Machel Cedenio (born 6 September 1995) is a Trinidadian sprinter specialising in the 400 metres. He represented his country at two outdoor and one indoor World Championships winning a silver medal in the relay at the 2015 outdoor edition. He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics. [2] He qualified for the final and came fourth with a new personal best of 44.01 seconds. At the time, this was the fastest fourth place time for the 400 metres.
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Representing  Trinidad and Tobago | |||||
| 2010 | CARIFTA Games (U17) | George Town, Cayman Islands | 1st | 4 × 400 m | 3:16.30 |
| Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U18) | Santo Domingo, Dom. Rep. | 2nd | 400 m | 48.12 | |
| 2nd | 4 × 400 m | 3:17.54 | |||
| 2011 | CARIFTA Games (U17) | Montego Bay, Jamaica | 1st | 200 m | 21.43 |
| 1st | 400 m | 47.38 | |||
| 2nd | 4 × 100 m | 41.13 | |||
| 2nd | 4 × 400 m | 3:15.35 | |||
| World Youth Championships | Lille, France | 4th | 400 m | 46.89 | |
| 6th | Medley relay | 1:52.77 | |||
| Pan American Junior Championships | Miramar, United States | 13th (h) | 400 m | 50.55 | |
| 2nd | 4 × 400 m | 3:13.27 | |||
| 2012 | CARIFTA Games (U20) | Hamilton, Bermuda | 2nd | 400 m | 47.93 |
| 2nd | 4 × 400 m | 3:11.62 | |||
| Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U18) | San Salvador, El Salvador | 1st | 400 m | 47.36 | |
| 1st | 4 × 400 m | 3:11.66 | |||
| World Junior Championships | Barcelona, Spain | 5th | 400 m | 46.17 | |
| 3rd | 4 × 400 m | 3:06.32 | |||
| 2013 | CARIFTA Games (U20) | Nassau, Bahamas | 1st | 400 m | 45.93 |
| 2nd | 4 × 400 m | 3:06.23 | |||
| Central American and Caribbean Championships | Morelia, Mexico | 1st | 4 × 400 m | 3:02.19 | |
| 2014 | IAAF World Relays | Nassau, Bahamas | 3rd | 4 × 400 m | 2:58.34 |
| CARIFTA Games (U20) | Fort-de-France, Martinique | 1st | 400 m | 45.95 | |
| 1st | 4 × 400 m | 3:06.02 | |||
| Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U20) | Morelia, Mexico | 1st | 400 m | 45.28 | |
| World Junior Championships | Eugene, United States | 1st | 400 m | 45.13 | |
| 16th (h) | 4 × 400 m | 3:12.06 | |||
| 2015 | IAAF World Relays | Nassau, Bahamas | 7th | 4 × 400 m | 3:03.10 |
| Pan American Games | Toronto, Canada | 2nd | 400 m | 44.70 | |
| 1st | 4 × 400 m | 2:59.60 | |||
| World Championships | Beijing, China | 7th | 400 m | 45.06 | |
| 2nd | 4 × 400 m | 2:58.20 | |||
| 2016 | World Indoor Championships | Portland, United States | 5th (h) | 4 × 400 m | 3:07.83 |
| Olympic Games | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 4th | 400 m | 44.01 | |
| – | 4 × 400 m | DQ | |||
| 2017 | World Championships | London, United Kingdom | 21st (sf) | 400 m | 45.91 |
| 1st | 4 × 400 m | 2.58.12 | |||
| 2018 | World Indoor Championships | Birmingham, United Kingdom | 5th (h) | 4 × 400 m | 3:05.96 |
| Commonwealth Games | Gold Coast, Australia | 11th (sf) | 400 m | 46.19 | |
| 4th | 4 × 400 m | 3:02.85 | |||
| 2019 | World Relays | Yokohama, Japan | 1st | 4 × 400 m | 3:00.81 |
| Pan American Games | Lima, Peru | 12th (h) | 400 m | 46.77 | |
| 3rd | 4 × 400 m | 3:02.25 | |||
| World Championships | Doha, Qatar | 7th | 400 m | 45.30 | |
| 5th | 4 × 400 m | 3:00.74 | |||
| 2021 | Olympic Games | Tokyo, Japan | 21st (sf) | 400 m | 45.86 |
| 8th | 4 × 400 m | 3:00.85 | |||
| 2023 | Central American and Caribbean Games | San Salvador, El Salvador | 1st | 4 × 400 m | 3:01.99 |
Kerron Stephon Clement is a Trinidadian-born American track and field athlete who competes in the 400-meter hurdles and 400-meter sprint. He held the indoor world record in the 400-meter sprint, having broken Michael Johnson's mark in 2005.
Ian ("Frinty") Morris is a retired male track and field athlete from Trinidad and Tobago who specialized in the 400 metres. A former soccer player for the Siparia Angels in South Trinidad, he did not take up athletics until the age of 23. He occasionally ran the 200 metres, and even competed in the 800 metres at the 1987 World Indoor Championships. He is now a member of the Siparia Rhythm Section.He is also the Coach of the Siparia Athletics Club.
