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{{Short description|Jamaican sprinter (born 1989)}}
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{{Use Jamaican English|date=March 2015}}
{{Use Jamaican English|date=March 2015}}
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| name = Yohan Blake
|name = Yohan Blake
| image = Yohan Blake Daegu 2011-2.jpg
|image = Yohan Blake Memorial Van Damme 2012.jpg
|caption = Blake at the [[Memorial Van Damme]] 2012
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| caption =Blake at the [[2011 World Championships in Athletics|2011 Daegu World Championships]]
|sport = [[Track and field]]
| nickname = The Beast
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|club = [[Racers Track Club]] (2009–2020)
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|Gregory Little (since 2020)
| coach = [[Glen Mills]]
|Patrick Dawson (2019)
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{{Medal|Gold|[[2016 Summer Olympics|2016 Rio de Janeiro]]|[[Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|4×100 m relay]]}}
{{MedalSilver|2012 London|[[Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metres|200 m]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2012 Summer Olympics|2012 London]]|[[Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metres|100 m]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2012 Summer Olympics|2012 London]]|[[Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metres|200 m]]}}
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{{MedalCompetition|[[IAAF World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]}}
{{MedalGold |[[2011 World Championships in Athletics|2011 Daegu]]|[[2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 100 metres|100 m]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2011 World Championships in Athletics|2011 Daegu]]|[[2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 100 metres|100 m]]}}
{{MedalGold |2011 Daegu|[[2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|4×100 m relay]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2011 World Championships in Athletics|2011 Daegu]]|[[2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|4×100 m relay]]}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[Commonwealth Games]]}}
{{Medal|Bronze|[[2018 Commonwealth Games|2018 Gold Coast]]|[[Athletics at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Men's 100 metres|100 m]]}}
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{{MedalCompetition|[[IAAF World Relays|World Relays]]}}
{{MedalGold |[[2014 IAAF World Relays|2014 Bahamas]]|[[2014 IAAF World Relays – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|4 x 100 m]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2014 IAAF World Relays|2014 Bahamas]]|[[2014 IAAF World Relays – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|4×100 m]]}}
{{MedalGold |[[2014 IAAF World Relays|2014 Bahamas]]|[[2014 IAAF World Relays – Men's 4 × 200 metres relay|4 x 200 m]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2014 IAAF World Relays|2014 Bahamas]]|[[2014 IAAF World Relays – Men's 4 × 200 metres relay|4×200 m]]}}
{{MedalBronze|[[2017 IAAF World Relays|2017 Bahamas]]|[[2017 IAAF World Relays – Men's 4 × 200 metres relay|4×200 m]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[IAAF World Junior Championships in Athletics|World Junior Championships]]}}
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{{MedalGold|[[2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics|2006 Beijing]]|4×100 m relay}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics|2008 Bydgoszcz]]|4×100 m relay}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics|2008 Bydgoszcz]]|4×100 m relay}}
{{MedalBronze |[[2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics|2006 Beijing]]|100 m}}
{{MedalBronze|[[2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics|2006 Beijing]]|100 m}}
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{{MedalSilver|[[2007 Pan American Junior Athletics Championships|2007 São Paulo]]|100 m}}
{{MedalBronze|[[2007 Pan American Junior Athletics Championships|2007 São Paulo]]|4×400 m relay}}
{{MedalBronze|[[2007 Pan American Junior Athletics Championships|2007 São Paulo]]|4×400 m relay}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships in Athletics|CAC Junior Championships]] (U20)}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships in Athletics|CAC Junior Championships]] (U20)}}
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{{MedalGold|[[2006 Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships|2006 Port of Spain]]|100 m}}
{{MedalGold |[[2006 Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships in Athletics|2006 Port of Spain]] | 200 m}}
{{MedalGold|[[2006 Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships|2006 Port of Spain]]|200 m}}
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{{MedalGold|[[2006 Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships|2006 Port of Spain]]|4×100 m relay}}
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{{MedalGold |[[2007 CARIFTA Games|2007 Providenciales]] | 100 m}}
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{{MedalGold |[[2008 CARIFTA Games|2008 Basseterre]] | 100 m}}
{{MedalGold|[[2008 CARIFTA Games|2008 Basseterre]]|100 m}}
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{{MedalCompetition|[[CARIFTA Games]] (Youth)}}
{{MedalGold |[[2005 CARIFTA Games|2005 Bacolet]] | 100 m}}
{{MedalGold|[[2005 CARIFTA Games|2005 Bacolet]]|100 m}}
{{MedalGold |[[2005 CARIFTA Games|2005 Bacolet]] | 200 m}}
{{MedalGold|[[2005 CARIFTA Games|2005 Bacolet]]|200 m}}
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{{Medal|Competition|[[IAAF Continental Cup|Continental Cup]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2018 IAAF Continental Cup|2018 Ostrava]]|4×100 m}}
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'''Yohan Blake''' (born 26 December 1989), is a Jamaican sprinter of the [[100 metres|100-metre]] and [[200 metres|200-metre]] sprint races. He won a gold medal at the 100 m at the 2011 world championships as the youngest 100 m world champion ever, and a silver medal in the 2012 Olympic Games in London in the 100 m and 200 m races for the Jamaican team. He is known by the nickname "The Beast".


