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Herb McKenley

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D.O.B: 07.10.22
N.O.C: Jamaica
Height: 185 cm
Weight: 72 kg

Final Year of Competition: 1953
Years Top 10: 11

Personal bests

100y: 9.6 (Jamaica 1946)
100m: 10.4 (Finland 1952)
200m: 21.3 (United Kingdom 1948)
300m: 32.4 (Sweden 1948)
400m: 45.8 (United States 1948)
4x400m Relay: 3:03.9 (Finland 1952)

A TWO-TIME 400m World Record Breaker, McKENLEY was an awesome all-round Sprinter, to the extent that alongside his 400m Olympic Silvers [1948 & 1952], he also won Olympic Silver in the 100m [1952] & GOLD in the 4x400m [1952]!!!🥇🥈🥈🥈

In addition, McKENLEY was a FOUR-TIME GOLD medallist at the NCAAs for Illinois in the 200m & 400m, completing the back-to-back 200/400m Double in both 1946 & 1947!!!🔥

Inducted into the University of Illinois Athletics Hall of Fame in 2017, he remains the only man to have made the Olympic Final for the 100m, 200m & 400m!!!✊