Andrea Bliss

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Andrea Bliss
Personal information
Full nameAndrea Antoinette Bliss
Born (1980-10-05) 5 October 1980 (age 44)
Kingston, Jamaica
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight62 kg (137 lb)
Sport
CountryFlag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica
Sport Athletics
Event Hurdling
Updated on 26 January 2015

Andrea Bliss (born 5 October 1980) is a Jamaican athlete who specialises in the 100 metres hurdles. [1] [2] She represented her country at the 2013 World Championships reaching the semifinals. In addition, she finished fourth at the 2010 Commonwealth Games. [3]

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Personal bests

She has personal bests of 12.82 seconds in the 100 metres hurdles (Kingston 2013) and 8.08 seconds in the 60 metres hurdles (Düsseldorf 2006).

EventResultVenueDate
Outdoor
200 m26.04 s(wind: +0.8 m/s) Flag of Jamaica.svg Kingston 17 Mar 2012
400 m55.45 s Flag of Jamaica.svg Kingston 15 Apr 2000
100 m hurdles12.82 s(wind: +0.7 m/s) Flag of Jamaica.svg Kingston 23 Jun 2013
Indoor
60 m7.69 s Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Saskatoon, Saskatchewan 4 Feb 2011
200 m25.06 s Flag of the United States.svg Gainesville, Florida 2 Mar 2006
400 m54.92 s Flag of the United States.svg University Park, Pennsylvania 27 Jan 2001
60 m hurdles8.08 s Flag of Germany.svg Düsseldorf 17 Feb 2006

Competition record

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica
1996 CARIFTA Games (U17) Kingston, Jamaica 4th400 m57.09
1st300 m H43.6
4thLong jump5.30 m
Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships
(U17)
San Salvador, El Salvador 2nd300 m H43.28
1st4x400 m3:45.51
1stLong jump5.49 m
1998 CARIFTA Games (U20) Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago 2nd400 m H59.90
1999 CARIFTA Games (U20) Fort-de-France, Martinique 4th100 m H13.94 (w)
4th400 m H59.74
Pan American Junior Championships Tampa, United States 3rd400 m H57.94
2005 Central American and Caribbean Championships Nassau, Bahamas 2nd100 m H 12.86
2006 Central American and Caribbean Games Cartagena, Colombia 4th100 m H 13.42
2010 Central American and Caribbean Games Mayagüez, Puerto Rico 3rd100 m H 13.20
2nd4x100 m 44.27
Commonwealth Games Delhi, India 4th100 m H 13.28 [4]
4x100 m DQ
2011 Central American and Caribbean Championships Mayagüez, Puerto Rico 7th100 m H 13.50
2013 World Championships Moscow, Russia 13th (sf)100 m H 12.92
2014 Pan American Sports Festival Ciudad de México, México 3rd100m hurdles 13.18 A(wind: +0.9 m/s)

References

  1. Andrea Bliss at World Athletics OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  2. BIO - ANDREA BLISS, Florida Gators, archived from the original on 6 September 2015, retrieved 26 January 2015
  3. Participants / BLISS Andrea Antoinette, Commonwealth Games Federation, archived from the original on 4 March 2016, retrieved 25 January 2015
  4. "Close miss by Bliss". The Gleaner. Jamaica. 12 October 2010. Retrieved 20 June 2018.