Michael McDonald (runner)

Michael McDonald

Personal information
Birth name	Michael L. McDonald
Born	17 March 1975 Saint Mary Parish, Jamaica
Medal record Men’s Athletics Representing  Jamaica Olympic Games 2000 Sydney 4x400 m relay 1996 Atlanta 4x400 m relay World Championships 1995 Gothenburg 4x400 m relay 1999 Sevilla 4x400 m relay 1997 Athens 4x400 m relay Pan American Games 1999 Winnipeg 4x400 m relay 1995 Mar del Plata 4x400 m relay CAC Junior Championships (U20) 1994 Port of Spain 400 m CARIFTA Games Junior (U20) 1993 Fort-de-France 800m 1993 Fort-de-France 4x400m relay 1994 Bridgetown 400m 1994 Bridgetown 4x400m relay CARIFTA Games Youth (U17) 1991 Port of Spain 800m 1991 Port of Spain 1500m

Michael L. McDonald (born 17 March 1975 in Saint Mary Parish, Jamaica) was a Jamaican athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres.

Career

He competed for Jamaica at the 1996 Summer Olympics held in Atlanta, United States where he won the bronze medal in the men's 4 x 400 metres relay with his team mates Roxbert Martin, Greg Haughton and Davian Clarke.

A brother of Beverly McDonald he won a gold medal at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in the 4 x 400 metres relay event and broke the Commonwealth Games record.

Notes

Both at the 1997 World Championships in Athletics held in Athens, Greece, and at the 1999 World Championships in Athletics held in Sevilla, Spain, the Jamaica 4x400 team won originally the bronze medal, but the USA 4x400 team, which originally finished first in 4x400 m relay, was disqualified in 2008 due to Antonio Pettigrew confession of using human growth hormone and EPO between 1997 and 2003. Therefore, the silver medal was later awarded to the team from Jamaica.

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Jamaica
1991	CARIFTA Games (U-17)	Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago	1st	800 m	1:56.02
			3rd	1500 m	4:20.8
1992	CARIFTA Games (U-20)	Nassau, Bahamas	6th	800 m	1:58.59
1993	CARIFTA Games (U-20)	Fort-de-France, Martinique	1st	800 m	1:51.43
			1st	4x400 m relay	3:10.26
1994	CARIFTA Games (U-20)	Bridgetown, Barbados	4th	200 m	21.75
			1st	400 m	47.02
			1st	4x400 m relay	3:09.47
	Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U-20)	Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago	1st	400 m	46.2
	World Junior Championships	Lisbon, Portugal	1st	400m	45.83
			2nd	4×400m relay	3:04.12
1995	Pan American Games	Mar del Plata, Argentina	2nd	4x400 m relay	3:02.11
	World Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	2nd	4x400 m relay	2:59.88
1996	Olympic Games	Atlanta, United States	7th (sf)	400 m	45.48
			3rd	4x400 m relay	2:59.42
1997	World Championships	Athens, Greece	8th (sf)	400 m	45.74
			2nd	4x400 m relay	2:56.75 NR
1998	Commonwealth Games	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	1st	4x400 m relay	2:59.03 GR
1999	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Bridgetown, Barbados	1st	400 m	45.21
	Pan American Games	Winnipeg, Canada	1st	4x400 m relay	2:57.97 GR
	World Championships	Seville, Spain	6th (qf)	400 m	45.87
			2nd	4x400 m relay	2:59.34
2000	Olympic Games	Sydney, Australia	3rd	4x400 m relay	3:04.85 (h)
2001	World Championships	Edmonton, Canada	2nd (h)	400 m	45.02
2002	Central American and Caribbean Games	San Salvador, El Salvador	2nd	4x400m relay	3:05.40

External links

• Michael McDonald profile at IAAF
• sports-reference
• Picture of Michael McDonald^[1]

References

1. Shaw, Ezra / Allsport (5 July 2001), Michael McDonald #61 of Jamaica runs during the Men's 400m Event for the IAAF World Championships at the Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, Getty Images, retrieved 5 April 2012