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Caymanian sprinter
Kemar Hyman (born 11 October 1989) is a
Caymanian
sprinter . He graduated from
Florida State University with an Economic Degree. Whilst competing for Florida State University he became the 2012 ACC indoor and outdoor champion and placed third at the 2012 indoor NCAA championships. Hyman is the
national record holder in the
100 and
200 metres . Kemar holds the 60m record with Olympian
Kareem Streete-Thompson in 6.56 seconds.
[1]
Hyman first represented the
Cayman Islands at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics in the
100 metres he also became an Olympian at the
2012 London Olympics
[2] and was the
flag bearer for Cayman Islands in the
opening ceremony .
[3]
[4]
He is a native of
George Town, Cayman Islands .
Personal bests
Outdoor
100 m: 9.95 s (wind: +1.8 m/s) –
Madrid , 7 Jul 2012
200 m: 20.73 s (wind: +0.8 m/s) –
Athens, Georgia , 9 April 2016
Indoor
International competitions
Year
Competition
Venue
Position
Event
Notes
Representing the
Cayman Islands
2005
CARIFTA Games (U17)
Bacolet ,
Trinidad and Tobago
7th
100m
11.17 (+1.5 m/s)
4th
200m
22.51 (-1.0 m/s)
Pan American Junior Championships
Windsor, Ontario , Canada
6th
4 × 100 m
41.49
World Youth Championships
Marrakesh ,
Morocco
2nd (h)1
100m
10.80 (+0.6 m/s)
7th (sf)
200m
22.00 (+1.2 m/s)
2006
CARIFTA Games (U20)
Les Abymes ,
Guadeloupe
6th
100m
10.79 (0.0 m/s)
3rd (h)2
200m
22.33 (+1.0 m/s)
5th
4 × 100 m
41.58
Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U20)
Port of Spain ,
Trinidad and Tobago
4th (h)
100m
10.80 (+1.3 m/s)
4th
200m
21.37 (+1.4 m/s)
3rd
4 × 100 m
40.79
World Junior Championships
Beijing ,
China
18th (sf)
100m
10.81 (-0.4 m/s)
19th (sf)
200m
21.54 (-1.0 m/s)
18th (h)
4 × 100 m
40.92
2007
CARIFTA Games (U20)
Providenciales ,
Turks and Caicos
6th
100m
10.61 (+1.2 m/s)
2nd
200m
21.10 (+0.7 m/s)
6th
4 × 100 m
41.90
Pan American Junior Championships
São Paulo ,
Brazil
7th (sf)
100m
10.73 (+0.4 m/s)
5th
200m
21.51 (+0.9 m/s)
NACAC Championships
San Salvador ,
El Salvador
12th (h)
100m
10.71 (-1.9 m/s)
4th
4 × 100 m
40.01
2008
World Junior Championships
Bydgoszcz ,
Poland
8th
100m
10.79 (-0.8 m/s)
4th (h)
200m
21.81 (+0.4 m/s)
2009
Central American and Caribbean Championships
La Habana ,
Cuba
10th (h)
100m
10.42 (+0.0 m/s)
12th (h)
200m
21.23 (+0.5 m/s)
5th
4 × 100 m
39.54
World Championships
Berlin ,
Germany
59th (h)
100m
10.59 (-0.2 m/s)
2011
Central American and Caribbean Championships
Mayagüez ,
Puerto Rico
2nd (h)3
100m
10.40 (-0.9 m/s)
2012
Olympic Games
London ,
United Kingdom
4th (h)2
100m
10.16 (+1.5 m/s)
2013
World Championships
Moscow ,
Russia
–
100m
DQ
2014
World Relays
Nassau ,
Bahamas
18th (h)
4 × 100 m
39.76
10th (h)
4 × 200 m
1:24.91
Commonwealth Games
Glasgow ,
United Kingdom
6th (sf)
100m
10.31 (0.0 m/s)
5th (h)
4 × 100 m
40.50
Central American and Caribbean Games
Xalapa ,
México
6th (h)
100m
10.78 A (+0.4 m/s)
2015
NACAC Championships
San José ,
Costa Rica
5th
100m
10.21 (-0.1 m/s)
World Championships
Beijing, China
38th (h)
100 m
10.32
2016
World Indoor Championships
Portland, United States
11th (sf)
60 m
6.61
Olympic Games
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
45th (h)
100 m
10.34
2018
World Indoor Championships
Birmingham, United Kingdom
–
60 m
DQ
Commonwealth Games
Gold Coast, Australia
5th
100 m
10.21
2019
Pan American Games
Lima, Peru
13th (h)
100 m
10.44
World Championships
Doha, Qatar
37th (h)
100 m
10.37
2020
Olympic Games
Tokyo, Japan
49th (h)
100 m
10.41
2022
NACAC Championships
Freeport, Bahamas
13th (h)
100 m
10.62
1 : Disqualified in the semifinal.
2 : Did not show in the semifinal.
3 : Disqualified in the final.
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