Kirani James


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Birth date
Age
01/09/1992 - ST. GEORGE'S (GRN) 
20
Height
Weight
Gender
180 cm / 5'11" 
66 kg / 146 lbs 
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Sport
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RankEventYearLocationResult
World Championships
1400m2011Daegu, KOR44.60
Diamond League
1400m2011Zurich, SUI44.36
1400m2011London, GBR44.61
World Challenge
1400m2012Daegu, KOR44.72
1400m2011Berlin, GER45.33
World Indoor Championships
6400m2012Istanbul, TUR46.21
World Junior Championships
1400m2010Moncton, NB, CAN45.89

Nickname

The Jaguar. (telegraph.co.uk, 21 Sep 2011)

Occupation

Student

Education

Business - University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, USA

Additional information

Start of sporting career
He took up athletics when he was twelve. (athleticsweekly.com, 19 Aug 2011)

Ambitions
For the 2012 Olympic Games his goal is "just to run fast, and represent my country to the fullest of my ability. That's the main goal and anything that comes after that and is positive, I'm happy with that." (caribjournal.com, 22 Jan 2012.)


Most memorable sporting achievement
Winning gold in the 400m at the 2011 world championships two days before his 19th birthday. It was his first major international gold medal in only his fourth professional appearance. (cw.ua.edu, 31 Aug 2011; telegraph.co.uk, 21 Sep 2011)

Awards
He was named Grenada Sportsman of the Year in 2009 and 2010. (tidesports.com, 04 Feb 2010; trackledger.com, 31 Aug 2011)

He became the youngest ever sprinter to win a senior individual global title when he won the 400m at the 2011 world championships. The victory was also the first senior global medal in track and field for the nation of Grenada. (telegraph.co.uk, 21 Sep 2011; trackledger.com, 31 Aug 2011)

At the 2008 world youth championships he won silver in the 400m with a time of 45.70, which was the then-fastest time ever run by a 15-year-old. (rolltide.com, 01 Jun 2012)

General
RUNNING TECHNIQUE
Speaking about the fact that his left foot will stray outwards on landing during running and this could be deemed a flaw in his technique, he says, "Everyone has their opinions and there is just certain stuff you can't change. Our hips face inwards so our knees face inwards and the leg sways outside, just to explain that in a nutshell." (nytimes.com, 13 Mar 2012)

COMPARISON TO USAIN BOLT
On being compared with Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt he says, "I don't get excited by comparisons. Usain has traits that make him special and I have some that make me special, so I don't really compare myself to him. I'm comfortable in my own skin, I don't need to be called the Usain Bolt of the four hundred metres. I prefer the Kirani James of Grenada. That's ok with me." (telegraph.co.uk, 21 Sep 2011)


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