'''Yohan Blake''' (born 26 December 1989) is a Jamaican sprinter specialising in the [[100 metres|100-metre]] and [[200 metres|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 place second.
Blake's 100&nbsp;m personal best of 9.69&nbsp;seconds makes him the equal second fastest man ever with [[Tyson Gay]], and after [[Usain Bolt]]. His personal best for the 200&nbsp;m (19.26 seconds) is the second fastest ever after Bolt.<ref name=DiamBruss>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/athletics/14956162.stm Diamond League: Yohan Blake and Usain Bolt star in Brussels] BBC Sport, 16 September 2011</ref> He holds the national [[Junior (athletics)|junior]] record for the [[100 metres]], and was formerly the youngest sprinter to have broken the [[10-second barrier]] (at 19 years, 196 days).<ref>Peter Larsson [http://www.alltime-athletics.com/m_100ok.htm All-time men's best 100m ] Track & Field All-time Performances; Retrieved 13 August 2009</ref><ref>[http://www.iaaf.org/mm/Document/Athletes/Athletes/05/10/95/20090717071549_httppostedfile_Paris_Men_12279.pdf Meeting Areva 2009 Athlete biographies] IAAF; Retrieved 14 August 2009</ref><ref>Levy, Leighton [http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20090720/sports/sports2.html Blake must wait] ''Jamaica Gleaner'', 20 July 2009; Retrieved 13 August 2009</ref> In 2009, along with three other sprinters he was suspended for three months after testing positive for a substance similar to a banned stimulant.


Blake is the second{{nbh}}fastest man ever in both 100&nbsp;m and 200&nbsp;m. Together with [[Tyson Gay]], he is the joint second fastest man ever over 100 m with a personal best of 9.69&nbsp;seconds which he ran on 23 August 2012 which he ran into a slight headwind of -0.2m/s compared to Tyson Gay's +2.0m/s making his time (with wind adjustments) the second fastest time of all time.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/trackandfield/yohan-blake-becomes-3rd-man-to-run-9-69-1.1206770 |title=Yohan Blake becomes 3rd man to run 9.69 |author=Campigotto, Jesse |website=[[CBC.ca]] |publisher=[[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]] |date=23 August 2012 |access-date=12 October 2019}}</ref>
He is coached by [[Glen Mills]]. His training partners are Usain Bolt and [[Daniel Bailey]].<ref>Raynor, Kayon [http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/sports/html/20090722T230000-0500_155940_OBS_AGENT_IN_AWE_OF_BLAKE_S_RAPID_PROGRESS.asp Agent in awe of Blake's rapid progress]. ''Jamaica Observer'', 23 July 2009; Retrieved 13 August 2009</ref>
Only [[Usain Bolt]] has run faster (9.58s and 9.63s).<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/olympics/the-10-fastest-men-in-olympic-100m-history-usain-bolt-tyson-gay-yohan-blake-justin-gatlin-et-al/news-story/18535784a5cb6271bcf795cee9d16ec4 |author=Sutherland, Rob |title=The 10 fastest men in Olympic 100m history: Usain Bolt, Tyson Gay, Yohan Blake, Justin Gatlin et al |work=The Daily Telegraph |date=15 August 2016 |access-date=12 October 2019}}</ref> His personal best for the 200 m (19.26 seconds) is the second fastest time ever after Bolt (19.19 seconds).<ref name="BBC News">{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/athletics/14956162 |title=Diamond League: Yohan Blake and Usain Bolt star in Brussels |website=[[BBC Sport]] |publisher=[[BBC News]] |date=16 September 2011 |access-date=12 October 2019}}</ref>
Blake holds the Jamaican national [[Junior (athletics)|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.<ref>Peter Larsson [http://www.alltime-athletics.com/m_100ok.htm All-time men's best 100m] Track & Field All-time Performances; Retrieved 13 August 2009.</ref><ref>[http://www.iaaf.org/mm/Document/Athletes/Athletes/05/10/95/20090717071549_httppostedfile_Paris_Men_12279.pdf Meeting Areva 2009 Athlete biographies] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120515023511/http://www.iaaf.org/mm/Document/Athletes/Athletes/05/10/95/20090717071549_httppostedfile_Paris_Men_12279.pdf|date=15 May 2012}} IAAF; Retrieved 14 August 2009</ref><ref>Levy, Leighton {{cite news |url=http://old.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20090720/sports/sports2.html |title=Blake must wait |work=Jamaica Gleaner |date=20 July 2009 |access-date=12 October 2019}}</ref> 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]].<ref>Raynor, Kayon [http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/sports/html/20090722T230000-0500_155940_OBS_AGENT_IN_AWE_OF_BLAKE_S_RAPID_PROGRESS.asp Agent in awe of Blake's rapid progress] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090827085807/http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/sports/html/20090722T230000-0500_155940_OBS_AGENT_IN_AWE_OF_BLAKE_S_RAPID_PROGRESS.asp|date=27 August 2009}}. ''Jamaica Observer'', 23 July 2009; Retrieved 13 August 2009.</ref>


