Ray Stewart (athlete)
Raymond Stewart ( Raymond Douglas "Ray" Stewart, born March 18, 1965 in Kingston ) is a retired Jamaican sprinter.
Career
At the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles Stewart won with the Jamaican relay a silver medal in the 4 x 100 - meter relay. In addition, he finished sixth in the controversial final of the 100-meter run.
In 1987, he moved at the IAAF World Championships in Rome in the 100 - meter race after the disqualification of Ben Johnson from the bronze to the silver medal in front and won with the Jamaican team in the 4 x 100 - meter relay bronze.
The following year, Stewart injured in the 100 -meter final of the Olympic Games in Seoul, finishing in last place. Each about 100 m, he was sixth in 1991 at the World Championships in Tokyo in 1992 and seventh at the Olympic Games in Barcelona. He was about 100 meters eighth at the World Championships in Stuttgart in 1993 and reached about 200 m the quarter-finals.
In 1995 he was again 100 meters at the World Championships in Gothenburg eighth. About 200 m he left in the run, in the 4 x 100 - meter relay, he was awarded the Jamaican team's fourth.
At the Olympic Games in Atlanta in 1996 it reached about 100 m the quarter-finals, and at the IAAF World Indoor Championships in Paris in 1997, he was fourth on 60 m.
After his playing career, he worked as a coach and supervised, among others Jerome Young. In the wake of an investigation into the BALCO affair he was banned for life in 2010 by the United States Anti-Doping Agency as a coach because he was worried doping substances for his proteges.
Raymond Stewart is 1,78 m tall and weighed 73 kg in his playing days.
Personal Best
- 60 m (Hall ): 6.52 s, February 16, 1997 Liévin
- 100 m: 9.96 s, August 25, 1991, Tokyo
- 200 m: 20.41 s, June 3, 1988, Eugene