Keston Bledman

Keston Bledman 2012 at the Olympic Games in London

Keston Bledman ( born March 8, 1988 in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago) is an athlete from Trinidad and Tobago.

Keston was born the son of Visca and Kenny Bledman. His mother moved when he was five years old in the United States. Early on, he began to train seriously for athletics and was so taken by Gunness Persad, who is his trainer to this day, in his club. In 2005, he earned his first international competition. At the World Youth Championships in Marrakech, he won gold with 10.55 s. The following year he won both the Junior CARIFTA games as well as at the CAC Junior Championships. At the Junior World Championships in Beijing, however, it was enough only for seventh place. In 2007 he won then before the eventual champion Yohan Blake in 10.32 s Gold at the Pan American Junior Championships.

With only 19 years he started as the youngest of the three sprinter from Trinidad and Tobago at the World Championships in Osaka. After he had won his previous run, he retired in the quarterfinals with 10.33 s from sixth -run. At the Olympic Games in Beijing, he won the 4 x 100 - meter relay with his followers the silver medal in a time of 38.06 s A year later, he could not qualify for the single-start at the World Championships in Berlin, but ran in the heats of the relay competition, where his compatriots in the final brought silver. In October 2009, he traveled to Florida to work with the prestigious coach Lance Brauman. Since then, he divides his time between Trinidad and Tobago and in Clermont (Florida ).

In 2011 he ran in Clermont with 9.93 s for the first time under 10 seconds. At the World Championships in Daegu, he came again not the final, this time almost failed in the semifinals with a time of 10.14 s The following year, he improved his best performance on May 26 in Orlando at 9.89 s, the Diamond League meeting in New York, he was 9.93 s behind Yohan Blake and ran second for the third time under 10 seconds. On June 23, he put in Port of Spain with 9.86 s his new personal best, making it now the second fastest sprinter from Trinidad and Tobago behind Richard Thompson ( 9.85 s ). With the victory at the Trials, he qualified at the same time for the 2012 Olympics in London. There, he retired from as with the 2011 World Championships, finished ninth in the semifinals. His 10.04 s ranged in its course only to fourth place. In the relay competition as he could get a medal in Beijing in 2008. With him as the first runner and Marc Burns, Emmanuel Callender and Richard Thompson of Trinidad and Tobago won bronze in 38.12 s behind Jamaica and the United States.

At the World Championships 2013 in Moscow, he missed with 10.08 s as Elftschnellster in the semifinals as early as 2011 the final.

Personal best