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| Nationality | Barbados | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 3 May 2000 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Sprint | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 400m: 47.09 (2024) 400m hurdles: 48.79 (2024) NR | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Rasheeme Griffith (born 3 May 2000) is a Barbadian sprinter and hurdler. He is the Barbadian national record holder over 400 metres hurdles.[1]
Career
[edit]He was a gold medalist in the 400 metres hurdles at the 2019 CARIFTA Games.[2] He was a gold medalist in the 400 metres hurdles at the 2021 NACAC U18 U20 and U23 Championships in Athletics in Costa Rica.[3] He competed for Barbados at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England.[4]
He ran as part of the Barbadian 4x400m relay team at the 2024 World Relays Championships in Nassau, Bahamas.[5] Whilst competing for the University of Tennessee, established a new 400m hurdles Barbadian national record of 48.79 in the heats of the SEC Championships on May 9, 2024.[6] Also a two-time national champion, he was selected for the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Nanjing in March 2025.[7][8] He won the 400 metres hurdles at the Ed Murphey Track Classic, a World Athletics Continental Tour Silver meet, on 12 July in Memphis, Tennessee.[9]
References
[edit]- ^ "Rasheeme Griffith". World Athletics. Retrieved 20 March 2025.
- ^ "ATHLETICS-CARIFTA-UPDATE – Griffith 400m hurdles champion". Barbados Today. 22 April 2019. Retrieved 20 March 2025.
- ^ "BARBADOS STARTS NACAC WITH 4 GOLDS, 1 SILVER, 1 BRONZE". Barbados Advocate. 10 July 2021. Retrieved 20 March 2025.
- ^ "Barbados' team named for the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games". Olympic.org. 19 July 2022. Retrieved 10 March 2025.
- ^ "4X400 METRES RELAY". World Athletics. 5 May 2024. Retrieved 20 March 2024.
- ^ Jacks, Bradley (21 June 2024). "Commonwealth champion Sada Williams to headline Barbados National Championships". SportsMax. Retrieved 20 March 2025.
- ^ "4 athletes heading to China for World Indoor Championships". cbc.bb. March 15, 2025. Retrieved 20 March 2025.
- ^ "AA Barbados names 4-person team to World Indoor Championships in Nanjing". SportsMax. 15 March 2025. Retrieved 20 March 2025.
- ^ "Adrian Kerr Seals Tokyo 2025 Berth as Caribbean Athletes Deliver at Ed Murphey Track Classic". Track Alerts. 13 July 2025. Retrieved 13 July 2025.
