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Nationality | Jamaican | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 28 June 1999 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | Sprint, Hurdles | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Personal best(s) | 400m hurdles: 47.42 (Kingston, 2024) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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 4 × 400 m 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]
At the 2025 Grand Slam Track in Miami on 2 May 2025, he ran 49.43 metres for the 400 metres hurdles to finish third in the race. [16] He competed on 16 May 2025 at the 2025 Doha Diamond League. [17] He finished third in the 400 metres hurdles final at the 2025 Jamaican Athletics Championships in 48.49 seconds. [18] He was named in the Jamaican squad for the 2025 NACAC Championships in Freeport, The Bahamas, winning the silver medal in the 400 metres hurdles. [19] [20] He was selected for the Jamaican team for the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan. [21]
Grand Slam Track results [22] | |||||
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Slam | Race group | Event | Pl. | Time | Prize money |
2025 Kingston Slam | Long hurdles | 400 m hurdles | 4th | 48.69 | US$20,000 |
400 m | 5th | 46.57 | |||
2025 Miami Slam | Long hurdles | 400 m hurdles | 3rd | 49.43 | US$25,000 |
400 m | 5th | 45.81 |