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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 5 September 2002 |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
| Event | Middle distance running |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal best(s) | 800m: 1:45.36 (Philadelphia, 2024) |
Medal record | |
Handal Roban (born 5 September 2002) is a middle distance runner from Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. He competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics over 800 metres. [1]
He attended Jamaica College, and Penn State University in the United States. He was a gold and bronze medallist at the Junior Carifta Games in 2018. Roban was a bronze medallist at the 2019 North American, Central American and Caribbean Athletics Association (NACAC) Under-18 Championships in Mexico. [2] [3]
He won a silver medal at the 2022 NACAC Championships in Freeport, Bahamas over 800 metres. [4] He competed at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England in the 800 metres. [5]
In June 2023, he lowered the national record for the 800 metres to 1:45.95 whilst running at the NCAA final in Austin, Texas in 2023. [6] He won the gold medal over 800 metres at the 2023 NACAC U23 Championships in San Jose, Costa Rica. [7] He won the gold medal in the 800 metres at the 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games in San Salvador in July 2023. [8] He competed in the 800 metres at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest. [9]
He competed in the 800 metres at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris in August 2024. [10] [11]
Neville Myton was a Jamaican middle distance runner who competed in the 1964 Summer Olympics and in the 1968 Summer Olympics. He was a double gold medallist at the 1966 Central American and Caribbean Games, taking the individual 800 metres title and also sharing in the team gold medals with the Jamaican 4×400 metres relay team. He won a bronze medal in the 4×400 metre relay at the 1967 Pan American Games.
Laura Muir is a Scottish middle- and long-distance runner. She is the 2020 Tokyo Olympic silver medallist in the 1500 metres, having previously finished seventh in the event at the 2016 Rio Olympics. Muir won the bronze medal at the 2022 World Championships, and has three other top five placings in 1500 m finals at the World Athletics Championships, finishing fifth in 2015, fourth in 2017 and fifth in 2019. She is a two-time European 1500 m champion from 2018 and 2022 as well as the 2022 Commonwealth Games 1500 m champion and 800 metres bronze medallist.
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