Marvin Anderson
| Marvin Anderson medal table |
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 Anderson with the Jamaican relay at the 2007 World Cup |
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| World championships | ||
| silver | 2007 Osaka | 4 × 100 m |
| Pan American Games | ||
| silver | 2007 Rio de Janeiro | 200 m |
Marvin Anderson (born May 12, 1982 in Trelawny Parish ) is a Jamaican sprinter .
He celebrated the greatest success of his career so far at the 2007 World Championships in Osaka . There he won the silver medal in the 4 x 100 meter relay together with Usain Bolt , Nesta Carter and Asafa Powell . He was also sixth in the 200-meter run in 20.28 s . A month earlier, he had finished second in the 200 m at the Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro .
At the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing , he competed in the 200-meter run. With a time of 20.85 s he qualified for the quarter-finals, but retired there injured.
Anderson tested positive for a stimulant at the Jamaican Championships in June 2009. He made a confession and was banned from doping for three months.
Marvin Anderson has a competition weight of 69 kg with a height of 1.75 m.
Top performances
Web links
- Marvin Anderson in the database of World Athletics (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ sportscaribe.com: Bolt led men's medal charge ( Memento of 4 April 2009 at the Internet Archive ) (Engl.).
- ↑ doping scandal by Jamaica's pace hunters , NDR 2011th
- ↑ Jamaicans given three-month ban , BBC September 14, 2009.
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Anderson, Marvin |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Jamaican athlete |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 12, 1982 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Trelawny Parish , Jamaica |