Bayano Kamani

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Bayano Kamani
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Kamani in 2008
Personal information
Nationality American
Born (1980-04-17) April 17, 1980 (age 45)
Houston, Texas
Sport
CountryFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Flag of Panama.svg  Panama
Sport Track
Event
 400m hurdles
College team Baylor
Club Santa Monica Track Club

Bayano Kamani (born 17 April 1980 in Houston, Texas, United States) is a Panamanian hurdler who specialises in the 400 metres hurdles. He is the South American record holder in that event. He competed in the 2004 Olympic Games, placing 5th in the finals. In 2005 he ran the 2nd fastest time in the world of 47.84. He competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, reaching the semi-finals. [1]

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Previously competed for Westbury High School in Houston, Texas, and Baylor University where he was inducted to the Athletics Hall of Fame in 2015. He was the 1999 and 2001 NCAA Champion in the 400 hurdles. He was also a part of two of Baylor's victorious 4x400 meters relay teams.

International competitions

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
1999 Universiade Palma de Mallorca, Spain 2nd400 m H 48.74
2001 Universiade Beijing, China 15th (sf)400 m H 50.64
Representing Flag of Panama.svg  Panama
2003 South American Championships Barquisimeto, Venezuela 1st400 m H 50.10
World Championships Paris, France 32nd (h)400 m H 51.18
2004 Olympic Games Athens, Greece 5th400 m H 48.74
World Athletics Final Monte Carlo, Monaco 5th400 m H48.24
2005 World Championships Helsinki, Finland 7th400 m H 50.18
World Athletics Final Monte Carlo, Monaco 6th400 m H49.30
2006 Central American and Caribbean Games Cartagena, Colombia 1st400 m H 49.44
2007 Pan American Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 2nd400 m H 48.70
World Championships Osaka, Japan 12th (sf)400 m H 49.13
2008 Central American and Caribbean Championships Cali, Colombia 11th (h)400 m H 56.45
Olympic Games Beijing, China 16th (sf)400 m H 50.48

References

  1. ↑ "Fencing athlete Jimenez earns Panama's 3rd Beijing-2008 pass" Archived August 16, 2008, at the Wayback Machine , official website of the Beijing Olympics, April 29, 2008


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