==Early life==
==Early life==
Yohan Blake was born on 26 December 1989. He attended Green Park Primary and Junior High School in the Parish of Clarendon.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nce.org.jm/content/green-park-primary-junior-high-0|title = Green Park Primary & Junior High &#124; National Council on Education}}</ref> He was discovered as a young talent from Davis Primary School by coach Carlton Solan. While he was at Green Park.
Blake attended [[St. Jago High School]] in [[Spanish Town]] where his first sporting love was [[cricket]]. Blake was a [[fast bowler]], and it was only after the school Principal saw how quickly he ran to the wicket that he was urged to try sprinting.<ref>Gleeson, Michael. [http://www.smh.com.au/olympics/athletics-london-2012/bolt-faces-enemy-from-within-20120803-23l0i.html Bolt faces enemy from within]. ''Sydney Morning Herald''. 4 August 2012.</ref>
Blake attended [[St. Jago High School]] in [[Spanish Town]] where his first sporting love was [[cricket]]. Blake was a [[fast bowler]], and it was only after the school Principal saw how quickly he ran to the wicket that he was urged to try sprinting.<ref>Gleeson, Michael. [https://www.smh.com.au/sport/bolt-faces-enemy-from-within-20120803-23l0i.html Bolt faces enemy from within]. ''Sydney Morning Herald''. 4 August 2012. Retrieved 12 October 2019.</ref>


==Career==
==Career==


===Junior===
===Junior ===
Blake set the fastest time by a Jamaican junior sprinter over 100&nbsp;m with 10.11&nbsp;seconds.<ref name=Fastlane>Reid, Tyrone S. [http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/magazines/TeenAge/html/20070409T200000-0500_121497_OBS_YOHAN_BLAKE__LIFE_IN_THE_FAST_LANE.asp Yohan Blake: Life in the fast lane] ''Jamaica Observer'', 10 April 2007; Retrieved 13 August 2009</ref> The record was set at the [[2007 CARIFTA Games]] held in the [[Turks and Caicos islands]] where he also led his team to gold in the [[4 × 100 metres relay]].<ref>Finisterre, Terry [http://www.iaaf.org/news/Kind=2/newsId=38240.html 10.11 sec Jamaican junior record run by Blake at CARIFTA Games – Day One] IAAF, 8 April 2007; Retrieved 14 February 2009</ref> At this occasion, he was awarded the [[CARIFTA Games#Austin Sealy Award Winners|Austin Sealy Trophy]] for the
Blake set the fastest time by a Jamaican junior sprinter over 100&nbsp;m with 10.11&nbsp;seconds.<ref name=Fastlane>Reid, Tyrone S. [http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/magazines/TeenAge/html/20070409T200000-0500_121497_OBS_YOHAN_BLAKE__LIFE_IN_THE_FAST_LANE.asp Yohan Blake: Life in the fast lane] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080917041945/http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/magazines/TeenAge/html/20070409T200000-0500_121497_OBS_YOHAN_BLAKE__LIFE_IN_THE_FAST_LANE.asp|date=17 September 2008}} ''Jamaica Observer'', 10 April 2007; Retrieved 13 August 2009.</ref> The record was set at the [[2007 CARIFTA Games]] held in the [[Turks and Caicos islands]] where he was also a member of the winning [[4x100m relay]] team.<ref>Finisterre, Terry [https://www.iaaf.org/news/news/1011-sec-jamaican-junior-record-run-by-blake 10.11 sec Jamaican junior record run by Blake at CARIFTA Games – Day One] IAAF\. 8 April 2007. Retrieved 12 October 2019.</ref> At this occasion, he was awarded the [[CARIFTA Games#Austin Sealy Award Winners|Austin Sealy Trophy]] for the
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In 2008 when [[Usain Bolt]] was asked in an interview whether there was any sprinters that could challenge him, Bolt named his training partner Blake, saying "Watch out for Yohan Blake. He works like a beast. He's there with me step for step in training." The "Beast" nickname stuck.<ref name="indie">{{cite news|last=Purnell |first=Gareth |url=http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/general/athletics/meet-yohan-blake-the-beast-who-is-driving-usain-bolt-nuts-7904419.html |title=Meet Yohan Blake, the Beast who is driving Usain Bolt nuts – Athletics – More Sports |publisher=The Independent |date=3 July 2012 |accessdate=14 August 2012}}</ref>
In 2008 when [[Usain Bolt]] was asked in an interview whether there were any sprinters that could challenge him, Bolt named his training partner Blake, saying "Watch out for Yohan Blake. He works like a beast. He's there with me step for step in training." The "Beast" nickname stuck.<ref name=indie>{{cite news |author=Purnell, Gareth |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/general/athletics/meet-yohan-blake-the-beast-who-is-driving-usain-bolt-nuts-7904419.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220507/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/general/athletics/meet-yohan-blake-the-beast-who-is-driving-usain-bolt-nuts-7904419.html |archive-date=7 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Meet Yohan Blake, the Beast who is driving Usain Bolt nuts – Athletics – More Sports |work=[[The Independent]] |date=3 July 2012 |access-date=12 October 2019}}{{cbignore}}</ref>


