Michael McDonald (athlete)
Michael McDonald ( born March 17, 1975 at Saint Mary Parish ) is a former Jamaican athlete, who won between 1995 and 2004 at international championships medals with the 4 × 400 - meter relay.
Career
At the Junior World Championships in 1994 in Lisbon McDonald won in 45.83 seconds in the 400 -meter run, with the season he received the silver medal. The following year he took part in a major championship for the first time the adult class. At the World Athletics Championships in Gothenburg in 1995, he won silver in the relay.
At the Olympic Games in Atlanta in 1996 McDonald was eliminated in the individual decision in the semifinals. With the season he won the bronze medal behind the seasons from the United States and the United Kingdom. In Paris -Bercy at the World Indoor Championships 1997, he won silver behind the relay from the USA. At the 1997 World Championships in Athens, he retired about 400 yards again in the semifinals, with the season he won the bronze medal behind the United States and the United Kingdom.
In Kuala Lumpur at the Commonwealth Games 1998, the Jamaican relay won ahead of England and Wales, as the best runners of the United Kingdom divided up on the two scales. Another gold medal won McDonald at the Pan American Games in the relay. A month later at the 1999 World Championships in Seville, the Jamaican relay received the silver medal behind Poland ( the victorious Americans were later disqualified for doping ).
2001 demonstrated the relay at the World Indoor Championships in Lisbon in 2001 to fourth place behind Poland, the USA and the Russian team. Since the Americans Jerome Young but was closed due to doping later, the Jamaicans were subsequently bronze. 2004 was McDonald then again on the podium when he won the relay at the World Indoor Championships in Budapest.
Michael McDonald is the younger brother of the athlete Beverly McDonald. He had a competition weight of 85 kg at a height of 1.83 m.