Colin Bradford (born 30 May 1955) is a Jamaican former track and field athlete who specialised in sprinting events. He represented Jamaica at the Olympic Games in 1976 and 1980.
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Men's athletics | ||
Representing  Jamaica
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| Commonwealth Games | ||
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1978 Edmonton | 4x400m Relay |
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1978 Edmonton | 200 m |
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1978 Edmonton | 4x100m Relay |
| CAC Championships | ||
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1979 Guadalajara | 400 m |
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1981 Santo Domingo | 100 m |
| CARIFTA Games | ||
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1974 Kingston | 100 m |
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1974 Kingston | 200 m |
Born in Saint Catherine, he gained his first honours at the 1974 CARIFTA Games, where in the under-20s section he claimed bronze medals over 100 metres and 200 metres.[1] He was selected to contest these events at the 1976 Summer Olympics – he reached the 200 m final, coming in seventh, while his teammate Don Quarrie took the gold medal.[2] Bradford also ran in the 4×400 metres relay and came fifth in the final alongside Quarrie, Leighton Priestley and Seymour Newman.[3] He represented Jamaica at the 1978 Commonwealth Games and secured the 200 m bronze medal.[4]
Competing for the USC Trojans track and field team, Bradford won the 1979 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships in the 4 × 100 m relay.[5][6]
He competed over 400 metres individually and in the relay at the 1979 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics and took gold medals in both events.[7] Bradford was chosen for the 200 m as well as both the 100 and 400 m relays at the 1980 Moscow Olympics, but was eliminated in the heats stages of all three events.[8] The following year he won the 100 m title at the 1981 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics and formed part of the Americas 4×400 m relay team for the 1981 IAAF World Cup.[7] His final global competition was the 1983 World Championships in Athletics, where he ran in the heats of the 200 m and anchored a Jamaican team of George Walcott, Ray Stewart and Leroy Reid to seventh place in the 4×100 metres relay final.[9]
His personal bests were 10.15 seconds for 100 m, 20.66 over 200 m and a 400 m time of 45.94 seconds.[8]
Major competition record
edit| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | Olympic Games | Montreal, Canada | 7th (q-finals) | 100 m |
| 7th | 200 m | |||
| 5th | 4 × 400 m relay | |||
| 1978 | Commonwealth Games | Edmonton, Canada | 3rd | 200 m |
| 1979 | CAC Championships | Guadalajara, Mexico | 1st | 400 m |
| 1980 | Olympic Games | Moscow, Soviet Union | 6th (q-finals) | 200 m |
| 4th (heats) | 4 × 100 m relay | |||
| 5th | 4 × 400 m relay | |||
| 1981 | CAC Championships | Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | 1st | 100 m |
| World Cup | Rome, Italy | 3rd | 4 × 400 m relay | |
| 1983 | World Championships | Helsinki, Finland | 7th (heats) | 200 m |
| 5th (heats) | 4 × 100 m relay |
References
edit- ^ CARIFTA GAMES (UNDER 20 MEN). GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2011-02-05.
- ^ Athletics at the 1976 Montréal Summer Games:Men's 200 metres. Sports-Reference. Retrieved on 2011-02-05.
- ^ Jamaica Athletics at the 1976 Montréal Summer Games. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2011-02-05.
- ^ COMMONWEALTH GAMES MEDALLISTS - ATHLETICS (MEN). GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2011-02-05.
- ^ "University of Southern California - El Rodeo (1979)". digitallibrary.usc.edu. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
- ^ "It Looks Like Another USC-UCLA Match Race". The Los Angeles Times. 3 March 1979. p. 47. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
- ^ a b CENTRAL AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS (MEN). GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2011-02-05.
- ^ a b Colin Bradford. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2011-02-05.
- ^ Results - 4 X 100 METRES - Men - Final Archived 29 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-02-05.