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| Nationality | Jamaican | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 28 June 1999 | |||||||||||||||||
| Sport | ||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Sprint, Hurdles | |||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 400m hurdles: 47.42 (Kingston, 2024) | |||||||||||||||||
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Malik James-King (born 28 June 1999) is a Jamaican hurdler. He became Jamaican national champion over 400 metres hurdles in 2024. [1]
He attended Calabar High School in Kingston, Jamaica. [2] He competed at the 2018 World Athletics U20 Championships in the 400m hurdles in Tampere. [3]
He competed for Jamaica in the mixed 4x400m relay at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest. [4]
In April 2024, he was selected as part of the Jamiacan team for the 2024 World Athletics Relays in Nassau, Bahamas. [5] In May 2024, he was announced as one of five athletes to benefit from sponsorship by the Jamaican Olympic Association. [6] [7] That month, he ran a lifetime best of 48.39 seconds to win the men’s 400m hurdles event at the Jamaica Athletics Invitational meet on May 11, 2024 beating a field including World Championship silver medalist Kyron McMaster. [8] [9] He made his Diamond League debut at the 2024 Prefontaine Classic in Eugene, Oregon, finishing fifth in 49.51 seconds. [10] [11]
In June 2024, he won the Jamaican Athletics Championships in the 400m hurdles, running a personal best 47.42 seconds in Kingston. [12] On 12 July 2024, he finished fourth at the 2024 Herculis Diamond League event in Monaco. [13]
He competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris in August 2024, in the 400 metres hurdles, reaching the semi-finals. [14] [15]
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