Dwight St. Hillaire Explained

Dwight St. Hillaire
Birth Date:5 December 1997
Birth Place:Belle Garden, Trinidad and Tobago
Sport:Athletics
Universityteam:Kentucky Wildcats
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Dwight St. Hillaire (born 5 December 1997) is an Olympic sprinter from Trinidad and Tobago.[1]

From Belle Garden, he achieved success whilst attending the University of Kentucky becoming an All-American, winning silver medals at the NCAA Championships and at the SEC Championships.[2]

In 2018 he clocked a personal best of 44.55 seconds to move into the sixth spot on T&T's all-time men's 400 metres list.[3] In March 2021 he ran a new lifetime best of 20.25 seconds in the 200 metres at an invitational meeting in South Carolina.[4] In April 2021 he ran 44.74 in his first outdoor 400 metres race of the year which earned him at the time second spot on the 2021 world outdoor performance list, behind American Bryce Deadmon.[5]

Whilst running in the Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metres he ran a time of 45.41 to qualify from the heats to the semi-finals.[6] In the 4x400m relay final St.Hillaire injured his hamstring but determinedly finished his leg of the race.[7]

Personal bests

Outdoor

Indoor

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Dwight ST. HILLAIRE | Profile. worldathletics.org.
  2. Web site: Dwight St. Hillaire - Track & Field. University of Kentucky Athletics. 25 September 2017 .
  3. Web site: Time to build. Kwame. Laurence. Trinidad Express Newspapers.
  4. Web site: T&T's St. Hillaire Runs 20.25 PB At Weems Baskin Invitational 2021. Christopher. George. 28 March 2021 .
  5. Web site: St Hillaire sizzles. Kwame. Laurence. Trinidad Express Newspapers.
  6. Web site: Athletics - Round 1 - Heat 3 Results. https://web.archive.org/web/20210801043323/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/athletics/result-men-s-400m-rnd1-000300-.htm . 2021-08-01.
  7. Web site: St Hillaire injures hamstring in men's mile relay final . 7 August 2021 .