Linval Laird
Appearance
Linval Laird (born 23 June 1969) is a retired Jamaican athlete who specialised in the 400 metres.[1] He won several medals with the Jamaican 4 × 400 metres relay including the silver at the 1997 World Indoor Championships. His biggest individual achievement is the bronze at the 1997 Summer Universiade.
He has personal bests of 45.49 seconds outdoors (San Juan 1997) and 46.61 seconds indoors (Boston 1994).
Competition record
[edit]Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing | |||||
1991 | Universiade | Sheffield, United Kingdom | 4th (h) | 4x100 m relay | 40.01 |
2nd | 4x400 m relay | 3:05.93 | |||
1994 | Commonwealth Games | Victoria, Canada | 23rd (qf) | 400 m | 47.21 |
2nd | 4x400 m relay | 3:02.32 | |||
1995 | Universiade | Fukuoka, Japan | 19th (qf) | 400 m | 47.05 |
5th | 4x400 m relay | 3:04.77 | |||
1997 | World Indoor Championships | Paris, France | 12th (sf) | 400 m | 47.01 |
2nd | 4x400 m relay | 3:08.11 | |||
Central American and Caribbean Championships | San Juan, Puerto Rico | 2nd | 400 m | 45.49 | |
1st | 4x400 m relay | 3:01.42 | |||
World Championships | Athens, Greece | 2nd (h) | 4x400 m relay | 2:59.98 | |
Universiade | Catania, Italy | 3rd | 400 m | 45.54 | |
2nd | 4x400 m relay | 3:02.68 | |||
1999 | World Indoor Championships | Maebashi, Japan | 4th | 4x400 m relay | 3:05.13 |
References
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Categories:
- 1969 births
- Living people
- Jamaican male sprinters
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1994 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Jamaica
- Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics
- Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field)
- FISU World University Games silver medalists for Jamaica
- FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Jamaica
- World Athletics Indoor Championships medalists
- Medalists at the 1991 Summer Universiade
- Medalists at the 1997 Summer Universiade
- Medallists at the 1994 Commonwealth Games
- Jamaican athletics biography stubs