400 -meter run.

1984 in Los Angeles, he first participated in the Olympic Games. However, he resigned in the 400 -meter run in the quarterfinals, and in the 4 x 400 - meter relay in the preliminary round of. At the World Athletics Championships 1987 in Rome, he manages over 400 m to the semifinal round, with the season he finished sixth.

He celebrated his first major international success with the 1988 Olympics in Seoul. There, the Jamaican 4 x 400 -meter relay in the lineup Bert Cameron, Howard Davis, Winthrop Graham and Devon Morris won the silver medal behind the team of the United States. In the 400 - meter dash Morris reached the semi-finals in Seoul.

In 1991, he achieved his best individual result, when he won the title over 400 meters at the World Indoor Championships in Seville. In the same year he won another medal in the relay at the World Championships in Tokyo. The Jamaican quartet to Patrick O'Connor, Devon Morris, Winthrop Graham and Seymour Fagan finished in third place behind the squadrons of the United Kingdom and the United States.

His last assignment at the Olympic Games had Morris in Barcelona in 1992. However, he succeeded neither in the 400 -meter run even with the season of the finals. At the IAAF World Indoor Championships in Toronto in 1993, he was over 400 m fifth.

Devon Morris is 1,80 m tall and weighed about 75 kg competition times.

Personal Best

  • 400 m: 45.07 s, May 24, 1986, Russellville Hall: 46,17 s, March 10, 1991, Seville
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