Nathon Allen

Nathon Allen
Nathon Allen at the 2016 World Indoor Championships
nation	Jamaica
birthday	28th October 1995 (age 24)
place of birth	Jamaica
Career
discipline	400 m
Best performance	44.19 s
National squad	since 2014
status	active
Medal table
Olympic games 0 × 1 × 0 × World championships 0 × 2 × 0 × Junior World Championship 0 × 0 × 1 ×
Olympic games silver Rio de Janeiro 2016 4 × 400 m  World championships silver Doha 2019 4 × 400 m mixed silver Doha 2019 4 × 400 m  Junior World Championships bronze Eugene 2014 4 × 400 m
last change: October 11, 2019

Nathon Allen (born October 28, 1995 ) is a Jamaican sprinter who specializes in the 400-meter run .

Athletic career

Allen achieved his first international successes in the junior division in 2014. At the CARIFTA Games in Fort-de-France, Martinique, he won silver medals in the U20 age group in the 400-meter run and in the 4-by-400-meter relay . At the Junior World Championships in Eugene , he won bronze in the relay and reached the semi-finals over 400 meters.

He celebrated his most significant success to date at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. In the 4-by-400 season, he won the silver medal behind the US team and ahead of the Bahamas team, along with Peter Matthews , Fitzroy Dunkley and Javon Francis .

Web links

• Nathon Allen in the database of World Athletics (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Team Jamaica's CARIFTA Gold Rush begins ( English ) Team Jamaica Sports. April 3, 2015. Accessed November 1, 2016.