Blake won the 100 metres "B" race at the 2009 [[Reebok Grand Prix]].<ref>[http://www.iaaf.org/gp09/results/eventcode=4193/sex=M/discCode=100/result.html#M100 Reebok Grand Prix New York City, NY (USA) – Saturday, 30 May 2009 – 100 Metres] IAAF; Retrieved 1 June 2009</ref> His exploits at the [[Golden Gala]] in July represented a significant improvement. He proved himself to be a serious competitor at the senior level: he took third place behind [[Tyson Gay]] and [[Asafa Powell]] and improved his personal best with a [[10-second barrier]]-breaking run of 9.96&nbsp;seconds,<ref>Ramsak, Bob [http://www.iaaf.org/GLE09/news/newsid=51881.html Gay powers back with 9.77 in Rome – REPORT ÅF Golden League] IAAF, 10 July 2009; Retrieved 11 July 2009</ref> becoming the youngest athlete ever to do so.<ref>[http://www.laureus.com/members/2383 Yohan Blake ''Nominee 2012 – Laureus World Breakthrough of the Year''] [[Laureus World Sports Awards|Laureus]]. Retrieved 21 February 2012</ref> He improved to 9.93&nbsp;seconds shortly after, taking third place behind training partners Bolt and [[Daniel Bailey]] at the [[Meeting Areva]].<ref>Turner, Chris [http://www.iaaf.org/GLE09/news/newsid=52163.html Bolt beats rain again, 9.79sec into slight head wind in Paris – REPORT – ÅF Golden League] IAAF, 17 July 2009; Retrieved 22 July 2009</ref>
Blake won the 100 metre "B" race at the 2009 [[Reebok Grand Prix]].<ref>[http://www.iaaf.org/gp09/results/eventcode=4193/sex=M/discCode=100/result.html#M100 Reebok Grand Prix New York City, NY (USA) – Saturday, 30 May 2009 – 100 Metres] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090602044041/http://www.iaaf.org/gp09/results/eventcode%3D4193/sex%3DM/discCode%3D100/result.html#M100|date=2 June 2009}} IAAF; Retrieved 1 June 2009.</ref> His exploits at the [[Golden Gala]] in July represented a significant improvement. He proved himself to be a serious competitor at the senior level: he took third place behind [[Tyson Gay]] and [[Asafa Powell]] and improved his personal best with a [[10-second barrier]]-breaking run of 9.96&nbsp;seconds,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.iaaf.org/news/report/gay-powers-back-with-977-in-rome-report-a |title=IAAF: Gay powers back with 9.77 in Rome – REPORT - ÅF Golden League{{!}} News {{!}} iaaf.org|author=Ramsak, Bob|date=10 July 2009|website=iaaf.org|access-date=12 February 2018}}</ref> becoming the youngest athlete ever to do so.<ref>[http://www.laureus.com/members/2383 Yohan Blake ''Nominee 2012 – Laureus World Breakthrough of the Year''] {{dead link|date=July 2016|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes}} [[Laureus World Sports Awards|Laureus]]. Retrieved 21 February 2012</ref> He improved to 9.93&nbsp;seconds shortly after, taking third place behind training partners Bolt and [[Daniel Bailey]] at the [[Meeting Areva]].<ref>Turner, Chris [https://www.iaaf.org/news/report/bolt-beats-rain-again-979sec-into-slight-head-1Bolt beats rain again, 9.79sec into slight head wind in Paris – REPORT – ÅF Golden League] IAAF, 17 July 2009. Retrieved 12 October 2019.</ref>


