Michael Blackwood (athlete)

Michael Blackwood (born August 29, 1976 in Kingston ) is a Jamaican athlete who has specialized in the 400-meter run - with a personal best of 44.60 s in Madrid (2002).

He won various medals in smaller international competitions:

year	competition	place	result	additive
2002	Commonwealth Games	Manchester	1.
	IAAF Grand Prix Final	Paris	1.
	IAAF World Cup	Madrid	1.	44.60 s, current PB
2003	IAAF World Athletics Final	Monaco	2.
2004	IAAF World Athletics Final	Monaco	1.

He never won a major tournament, although he was close to third at the 2003 World Athletics Championships in Saint-Denis near Paris. In the competition of the 400-meter run at the 2004 Olympic Summer Games , he finished eighth with 45.55 s. At the World Championships in Helsinki in 2005 , he only reached the semi-finals as third in the preliminary run.

Even so, Blackwood has been part of many successful 4-by-400-meter relays . He won the bronze medal at the 2000 Olympic Games and the 2001 World Indoor Championships . At the 2003 World Championships , the season also came in third (later it moved up to second place). The season also came in second at the 2003 World Indoor Championships . Five years later, Blackwood was back in the final with a completely reorganized season at the World Indoor Championships in 2008 and was able to win silver again.

Michael Blackwood is 1.90 m tall and weighs 79 kg.

Web links

• Michael Blackwood in the database of World Athletics (English)