Renny Quow

Renny Quow
nation	Trinidad and Tobago
birthday	25th August 1987 (age 33)
place of birth	Port of Spain , Trinidad and Tobago
size	174 cm
Weight	69 kg
Career
discipline	400 meter run
Best performance	44.52 s
status	active
Medal table
World championships 1 × 1 × 1 × Indoor world championships 0 × 0 × 1 × Commonwealth Games 0 × 0 × 1 × Pan American Games 1 × 0 × 0 × U20 world championships 1 × 0 × 0 ×
World championships bronze Berlin 2009 400 m silver Beijing 2015 4 × 400 m gold London 2017 4 × 400 m  Indoor world championships bronze Istanbul 2012 4 × 400 m  Commonwealth Games bronze Glasgow 2014 4 × 400 m  Pan American Games gold Toronto 2015 4 × 400 m  Junior World Championships gold Beijing 2006 400 m
last change: July 21, 2018

Renny Quow (born August 25, 1987 in Port of Spain ) is an athlete from Trinidad and Tobago who competes in the 400-meter run .

Athletic career

Renny Quow gained his first international experience at the 2003 CARIFTA Games in Port of Spain , where he won the silver medal in the 400-meter run and finished fourth in the relay. In 2004 he finished fifth in the individual competition at the CARIFTA Games in Hamilton and won silver behind Jamaica in the relay. He then won the gold medal in the Central America and Caribbean Junior Championships in Coatzacoalcos in 47.62 s. He also qualified for the Junior World Championships in Grosseto , where he was disqualified in the semifinals over 400 meters and eliminated with the relay in 3: 11.33 minutes in the first round. In 2005 he won the gold medal in the individual competition at the CARIFTA Games in Bacolet as well as silver in the 4 x 400 meter relay. He then took part in the Pan American Junior Championships in Windsor , but was disqualified there in the preliminary stages. With the relay he won the silver medal at the Central America and Caribbean Championships in Nassau and qualified for the World Championships in Helsinki , where they were eliminated with 3: 01.91 min in the preliminary round.

In 2006 he again won gold over 400 meters at the CARIFTA Games in Les Abymes and this time bronze with the relay. At the Central American and Caribbean Games in Cartagena , he reached the semi-finals and won silver in the relay in 3: 02.65 minutes behind Jamaica. Before that, he won the singles title at the Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships in Port of Spain and finished second in the relay. He then won the gold medal at the Junior World Championships in Beijing in 45.74 s and was eliminated from the relay in the preliminary round. In the 2007 season he took part in the Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro and was eliminated there in the semifinals with 45.74 s. With the relay, he finished fourth in the final in 3: 03.60 minutes. At the World Championships in Osaka , he retired in the individual race with 45.70 s in the first round, as well as with the relay. In 2008 he took part in the Central America and Caribbean Championships in Cali , where he won the gold medal in 45.27 seconds ahead of the Bahamian Michael Mathieu and bronze with the relay. In August, he made his Olympic debut in Beijing . There he improved his personal best in the semifinals by 22 hundredths to 44.82 seconds. In the final , he finished seventh with 45.22 seconds.

At the 2009 World Championships in Berlin , he won the bronze medal in 45.02 seconds, his greatest success to date. In 2010 he took part in the World Indoor Championships in Doha , but could not finish his first round run. At the CAC games in Mayagüez , he reached the final, but could not finish his run again. In 2011 he won the gold medal in the individual competition at the CAC championships there as well as silver with the Trinidadian-Tobag relay. Then he retired at the World Championships in Daegu with 45.72 s in the semi-finals and did not get into the final with the relay. In 2012 he won the bronze medal with the relay at the World Indoor Championships in Istanbul with a new national record of 3: 06.85 min. In 2013 he had to end his preliminary run at the CAC championships in Morelia early, but won the gold medal in the relay before the Bahamas. At the World Championships in Moscow , he finished fifth with the relay in the final. At the IAAF World Relays 2014 , which was held for the first time , he achieved third place with the relay. When he first participated in the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow , he made it to the finals, where he could not finish his run. With the relay he won the bronze medal in 3: 01.51 min.

At the World Relays 2015, the season finished seventh and won the gold medal at the Pan American Games in Toronto in 2: 59.60 minutes. At the 2015 World Championships , he won the silver medal behind the United States with the 4 x 400 meter relay in his country with a new national record of 2: 58.20 minutes in the final . In the individual competition he was eliminated in the semifinals with 44.98 s . Two years later he reached fourth place with the season at the World Relays and qualified again for the World Championships in London , where he was eliminated in the individual competition with 45.95 s in the preliminary round. With the relay he was used in the run-up and the relay later won the gold medal in the final in 2: 58.12 min before the United States. In 2018 he took part with the relay at the World Indoor Championships in Birmingham and was used in the run-up. The season later reached fourth place in the finals. At the Commonwealth Games in the Australian Gold Coast , he reached the semi-finals over 400 meters and finished fourth in the relay in 3: 02.85 min.

Between 2006 and 2009 as well as 2011, 2014 and 2015 Quow was the Trinidadian-Tobacco champion in the 400-meter run and in 2012 with the 4-by-400-meter relay.

Personal bests

• 200 meters: 20.39 s (+1.4 m / s), May 3, 2014 in Lubbock
  • 200 meters (hall): 21.32 s, 21 January 2017 in Birmingham
• 400 meters: 44.53 s on August 19, 2009 in Berlin
  • 400 meters (hall): 46.70 s on February 4, 2012 in Boston

Web links

• Renny Quow in the database of World Athletics (English)