===Drug ban===
===Drug ban===
Prior to the [[2009 World Championships in Athletics|2009 World Championships]], Blake (along with [[Marvin Anderson]] and [[Sheri-Ann Brooks]]) tested positive for the stimulant [[Methylhexanamine|4-Methyl-2-hexanamine]].<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/athletics/8167898.stm Jamaican athletes fail drug tests ] BBC Sport, 24 July 2009; Retrieved 13 August 2009</ref><ref>[http://www.insidethegames.com/show-news.php?id=6394 Row in Jamaica over athletes cleared of doping] Inside the Games, 10 August 2009</ref> A disciplinary panel organised by the [[Jamaica Anti-Doping Commission]] (JADCO) cleared him of a doping infraction on the grounds that the drug was not on the [[World Anti-Doping Agency]]'s banned list. However, JADCO appealed their own panel's ruling, stating that the athlete should be disciplined as the drug was similar in structure to the banned substance [[tuaminoheptane]].<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/athletics/8194466.stm IAAF wait for Jamaica drug ruling] BBC Sport, 11 August 2009; Retrieved 13 August 2009</ref> As the panel would resolve the issue after the World Championships, the [[Jamaica Amateur Athletic Association]] took the precaution of withdrawing Blake from the [[relay race]].<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/athletics/8209246.stm Jamaican five withdrawn by team] BBC Sport, 19 August 2009; Retrieved 19 August 2009</ref> The appeals tribunal decided that a ban would be appropriate, and Blake and the three other sprinters each received a three-month ban from competition.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/athletics/8240046.stm Jamaicans given three-month ban] BBC Sport, 14 September 2009; Retrieved 17 September 2009</ref>
Prior to the [[2009 World Championships in Athletics|2009 World Championships]], Blake (along with [[Marvin Anderson]] and [[Sheri-Ann Brooks]]) tested positive for the stimulant [[Methylhexanamine|4-methyl-2-hexanamine]].<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/athletics/8167898.stm Jamaican athletes fail drug tests ] BBC Sport, 24 July 2009; Retrieved 13 August 2009</ref><ref>[http://www.insidethegames.com/show-news.php?id=6394 Row in Jamaica over athletes cleared of doping] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713043239/http://www.insidethegames.com/show-news.php?id=6394 |date=13 July 2011}} Inside the Games, 10 August 2009.</ref> A disciplinary panel organised by the [[Jamaica Anti-Doping Commission]] (JADCO) cleared him of a doping infraction on the grounds that the drug was not on the [[World Anti-Doping Agency]]'s banned list. However, JADCO appealed their own panel's ruling, stating that the athlete should be disciplined as the drug was similar in structure to the banned substance [[tuaminoheptane]].<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/athletics/8194466.stm IAAF wait for Jamaica drug ruling] BBC Sport, 11 August 2009; Retrieved 13 August 2009.</ref> As the panel would resolve the issue after the World Championships, the [[Jamaica Amateur Athletic Association]] took the precaution of withdrawing Blake from the [[relay race]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/athletics/8209246.stm |title=Jamaican five withdrawn by team |department=BBC Sport |date=19 August 2009 |access-date=12 October 2019}}</ref> The appeals tribunal decided that a ban would be appropriate, and Blake and the three other sprinters each received a three-month ban from competition.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/athletics/8240046.stm |title=Jamaicans given three-month ban |department=BBC Sport |work=BBC News |date=14 September 2009 |access-date=12 October 2019}}</ref>


===World championships===
===2011===
At the [[2011 World Championships in Athletics|2011 World Championships]], Blake comfortably made the final. Following the disqualification of compatriot [[Usain Bolt]], Blake won the Gold medal in a time of 9.92s.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/athletics/14698558.stm World Athletics 2011: Bolt disqualified as Blake wins gold] BBC Sport, 28 August 2011</ref><ref>[http://edition.cnn.com/2011/SPORT/08/28/athletics.worlds.bolt.disqualified/index.html Bolt sensationally disqualified as Blake wins 100m] CNN.com, 29 August 2011</ref> At {{age in years and days|1989|12|26|2011|08|28}}, Blake also became the youngest 100 metres world champion ever, surpassing [[Carl Lewis]], who won the event at [[1983 World Championships in Athletics|1983 World Championships]] at the age of {{age in years and days|1961|07|01|1983|08|08}}.<ref>Marantz, Ken [http://daegu2011.iaaf.org/NewsListDetail.aspx?id=61474 With Blake, cricket's loss is track and field's gain] IAAF, 28 August 2011</ref> Alongside Bolt and other Jamaican teammates in [[Daegu]], Blake won the [[4×100 m relay]] final and broke the world record (set by the Jamaican team at the [[Beijing Olympics]] in 2008) with a time of 37.04 seconds.<ref>[http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/daegu-2011-jamaica-shatters-relay-record-as-usa-fall/97772/ Daegu 2011: Jamaica Shatters Relay Record as USA Fall] ThisDay Live, 4 September 2011</ref><ref>[http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2011/sep/04/usain-bolt-jamaica-relay Usain Bolt leads Jamaica to relay world record as GB and US clash] guardian.co.uk, 4 September 2011</ref>
At the [[2011 World Championships in Athletics|2011 World Championships]], Blake comfortably made the final. Following the disqualification of compatriot [[Usain Bolt]], Blake won the gold medal in a time of 9.92 seconds.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/athletics/14698558 |title=World Athletics 2011: Bolt disqualified as Blake wins gold |department=BBC Sport |work=BBC News |date=28 August 2011 |access-date=12 October 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics/athletics/8728032/Usain-Bolt-disqualified-from-mens-100-metres-final-at-World-Athletics-Championships |title=Usain Bolt disqualified from men's 100 metres final at World Athletics Championships in Daegu as fellow Jamaican Yohan Blake wins gold |work=The Daily Telegraph |date=28 August 2011 |access-date=12 October 2019}} {{dead link|date=July 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> At {{age in years and days|1989|12|26|2011|8|28}}, Blake also became the youngest 100 metres world champion ever, surpassing [[Carl Lewis]], who won the event at the [[1983 World Championships in Athletics|1983 World Championships]] at the age of {{age in years and days|1961|7|1|1983|8|8}}.<ref>Marantz, Ken [http://daegu2011.iaaf.org/NewsListDetail.aspx?id=61474 With Blake, cricket's loss is track and field's gain] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110916152932/http://daegu2011.iaaf.org/NewsListDetail.aspx?id=61474 |date=16 September 2011}} IAAF, 28 August 2011</ref> At these World Championships, alongside Bolt, [[Nesta Carter]] and [[Michael Frater]], Blake won gold in the [[2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|4×100 m relay]] final and broke the world record (set by the Jamaican team at the [[2008 Summer Olympics|Beijing Olympics]] in 2008) with a time of 37.04 seconds.<ref>[http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/daegu-2011-jamaica-shatters-relay-record-as-usa-fall/97772/ Daegu 2011: Jamaica Shatters Relay Record as USA Fall] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120331172942/http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/daegu-2011-jamaica-shatters-relay-record-as-usa-fall/97772/ |date=31 March 2012 }} ThisDay Live, 4 September 2011</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2011/sep/04/usain-bolt-jamaica-relay |title=Usain Bolt leads Jamaica to relay world record as GB and US clash |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=4 September 2011 |access-date=12 October 2019}}</ref>


