Jamial Rolle

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Jamial Rolle
Jamial Rolle Rio 2016.jpg
Rolle at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Personal information
Full nameJamial St. John Rolle
Born (1980-04-16) 16 April 1980 (age 43)
Nassau, Bahamas
Height1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) [1]
Weight70 kg (154 lb)
Sport
CountryFlag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas
Sport Athletics
Event(s) Sprint
College team Missouri State
ClubDoyle Management [2]
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas
CAC Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2001 Ciudad de Guatemala 4×100 m relay
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2013 Morelia 4×100 m relay
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2005 Nassau 4×100 m relay
Updated on 14 December 2014.

Jamial St. John Rolle (born 16 April 1980) is a Bahamian sprinter who specializes in the 200 metres. [3]

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Individually, he competed at the 2006 Commonwealth Games, but failed to progress past the quarterfinals. With the Bahamian 4 x 100 metres relay team he finished fourth at the 2003 Central American and Caribbean Championships and won a bronze medal at the 2005 Central American and Caribbean Championships.

His personal best times are 20.51 seconds in the 200 metres, and 10.26 seconds in the 100 metres.

Rolle ran for Missouri State University, winning the 2001 Missouri Valley Conference 200 meters indoor championship.

He teamed up with Adrian Griffith, Shavez Hart and Trevorvano Mackey to break the Bahamian 4×100 national record in Morelia, Mexico.

Personal bests

Outdoor

International competitions

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing the Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas
2001 Central American and Caribbean Championships Ciudad de Guatemala, Guatemala 1st4 × 100 m relay 39.27 A
2002 Commonwealth Games Manchester, United Kingdom 38th100 m 10.99 (wind: +0.3 m/s)
21st (qf)200 m 21.50 (wind: +0.5 m/s)
NACAC U-25 Championships San Antonio, Texas, United States 4th (h)100 m 10.76 (wind: +1.2 m/s)
4th200 m 21.06 (wind: +0.5 m/s)
2nd4 × 100 m relay 39.81
2003 Central American and Caribbean Championships St. George's, Grenada 10th (sf)100 m 10.45 w(wind: +2.6 m/s)
4th4 × 100 m relay 39.70
Pan American Games Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic 10th (sf)200 m 21.14 (wind: +1.6 m/s)
5th4 × 100 m relay 39.72
2005 Central American and Caribbean Championships Nassau, Bahamas 9th (sf)100 m 10.53 (wind: +0.5 m/s)
3rd4 × 100 m relay 39.08
2006 Commonwealth Games Melbourne, Australia 20th (qf)200 m 21.33 (wind: +0.2 m/s)
Central American and Caribbean Games Cartagena, Colombia 7th100 m 10.52 (wind: +0.6 m/s)
2008 Central American and Caribbean Championships Cali, Colombia 7th200 m 20.90 A(wind: +0.5 m/s)
Olympic Games Beijing, China 5th (h)200 m 20.93 (wind: -0.7 m/s)
2010 Central American and Caribbean Games Mayagüez, Puerto Rico 11th (h)200 m 21.06 w(wind: +2.6 m/s)
4 × 100 m DQ
Commonwealth Games Delhi, India 6th (sf)100 m 10.53 (wind: +0.9 m/s)
5th (sf)200 m 21.17 (wind: +0.4 m/s)
5th4 × 100 m 39.27
2011 Central American and Caribbean Championships Mayagüez, Puerto Rico 100 m DQ
4th4 × 100 m relay 39.46
Pan American Games Guadalajara, México 11th (sf)100 m 10.49 A(wind: +0.4 m/s)
6th (h)14 × 100 m relay 40.05
6th (h)14 × 400 m relay 3:09.68
2013 Central American and Caribbean Championships Morelia, México 1st4 × 100 m relay 38.77 A
World Championships Moscow, Russia 44th (h)200 m 21.40 (wind: +0.2 m/s)
14th (h)4 × 100 m relay 38.70
2014 Central American and Caribbean Games Xalapa, México 5th (h)200 m 21.68 A(wind: +0.6 m/s)
2016 Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 64th (h)100 m 10.68

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References

  1. "Jamial Rolle". Rio2016.com. Rio 2016 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016.
  2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Jamial Rolle". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 December 2012.
  3. Jamial Rolle at World Athletics OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg