Yohan Blake

Yohan Blake (born 26 December 1989) is a Jamaican sprinter specialising in the 100-metre and 200-metre sprint races. He won gold at the 100m at the 2011 World Athletics Championships as the youngest 100m world champion ever, and a silver medal in the 2012 Olympic Games in London in the 100m and 200m races for the Jamaican team behind Usain Bolt. His times of 9.75 in 100m and 19.44 in 200m are the fastest 100m and 200m Olympic sprints in history to not win the gold medal.

Yohan Blake
Blake at the 2012 Memorial Van Damme
Personal information
Nationality Jamaica
Born (1989-12-26) 26 December 1989
St. James, Jamaica
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight80 kg (176 lb)
Sport
SportTrack and field
Event(s)100 m, 200 m
ClubRacers Track Club (2009–2019)
Coached by
  • Gregory Little (since 2020)
  • Patrick Dawson (2019)
  • Glen Mills (2009–2019)
Achievements and titles
Personal bests
Medal record
Representing  Jamaica
Men's athletics
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 2 2 0
World Championships 2 0 0
World Relays 2 0 1
Commonwealth Games 0 0 2
World Junior Championships 1 1 1
Pan American Junior Championships 0 1 1
CAC Junior Championships 3 0 0
CARIFTA Games (Junior) 5 0 0
CARIFTA Games (Youth) 2 0 0
Total 17 4 5
Olympic Games
2012 London4×100 m relay
2016 Rio de Janeiro4×100 m relay
2012 London100 m
2012 London200 m
World Championships
2011 Daegu100 m
2011 Daegu4×100 m relay
Commonwealth Games
2018 Gold Coast100 m
2018 Gold Coast4×100 m relay
World Relays
2014 Bahamas4×100 m
2014 Bahamas4×200 m
2017 Bahamas4×200 m
World Junior Championships
2006 Beijing4×100 m relay
2008 Bydgoszcz4×100 m relay
2006 Beijing100 m
Pan American Junior Championships
2007 São Paulo100 m
2007 São Paulo4×400 m relay
CAC Junior Championships (U20)
2006 Port of Spain100 m
2006 Port of Spain200 m
2006 Port of Spain4×100 m relay
CARIFTA Games (Junior)
2006 Les Abymes200 m
2006 Les Abymes4×100 m relay
2007 Providenciales100 m
2007 Providenciales4×100 m relay
2008 Basseterre100 m
CARIFTA Games (Youth)
2005 Bacolet100 m
2005 Bacolet200 m
Representing Americas
Continental Cup
2018 Ostrava4×100 m

Blake is the second fastest man ever in both 100 m and 200 m. Together with Tyson Gay, he is the joint second fastest man ever over 100 m with a personal best of 9.69 seconds, with a - 0.2 wind, which he ran on 23 August 2012. Only Usain Bolt has run faster (9.58s, 9.63s, and 9.69s). His personal best for the 200 m (19.26 seconds) is the second fastest time ever after Bolt (19.19 seconds). Blake holds the Jamaican national junior record for the 100 metres, and was the youngest sprinter to have broken the 10-second barrier at 19 years, 196 days old before Trayvon Bromell ran 100m in 9.97 seconds at 18 years 11 months and 3 days old. As such, Blake is considered one of the best sprinters of all time.

Blake was coached by Glen Mills until 2019. His training partners were Usain Bolt and Daniel Bailey.

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