Kenneth Medwood
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Full name | Kenneth Nathaniel Medwood | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Belize City, Belize |
December 14, 1987 |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Residence | Los Angeles, California, USA | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Weight | 73 kg (161 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Men's Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | Hurdling, Sprint | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Updated on July 14, 2014. |
Kenneth Medwood (born December 14, 1987 in Belize City)[1] is a Belizean track and field athlete, specializing in the 400 metres hurdles.[2] He competed in the 2011 IAAF World Championships in Athletics and was his nation's flagbearer in the opening ceremonies of the 2012 Summer Olympics.
Medwood grew up in Los Angeles, attending Theodore Roosevelt High School, where he was a three time Los Angeles City Section Champion in the high jump. He holds the Frosh/Soph division record.[3] In both 2005[4] and 2006,[5] he finished in a tie for 4th place at the CIF California State Meet. He also played basketball and tennis.
Next he attended East Los Angeles College where he began to excel in the long hurdles. He was the state community college champion both years,[6][7] establishing the state record in the 400 hurdles at 51.63.[8]
His next stop was Long Beach State University where he was runner up in the Big West Conference in both the 400 hurdles and long jump.[9]
He set his personal record in the 400 hurdles at the 2012 Mt. SAC Relays, running 49.54.
Personal bests
- 200 m: 21.49 s (wind: +1.0 m/s) –
Norwalk, California, April 17, 2010
- 400 m: 47.83 s –
Walnut, California, April 12, 2008
- 400 m hurdles: 49.54 s –
Walnut, California, April 21, 2012
- Long jump: 7.49 m (wind: -0.8 m/s) –
Northridge, California, May 14, 2010
Achievements
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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2010 | Central American and Caribbean Games | Mayagüez, Puerto Rico | 5th | 400 m hurdles | 51.08 |
2011 | Central American Championships | San José, Costa Rica | 1st | 400 m hurdles | 51.42 |
3rd | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:22.40 | |||
Pan American Games | Guadalajara, México | 15th (sf) | 400 m | 51.90 | |
DNF (sf) | 4 × 100 m relay | ||||
DNF (sf) | 4 × 400 m relay | ||||
World Championships | Daegu, Korea | 32nd (h) | 400 m hurdles | 51.19 | |
2012 | Central American Championships | Managua, Nicaragua | 1st | 400 m hurdles | 49.81 |
2nd | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:19.33 | |||
Olympic Games | London, United Kingdom | 5th (sf) | 400 m hurdles | 49.87 | |
2013 | Central American Games | San José, Costa Rica | 1st | 400 m hurdles | 51.14 |
4th | 4 × 100 m relay | 42.94 | |||
Central American Championships | Managua, Nicaragua | 1st | 400 m hurdles | 51.42 | |
3rd | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:18.13 | |||
2014 | Central American Championships | Tegucigalpa, Honduras | 2nd | 400 m hurdles | 51.16 |
References
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External links
- Kenneth Medwood profile at IAAF
- sports-reference
- Tilastopaja biography
- Use mdy dates from November 2015
- Pages with broken file links
- IAAF ID different in Wikidata
- 1987 births
- Living people
- Belizean sprinters
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes of Belize
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2011 Pan American Games
- Pan American Games competitors for Belize
- People from Belize City
- Sportspeople from Los Angeles, California
- Belizean emigrants to the United States
- Long Beach State 49ers athletes
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
- World Championships in Athletics athletes for Belize
- Male hurdlers
- Male sprinters
- Commonwealth Games competitors for Belize