Jermaine Gonzales
Jermaine Gonzales at the 2012 London Summer Olympics
Personal information
Nationality Jamaica
Born (1984-11-26) 26 November 1984
Kitson Town, Saint Catherine Parish
Height1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight87 kg (192 lb)
Sport
SportRunning
Event400 metres
Achievements and titles
Personal best400m: 44.40 s (Monaco 2010)
Medal record
Men’s athletics
Representing  Jamaica
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place2011 Daegu4×400 m relay
World Junior Championships
Bronze medal – third place2002 Kingston400 m
World Youth Championships
Bronze medal – third place2001 Debrecen400 m
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal – third place2006 Melbourne400 m
Bronze medal – third place2006 Melbourne4×400 m relay
CAC Junior Championships (Junior)
Gold medal – first place2002 Bridgetown 400 m
Gold medal – first place2002 Bridgetown 4×400 m relay
CARIFTA Games (Junior)
Gold medal – first place2002 Nassau 400 m
Gold medal – first place2002 Nassau 4×400 m relay

Jermaine Gonzales (born 26 November 1984) is a Jamaican 400 metres runner. He is currently being coached by Glen Mills and Bertland Cameron.

He had a successful start to international athletics in the young age categories, taking the 400 m bronze at the 2001 World Youth Championships in Athletics and stepping up a level for another bronze at the 2002 World Junior Championships in Athletics. He missed large parts of the 2003 and 2004 seasons due to injury. He competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics with the Jamaican 4x400 metre relay team, which was disqualified. He won his first senior medal at the 2006 Commonwealth Games with a new personal best time of 45.16 seconds.

He improved his personal best to 44.79 seconds with a win at a meeting in June in Sotteville-lès-Rouen – the first time he had run under 45 seconds since 2006.[1] The following month he broke Roxbert Martin's Jamaican record to win the Herculis Diamond League meeting with a time of 44.40 seconds—setting a world-leading mark.[2]

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