Brenda Taylor is an American track and field athlete who specialises in the 400 meter hurdles. She reached the final of the event at the 2004 Summer Olympics. She also competed at the 2001 World Championships in Athletics and won a medal at the 2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships in the 4×400-meter relay.
Pavel Maslák is a Czech sprinter who specialises in the 200 metres and 400 metres. He is the only athlete in history who has won the 400 m title at the World Indoor Championships at three consecutive championships. Maslák is the first Czech to have run 400 metres under 45 seconds outdoor and under 46 seconds indoor.
Lalonde Keida Gordon, HBM is a Tobagonian male track and field sprinter who specialises in the 400 metres. He won the bronze medal at the 2012 London Olympics with a personal best of 44.52 seconds. He is the fourth fastest 400 m runner from his country after Jereem Richards, Machel Cedenio and Ian Morris.
Jereem Richards is a Trinidadian track and field sprinter who specializes in the 200 metres and 400 metres events. He won the bronze medal in the 200 m at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics and gold for the 400 m at the 2022 World Indoor Championships. Richards took 200m titles at both the 2018 and 2022 Commonwealth Games. He was part of the Trinidad and Tobago team that won the bronze medal in the men's 4 × 400 m relay at the 2012 World Indoor Championships and a gold medal at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics.
Shaunae Miller-Uibo is a Bahamian track and field sprinter who competes in the 200 and 400 metres. She is a two-time Olympic champion after winning the women's 400 metres at the 2016 Rio Olympics and again at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
Tony McQuay is an American track and field athlete who specializes in the 400 meters. He is a member of the 2012 and 2016 United States Olympic teams, winning a silver medal in the 4 × 400 m relay in 2012 and a gold in the same event in 2016. He is also a two time World Champion in this event.
Jevaughn Minzie is a Jamaican sprinter. He is one of only fourteen youth sprinters to run 100 metres in less than 10.3 seconds.
David Verburg is an American track and field athlete who specializes in the 400 meters. He holds gold medals in the 4 × 400 m relay from the 2016 Olympics; the 2013 and 2015 World Championships; and the 2014 Indoor World Championships.
Jakub Krzewina is a Polish track and field sprinter who specialises in the 400 metres. A frequent competitor for Poland in the 4×400 metres relay, he has won two medals at the European Athletics Championships and reached the final at the 2016 Summer Olympics. He was also a relay silver medallist with Europe at the 2014 IAAF Continental Cup.
Abbas Abubakar Abbas is a Nigerian-born Bahraini athlete sprinter who competes internationally for Bahrain. He was the silver medallist in the 400 metres at the 2014 Asian Games. He has a personal best of 44.90 seconds for the event.
The men's 400 metres event at the 2016 Summer Olympics took place between 12 and 14 August at the Olympic Stadium. Fifty-three athletes from 35 nations competed. The event was won by 0.73 seconds by Wayde van Niekerk of South Africa, who broke the world record and won the nation's second gold medal in the men's 400 metres. Kirani James of Grenada and LaShawn Merritt of the United States became the sixth and seventh men to win two medals in the event, but Michael Johnson remained the only man with two gold medals.
Trinidad and Tobago competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, from August 5 to 21, 2016. This was the nation's seventeenth appearance at the Summer Olympics, although it previously competed in four other editions as a British colony, and as part of the West Indies Federation.
The men's 4 x 400 metres sprint competition of the athletics events at the 2015 Pan American Games will take place between the 24 and 25 of July at the CIBC Pan Am and Parapan Am Athletics Stadium. The defending Pan American Games champions are Noel Ruíz, Raidel Acea, Omar Cisneros, William Collazo, Júnior Díaz, Amaurys Valle and Amaurys Valle of Cuba.
The men's 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Beijing National Stadium on 29 and 30 August.
Suziann Reid is an American-Jamaican former track and field sprinter who specialized in the 400-meter dash. She set a personal record of 50.74 seconds for the distance in 1999. She was a silver medalist with the American women's 4 × 400-meter relay team at the 1999 World Championships in Athletics. She was part of the World Championship team twice more, in 2001 and 2005, and helped the United States to silver at the 2002 IAAF World Cup and gold at the 2001 Goodwill Games.
The men's 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics was held at the London Olympic Stadium on 12 August.
Jochem Dobber is a Dutch track and field sprint athlete who specialises in the 400 metres. He was a gold medallist in the 4 × 400 metres relay with the Dutch team at the 2021 European Athletics Indoor Championships, setting a Dutch record.
Alexander Doom is a Belgian sprinter specializing in the 400 metres. In 2024, he became the first male athlete to win the individual 400 metres and 4×400 metres relay at the same World Athletics Indoor Championships He has won several medals in international competitions with the Belgian 4 × 400 metres relay team and holds a personal best of 44.15 over the 400 metres.
Commonwealth Games champions in men's 4 × 400 metres relay | |
|---|---|
| 4 x 440 yards (1930–1966) |
|
| 4 x 400 metres (1970–present) |
|
World U20 Champions in men's 400 metres | |
|---|---|
|
|
 | This biographical article relating to Trinidadian athletics is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