At the [[2011 IAAF Diamond League]] meeting in [[Zurich]], Blake beat [[Asafa Powell]] in the 100&nbsp;m with a personal best of 9.82 seconds. The following week in [[Brussels]], Blake set a 2011 world leading time in the 200m with a personal best of 19.26 seconds, the second fastest time of all-time of the event with an improvement of more than half of a second (0.52&nbsp;s) from his previous best 19.78&nbsp;s set in [[Monaco]] in 2010.<ref>Jad Adrian [http://www.adriansprints.com/2011/09/yohan-blake-200m-1926s-video-walter-dix.html Yohan Blake 200m 19.26s Video, Walter Dix 19.53s – Brussels Diamond League 2011] AdrianSprints.com, 17 September 2011; Retrieved 17 September 2011</ref><ref>[http://www.espn.co.uk/athletics/sport/story/111596.html Bolt and Blake blaze to world-leading times] ESPN.co.uk, 16 September 2011</ref>
At the [[2011 IAAF Diamond League]] meeting in [[Zurich]], Blake beat [[Asafa Powell]] in the 100&nbsp;m with a personal best of 9.82 seconds. The following week in [[Brussels]], Blake set a 2011 world leading time in the 200 m with a personal best of 19.26 seconds, the second fastest time in history. He improved more than half of a second (0.52&nbsp;s) from his previous best of 19.78&nbsp;s set in [[Monaco]] in 2010.<ref>[http://www.espn.co.uk/athletics/sport/story/111596.html Bolt and Blake blaze to world-leading times] ESPN.co.uk, 16 September 2011. Retrieved 12 October 2019.</ref><ref name="BBC News"/> In this particular race, his reaction time was relatively slow (0.269 s) and had he made even an average start, he could have comfortably set a new world record.<ref>Jad Adrian [http://www.adriansprints.com/2011/09/yohan-blake-200m-1926s-video-walter-dix.html Yohan Blake 200m 19.26s Video, Walter Dix 19.53s – Brussels Diamond League 2011] AdrianSprints.com, 17 September 2011; Retrieved 17 September 2011.</ref>


===2012===
===2012===
[[File:Yohan Blake - The Beast!.jpg|thumb|235px|Blake doing his signature "Beast" move at the 2012 Olympics]]
He began his 2012 season strongly, registering the first sub-10-second time of the season (9.90s) at April's UTech Classic.<ref>Foster, Anthony (2012-04-15). [http://www.iaaf.org/news/newsid=64574.html Bolt opens with relay leg; Blake dashes 9.90 in Kingston]. IAAF. Retrieved 21 April 2012.</ref> He went on to register a 9.84 second run at the Cayman Invitational prior to the Jamaican Olympic trials, where he beat Usain Bolt over 100 metres with a time of 9.75 seconds. He also won the 200 metres with a time of 19.80s ahead of Bolt at 19.83s.
Blake began his 2012 season strongly, registering the first sub-10-second time of the season (9.90 s) at April's UTech Classic.<ref>Foster, Anthony (15 April 2012). [https://www.iaaf.org/news/news/bolt-opens-with-relay-leg-blake-dashes-990-in Bolt opens with relay leg; Blake dashes 9.90 in Kingston]. IAAF. Retrieved 12 October 2019.</ref> He went on to register a 9.84 second run at the Cayman Invitational prior to the Jamaican Olympic trials, where he beat Usain Bolt over 100 metres with a time of 9.75 seconds. He also won the 200 metres with a time of 19.80 s ahead of Bolt at 19.83 s.
[[File:Yohan Blake - The Beast!.jpg|thumb|Blake doing his signature "Beast" move at the 2012 Olympics]]
The [[2012 Summer Olympics|2012 London Olympics]] was the first Olympics that Blake participated in. He came in as a serious threat to Bolt's 100 m title. In the 100m final he placed second to Bolt in a time of 9.75 seconds. He also followed Bolt home in the final of the 200 metres where he won the silver medal in a time of 19.44 seconds.<ref>Panja, Tariq and Danielle Rossingh. [http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-08-09/usain-bolt-sprints-into-olympic-record-books-with-a-regal-wave Bolt Sprints Into Olympic Record Books With a Regal Wave]. ''BusinessWeek''. 10 August 2012.</ref>


