Personal information | |
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Nationality | Trinidad and Tobago |
Born | 15 December 1991 |
Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) |
Weight | 81 kg (179 lb) |
Sport | |
Sport | Running |
Event | 400 metres hurdles |
Achievements and titles | |
Personal best(s) | 400 m: 46.43 s (Marabella 2010) 400 m h: 47.69 s (Moscow 2013) |
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Jehue Gordon (born 15 December 1991) is a Trinidadian track and field athlete who specialises in the 400 metres hurdles. He turned professional on 24 June 2010, [1] and signed a deal with Adidas in August 2010. [2]
Formerly a pupil of Belmont Boys' Secondary R.C. School and Queen's Royal College in Port of Spain, [3] he began his international athletics career at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics, where he finished fifth in the semi-finals at the age of 16. He was the bronze medallist in the 400 m hurdles at the 2008 CARIFTA Games and went on to win the gold medal the following year, recording a championship record of 50.01 seconds. [4] His success continued in the form of a bronze medal at the 2009 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics, where he ran a time of 49.45 seconds, [5] and a silver at the 2009 Pan American Junior Athletics Championships.
He qualified for the 2009 World Championships in Athletics and surprised by setting a world-age best and senior national record of 48.66 seconds in the heats. [6] He progressed through the rounds and reached the final, finishing in fourth with a 48.26-second national record. [7] Statisticians A. Lennart Julin and Mirko Jalava picked out Gordon's performances as sign of promise for future success. [8] At the start of the 2010 season, he took a 400 m and 110 metres hurdles double at the trials for the CARIFTA Games. [9] He went on to improve the championship records in both the 110 and 400 m hurdles at the 2010 CARIFTA Games, earning himself that year's Austin Sealy Trophy.
He took part in both the 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics. [10]
When he won the 400 m hurdles at the 2013 World Championships, he set a new national record of 47.69. [11] The year after, he won silver at the 2014 Commonwealth Games. [11]