Dontae Richards-Kwok

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Dontae Richards-Kwok
Personal information
Nationality Canadian
Born1989 (age 3435)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight72 kg (159 lb)
Sport
Sport Running
Event(s)60 metres, 100 metres, 200 metres, 300 metres
College team York University Lions
ClubGyal dem track club
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)60m: 6.61s (Edmonton 2014)

100m: 10.12s (Weinheim 2013)
200m: 20.74s (Tempe 2012)

300m: 33.65s (Edmonton 2014)
Medal record
Men’s athletics
Representing Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
World Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2013 Moscow 4×100 m relay

Dontae Richards-Kwok (born 1989) is a Canadian sprinter [1] of Chinese-Jamaican descent. Richards-Kwok won a bronze at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics as part of the men's 4 x 100 m relay team, which also included Gavin Smellie, Aaron Brown, and Justyn Warner.

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