The [[2012 Summer Olympics|2012 London Olympics]] was the first Olympics that Blake participated in. He came in as a serious threat to Bolt's 100 m title. In the [[Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metres|100 m final]] he placed second to Bolt in a time of 9.75 seconds. He also followed Bolt home in the final of the [[Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metres|200 metres]] where he won the silver medal in a time of 19.44 seconds, the fastest non-winning time in history.<ref>Panja, Tariq and Danielle Rossingh. [https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2012-08-10/usain-bolt-sprints-into-olympic-record-books-with-a-regal-wave Bolt Sprints Into Olympic Record Books With a Regal Wave] ''Bloomberg''. 10 August 2012. Retrieved 12 October 2019.</ref>
In the [[Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|4 x 100m final]], Yohan ran the third leg as the Jamaicans won gold, setting a new [[World records in athletics|world record]] time of 36.84 seconds.


In the [[Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|4×100 m final]], Blake ran the third leg as the Jamaicans won gold, setting a new [[World records in athletics|world record]] time of 36.84 seconds.
On 23 August 2012, at the [[Athletissima]] Diamond League meet in [[Lausanne]], Switzerland, Blake ran the 100 meters in 9.69 seconds, tying him with Tyson Gay as the second fastest man in history, behind Bolt.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://summergames.ap.org/article/usain-bolt-clocks-1958-200-meters-lausanne |title=Usain Bolt clocks 19.58 in 200 meters at Lausanne |publisher=Summergames.ap.org |date=23 August 2012 |accessdate=10 October 2012}}</ref>

On 23 August 2012, at the [[Athletissima]] Diamond League meet in [[Lausanne]], Switzerland, Blake ran the 100 metres in 9.69 seconds, tying him with Tyson Gay as the second fastest man in history, behind Bolt.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sdut-usain-bolt-clocks-1958-in-200-meters-at-lausanne-2012aug23-story.html |title=Usain Bolt clocks 19.58 in 200 meters at Lausanne |work=[[The San Diego Union-Tribune]] |agency=[[Associated Press]] |date=23 August 2012 |access-date=12 October 2019}}</ref>


===2013===
===2013===
Blake suffered hamstring injury in April of 2013. After running 20.72 seconds over 200m in the Jamaica Nationals on 8 June, thus failing to qualify for the 200m event at the 2013 Moscow World Championships, Blake pulled out of the 100m event of the World Championships, for which he had an automatic entry as the defending world champion.
Blake suffered a hamstring injury in April 2013. After running 20.72 seconds over 200 m in the Jamaica Nationals on 8 June, thus failing to qualify for the 200 m event at the 2013 Moscow World Championships, Blake pulled out of the 100 m event of the World Championships, for which he had an automatic entry as the defending world champion.

===2014===
Blake tried competing again in 2014, but placed 6th at the 200 m Lausanne Diamond League event, with a time of 20.48 seconds. He then suffered another hamstring injury and fell at the 40 metre mark during the Glasgow Diamond League 100 m race shortly after that, ending his season.
Prior to the end of his season however, Blake anchored Jamaica in the 4x200m relay at the first edition of the I.A.A.F. World Relays in Bahamas to gold which was also broke the previous world record of 1:18.68.


===2015===
===2015===
Blake decided he was ready to race again in 2015 after recovering from injuries in 2013 and 2014. He failed to advance from the Jamaica Outdoor national championship semifinal in the 100 meters, placing 9th with a time of 10.36 seconds, with the top 8 advancing to the finals. He did not participate in the 200 m trials after that.<ref>https://www.brawtasports.net/tfresults/2015/jamaicanationalsnrchamps/150625S002.htm</ref>
Blake decided he was ready to race again in 2015 after recovering from injuries in 2013 and 2014. He failed to advance from the Jamaica Outdoor national championship semi-final in the 100 metres, placing ninth with a time of 10.36 seconds, with the top 8 advancing to the finals. He did not participate in the 200 m trials after that.<ref>[https://www.brawtasports.net/tfresults/2015/jamaicanationalsnrchamps/150625S002.htm JAAA NATIONAL SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS – 6/25/2015 to 6/28/2015] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150708122446/https://www.brawtasports.net/tfresults/2015/jamaicanationalsnrchamps/150625S002.htm|date=8 July 2015}}. Jamaica Athletic Administrative Association, National Stadium, Kingston.</ref>

===2016===
Blake made a strong comeback in 2016, running his first sub-10 race since 2012—a 9.95 s in the 100 m at the 2016 Kingston MVP Track and Field meet. He then went on to defend both his 100 m and 200 m national titles in 9.92 seconds and 20.29 seconds respectively, in the absence of an injured Usain Bolt.

