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| Nationality | Bahamian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 10 May 1997 Exuma Island | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Running | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Sprints | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 100 m: 10.01 (Queretaro, Mexico) 200 m: 20.46 (Jacksonville, Florida | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Samson Colebrooke (born 10 May 1997) is an Olympic sprinter from the Exuma Island in The Bahamas. He is the fastest born-Bahamian over 100m as Derrick Atkins, the national record holder, was born in Jamaica.
Originally from Exuma, Bahamas, Colebrooke moved to America to study law at Purdue University. [1] In 2019, Colebrooke won silver at the NACAC u23 championship in Mexico. Due to the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic, Colebrooke found himself unable to return home before the Bahamas government closed its borders. He had to remain in America for an extended period. [2]
At the 2020 Summer Games, he was drawn in heat two of the 100 metres race, alongside Trayvon Bromell amongst others. Colebrooke finished 7th in the heat in a time of 10.33 seconds. [3] [4] At the 2022 World Athletics Championships, Colebrooke ran in the 100 metres dash finishing fifth in his heat in a time of 10.23. [5]
He ran in the 4x100m relay team at the 2024 World Relays Championships in Nassau, Bahamas. [6]
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