Paston Coke

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Paston Coke
Personal information
Born (1971-08-23) 23 August 1971 (age 54)
Sport
Sport Track and field
Medal record
Representing Flag of Jamaica.svg Jamaica
World Athletics Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1999 Seville 4x400m relay
Summer Universiade
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1999 Palma de Mallorca 400m
Pan American Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1999 Winnipeg 4x400m relay

Paston Coke (born 23 August 1971) is a Jamaican sprinter. He was born in St. James, one of the western parishes of Jamaica. Paston competes in 100M, 200m and 400M dash. He won the silver medal in the 400 metres at 1999 World Student Games in personal record of 45.15 seconds. He was a member of Jamaica 4 x 400 metres relay team that won bronze medal in at the 1999 IAAF World Championships and gold medal at the 1999 Pan American Games. Paston competed at the NCAA II for New York Institute of Technology where he won two individual 400m titles and three relay titles. [1] [2] Paston has taken his running abilities and turned it into becoming a Professional Electrical Engineer (PE).[ citation needed ]

References

  1. "NYIT to reinstate track and field program".
  2. "iaaf.org - Athletes". Archived from the original on 23 February 2008.