Karayme Bartley
Personal information
NationalityJamaican
Born (1995-09-10) 10 September 1995
Lionel Town, Jamaica[1]
Sport
SportAthletics
Event400 metres
College teamTexas Tech Red Raiders
Medal record
Men's track and field
Representing  Jamaica
World Championships
Silver medal – second place2022 Eugene4×400 m relay
NACAC Championships
Silver medal – second place 2022 Freeport4×400 m relay
Silver medal – second place 2022 FreeportMixed 4×400 m relay

Karayme Bartley (born 10 September 1995) is a Jamaican athlete.[2] He competed in the mixed 4 × 400 metres relay event at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[3]

Biography

In 2012, Bartley began his track career as a student at Garvey Maceo High School in Clarendon.[4] The following year, he reached the final at the Inter-Secondary Schools Boys and Girls Championships in Jamaica.[4] In 2015, Bartley earned a scholarship at Iowa Central Community College in the United States.[4] After his graduation from Iowa Central, he attended the University of Iowa, graduating in 2019.[4] In April 2021, Bartley ran a time of 20.42 seconds for the 200 metres, the fastest time by a Jamaican in the season.[4][5]

After leaving the University of Iowa, Bartley joined the Texas Tech's Sports Performance Center at Texas Tech University.[6] He finished in third place in the Jamaican trials for the 2020 Summer Olympics in the 400 metres, to qualify for the Olympics.[7] Bartley had originally focused on the 200 metres, but an injury changed his focus to the 400 metres instead.[7]

At the 2020 Summer Olympics, Bartley ran in both the men's 4 × 400 metres relay and the mixed 4 × 400 metres relay events.[8][9]

References

  1. ↑ "Karayme Bartley". Tokyo 2020. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
  2. ↑ "Karayme Bartley". Hawkeye Sports. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  3. ↑ "Athletics - Round 1 - Heat 2 Results". Tokyo 2020. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 "Karayme Bartley eyes dream run at Tokyo2020". Track Alerts. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  5. ↑ "Going Places?". Jamaica Observer. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  6. ↑ "Tech sprinter makes Jamaican Olympic team". Lubbock. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  7. 1 2 "Quarter-miler Bartley revels in Tokyo qualification". Jamaica Observer. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  8. ↑ "Karayme Bartley". Olympedia. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
  9. ↑ "Three athletes with South Plains ties advance to gold medal finals in Tokyo". KCBD. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
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