Rushell Clayton
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Nationality | Jamaican | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Bath Mountain Westmoreland | 18 October 1992||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Education | Mico University College University of the West Indies | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 7 in (170 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 140 lb (64 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Jamaica | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | 400 metres hurdles | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Elite Performance Track Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Reynaldo Walcott | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Rushell Clayton (born 18 October 1992) is a Jamaican athlete specialising in the 400 metres hurdles.[1] She won the bronze medal, finishing in third place, at the 2019 World Championships and again at the 2023 World Championships, setting her personal best of 52.81 seconds at the 2023 Worlds. Rushell is coached by Reynaldo Walcott and is a part of Andi Sports Management. She became the first Jamaican Woman since 2011 to break 53 seconds in the 400m Hurdles
International competitions[edit]
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing Jamaica | |||||
2011 | CARIFTA Games (U20) | Montego Bay, Jamaica | 4th | 400 m hurdles | 59.35 |
Pan American Games | Guadalajara, Mexico | 12th (h) | 400 m hurdles | 63.44 | |
2014 | NACACU23 Championships | Kamloops, Canada | 3rd | 400 m hurdles | 63.68 |
3rd | 4 × 100 m relay | 45.90 | |||
2015 | NACAC Championships | San José, Costa Rica | 9th (h) | 400 m hurdles | 57.71 |
2018 | Central American and Caribbean Games | Barranquilla, Colombia | 4th | 400 m hurdles | 55.30 |
2019 | Pan American Games | Lima, Peru | 3rd | 400 m hurdles | 55.53 |
World Championships | Doha, Qatar | 3rd | 400 m hurdles | 53.74 PB | |
2022 | World Championships | Eugene, United States | 6th | 400 m hurdles | 54.36 |
2023 | World Championships | Budapest, Hungary | 3rd | 400 m hurdles | 52.81
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Categories:
- 1992 births
- Living people
- Jamaican female hurdlers
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2011 Pan American Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2019 Pan American Games
- World Athletics Championships athletes for Jamaica
- World Athletics Championships medalists
- Pan American Games medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Pan American Games bronze medalists for Jamaica
- Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games
- Competitors at the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games
- 21st-century Jamaican women
- 21st-century Jamaican people
- Sportspeople from Westmoreland Parish
- Alumni of Mico University College
- Jamaican athletics biography stubs