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He won the 400 m at the World Championships in 2011 and won the gold medal at the 2012 London Olympics. [2] In the 400 metres, James also won the silver medal at the 2016 Rio Olympics and a bronze medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, thus becoming the first man to earn the full set of three medals in the centennial history of the event. He is ...
Grenada has not competed in any Winter Olympic Games yet. After 28 years of competing in the Summer Olympic Games, Grenada won its first medal at the London 2012 Olympics , when Kirani James clocked a new national record of 43.94 seconds on 6 August 2012 to win gold in the Men's 400 meters .
Grenada Olympic Committee: Website: www.grenadaolympic.com: in Paris, France 26 July 2024 () – 11 August 2024 () Competitors: 6 in 2 sports: Flag bearer (opening) Lindon Victor & Tilly Collymore: Flag bearer (closing) Halle Hazzard & Kirani James: Medals Ranked 80th: Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 2 Total 2: Summer Olympics appearances
The men's 400 metres competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom, was held at the Olympic Stadium on 4–6 August. [1] Forty-nine athletes from 38 nations competed. [ 2 ] The event was won by 0.52 seconds by Kirani James of Grenada, earning the country its first Olympic medal.
Grenada Olympic Committee sent the nation's largest delegation to the Games, with a total of 10 athletes (6 men and 4 women), competing in 4 different sports. Taekwondo jin Andrea St. Bernard , who competed for the nation's Olympic debut in her sport, was the oldest athlete of the team, at age 32.
The Grenadian team featured two returning athletes from London 2012; decathlete Kurt Felix and track sprinter Kirani James, who became the nation's first ever Olympic champion, earning the gold in the men's 400 metres. As the most successful athlete of the Games, James was selected to carry the Grenadian flag for the second consecutive time in ...
Alleyne Jeremy Francique (born June 7, 1976) is a retired Grenadian athlete who specialized in 400 metres, his personal best being 44.47 seconds set in 2004.He is the 400m two-time world indoor champion in 2004 and 2006.
Grenada has competed in every Summer Olympics since the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. Kirani James won the first Olympic gold medal for Grenada in the men's 400 meters at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, the silver medal in the men's 400 meters at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro [ 113 ] and the bronze medal in the men's 400 ...