Deon Hemmings
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| Full name | Deon Marie Hemmings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 9 October 1968 (age 56)[1] Saint Ann, Jamaica | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Deon Marie Hemmings (born 9 October 1968 in Saint Ann, Jamaica) is a former female 400 metres hurdler.
Hemmings was the first ever Jamaican woman to win an Olympic Gold when she won the 400m Hurdles at the 1996 Olympics, breaking the Olympic record, which stood to 2004. Hemmings also won two silver medals at the 2000 Olympics in the 400m Hurdles and 4 × 400 m Relay (together with Sandie Richards, Catherine Scott-Pomales and Lorraine Graham).[2]
Hemmings also won a Silver medal in the 1994 Commonwealth Games, a Bronze Medal in the 1995 World Athletics Championships, a Silver in the 1997 World Athletics Championships, and a Bronze in the 1999 World Athletics Championships, all in the 400m Hurdles.
Hemmings retired in 2003 and married Michael McCatty in 2004.
References
[edit]- ^ Deon Hemmings at World Athletics
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Deon Hemmings". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.
Full name: Deon Marie Hemmings
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- 1968 births
- Living people
- Jamaican female hurdlers
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1991 Pan American Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1994 Commonwealth Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Jamaica
- Olympic athletes for Jamaica
- Olympic gold medalists for Jamaica
- Olympic silver medalists for Jamaica
- Sportspeople from Saint Ann Parish
- Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics
- Jamaican female sprinters
- World Athletics Championships medalists
- Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Pan American Games medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Pan American Games silver medalists for Jamaica
- Goodwill Games medalists in athletics
- Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Jamaica
- Competitors at the 1998 Central American and Caribbean Games
- World Athletics Indoor Championships winners
- World Athletics Championships winners
- Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in athletics
- Competitors at the 1998 Goodwill Games
- Medalists at the 1991 Pan American Games
- 20th-century Jamaican women
- 21st-century Jamaican sportswomen
- Medallists at the 1994 Commonwealth Games
- Commanders of the Order of Distinction
- Jamaican Athletics Championships winners