![]() Watson at the 2023 World Athletics Championships | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | 11 September 2001 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Jamaica | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Track and field | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Sprinting | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Racers Track Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Glen Mills | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Personal best(s) | 400 m: 44.13 200 m: 20.49 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Antonio Watson (born 11 September 2001) is a Jamaican sprinter. He won the gold medal in the boys' 400 metres event at the 2017 World Youth Championships in Athletics held in Nairobi, Kenya.[1][2]
In 2018, he won the silver medal in the boys' 200 metres event at the Summer Youth Olympics held in Buenos Aires, Argentina.[3] He won the 200 m bronze medal and the gold in the 4x100 relay in the 2021 NACAC U23 Championships.[4]
Watson won gold in the 400 m at the 2023 World Championships in Budapest, Hungary.
References
[edit]- ^ "Boy's 400 metres" (PDF). 2017 World Youth Championships in Athletics – IAAF. Archived (PDF) from the original on 10 February 2020. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
- ^ Pavitt, Michael (14 July 2017). "Jamaica enjoy double sprint success at World Under-18 Athletics Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
- ^ Pavitt, Michael (16 October 2018). "World under-20 champions enhance reputations with triple jump golds at Buenos Aires 2018". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
- ^ Reid, Paula (15 July 2021). "Former western Jamaica-based athletes cop nine medals at NACAC Championships". Jamaica Observer. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
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