Nesta Carter

Nesta Carter (center) 2010 in Brussels

Nesta Carter (born 10 November 1985) is a Jamaican sprinter. He is a world champion and two-time Olympic gold medalist in the relay.

Career

With a time of 10.11 s in the 100 meters, ran on June 23, 2007 in Kingston, Carter qualified for the World Championships in Osaka. He retired from the semi-finals, although the individual petition, but won with the Jamaican 4 × 100 m relay silver medal.

On 22 July 2008, he remained in Stockholm with 9.98 s for the first time less than ten seconds. At the Olympic Games in Beijing, he was only in the relay at the start and improved with this in the final 18-year- old world record by three tenths of a second to 37.10 s

His personal best is 9.78 s, established on August 29, 2010 in Rieti. On June 4, 2011, he ran in Eugene 9.92 s and secured there in third place. In the Van Damme Memorial on September 16, he crossed the goal after 9.89 s and was second behind Usain Bolt on the podium.

At the World Athletics Championships 2011 in Daegu, he reached the final of the 100 meters and finished with a time of 10.95 s seventh. Together with Michael Frater, Yohan Blake and Usain Bolt, he won the gold medal of these world championships in the 4 x 100 - meter relay competition. The Jamaican relay team made ​​it with a time of 37.04 seconds for a new world record.

At the World Indoor Championships in Istanbul in 2012 he ran in the final 60 meters with 6.54 s to second place. For the Olympic Games in London, it did not qualify for the Jamaican Trials. About 100 meters he came up with 10.01 s to sixth place, about 200 meters ranged 20.45 s for position five. Nevertheless, he was nominated for the Jamaican relay team. In London he won with Usain Bolt, Yohan Blake and Michael Frater gold and set with 36.84 s at the same time set a new world record. He benefited from an injury Asafa Powell, who was originally intended as a runner. On August 17, he arrived at the DN Galan in Stockholm behind Ryan Bailey with 10.06 s on the second place. With his victory in Dubnica nad Váhom he showed up with 10.01 s in good shape for the season finale, the World Class Zurich he then ran with 9.95 s on the second place.

On June 21, 2013, missed at the Jamaican Championships in fourth in the 100 meters to qualify for the World Championships in Moscow. Since the wounded defending champion Yohan Blake could not use his wildcard, she received Bolt - who won at the Trials - as the winner of the Diamond League in 2012, which Carter nachrückte and the fourth Jamaican 100-meter grid position was assured. In Birmingham, he won on June 30, with 9.99 s On 13 July 2013, won in Madrid Rakieem Salaam with the second fastest time of the year: 9.87 s Shortly afterwards appeared in several Jamaican teammates positive doping samples. Carter has also been suspected that, after his agent Adrian Laidlaw had denied this, but turned out to be hoax. At the World Championships he won only bronze in 9.95 s his first individual medal and later for the second time to Daegu Season gold. In the first of the two Diamond League final in Zurich, he finished with 10.01 s sixth place in Brussels, he was at the end of the season in 9.94 s third party.

With the aim to bring a gold medal at the World Indoor Championships started in 2014 with Carter 60 - meter sprints in the season. In an open-air meeting in Jamaica, he ran 6.52 s and at the prestigious Birmingham Indoor competition he was in the final with 6.53 s Second.

Statistics

Wind -legal 100-meter times under 10 seconds ( Maximum legal wind = 2 m / s)

Personal best

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