At the [[2016 Summer Olympics]], Blake progressed into the [[Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metres|100 m final]], where he finished fourth in a season's best 9.93 seconds. In the 200 m, he finished 6th in his semi-final, failing to advance forward. However, Blake won his second career Olympic gold running the second leg in the [[Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|4 × 100 m relay]].{{citation needed|date=July 2019}}

===2017===
2017 proved to be a slight repeat of 2016 for Blake. Despite his teammates dropping the baton in the [[2017 IAAF World Relays – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|4 × 100 metres]] at the [[2017 IAAF World Relays]], he was able to anchor his team to a bronze medal in the [[2017 IAAF World Relays – Men's 4 × 200 metres relay|4 × 200 metres]]. Later on in the season, he continued to post 100 m times superior to his 2016 season. At the Jamaican National Championships, he once again completed a double by clocking 9.90 s in the 100 m, and 19.97 s in the 200 m. His 9.90 s was the second fastest time that season, and his 200 m was not only his first sub-20 since 2012 and massive improvement from his previous season, but also tied for the sixth fastest time of the year. After the championships, Blake shaved his signature braids.{{citation needed|date=July 2019}}

At the [[2017 World Championships in Athletics]] in London, Blake finished in fourth place yet again in the [[2017 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 100 metres|100 m final]]. This time, he clocked 9.99 seconds, just 0.04 behind Usain Bolt, who failed to win his last individual race and instead settled for bronze. Blake was one of the only four men who went under ten seconds during the race, the others being Bolt, silver medalist [[Christian Coleman]], and gold medalist [[Justin Gatlin]]. Just as he did in Rio the previous year, Blake failed to progress into the [[2017 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 200 metres|200 m final]], though he was ranked closer this time with 11th overall and a slower 20.52 s to come third in his heat. After this, Blake looked forward to the [[2017 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|Men's 4 × 100 metres relay]], his last chance at a medal at the championships, and Usain Bolt's final race. During the race, Bolt pulled up 50 metres from the finish line in what was later confirmed to be another hamstring injury. Blake helped the injured Bolt, who refused a wheelchair, to his feet. Blake left the championships with no medals.{{citation needed|date=July 2019}}

===2018===
Blake started his 2018 season early, in preparation for the [[2018 Commonwealth Games]]. Despite a seasonal best of 10.05 s in the 100 m, he was still considered as the event's favorite. Blake qualified comfortably for the [[Athletics at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Men's 100 metres|100 m final]] with the fastest time in both the heats and the semis. However, he stumbled out of the blocks in the final, and despite his strong efforts to recover, he ultimately placed third in 10.19 seconds, behind [[Henricho Bruintjies]] and [[Akani Simbine]] of [[South Africa]]. Blake won another bronze in the [[Athletics at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|Men's 4 × 100 m relay]]. After the Games, Blake focused on the Jamaican National Championships, hoping to win his third straight national title. However, he false started in the semi-finals, disqualifying his chances. He also opted out of the 200 m. Later on in the season, Blake continued to progress in the 100 m with two sub-tens.{{citation needed|date=July 2019}}

===2019===
In January 2019, coach Glen Mills reported that he had parted ways with Blake after a disagreement. Blake switched to Patrick Dawson, and would continue to workout at the Racers Track Club site. Months later, Blake and numerous former members of Racers Track Club accused Mills of favoring Usain Bolt. Despite the controversy, Blake took home the national 100m title for the 4th time, and finished 2nd in the 200m. He also won the [[Birmingham]] [[Diamond League]] 100m en route to the 2019 World Championships in Doha. There, he managed to place 5th in the 100m final with a time of 9.97, but was unable to make it past the 200m semi final, placing 6th with a time of 20.37.{{citation needed|date=January 2021}}

Following his disappointing performance at the World Championships, Blake switched coaches once again to Gregory Little.{{citation needed|date=January 2021}}

===2021===

Yohan Blake started his season at National Stadium, Kingston. On 13 March 2021, Blake ran 100m in 10.29 seconds (0.0&nbsp;m/s) there. On 24 April, he smashed his season best at 10.27 (+0.2&nbsp;m/s).

On 2 May, Blake reached sub-ten performance clocking 9.98 seconds at the National Training Centre, Clermont, USA. But with the wind value being 2.7&nbsp;m/s, the time became illegal.

Again on 5 June, his run of 9.97 seconds was turned down due to 2.1&nbsp;m/s wind in Florida, USA.

Then, Blake ran an impressive 9.95 (+0.1&nbsp;m/s) at the American Track League on 9 July 2021.

====Tokyo Olympics====
Blake had a disappointing Summer Olympics. He failed to advance to the final of the [[Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metres|100m]], placing sixth in his semifinal heat with a time of 10.14. He stated his leg had been bothering him.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/lead-stories/20210802/im-disappointed |title='I'm Disappointed' |date=2 August 2021 |newspaper=[[The Gleaner]]}}</ref> No Jamaican man qualified for the Olympic final, something that had not happened since the [[2000 Summer Olympics]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/olympics/story/_/id/31935188/olympics-2021-usain-bolt-experts-why-no-jamaican-men-qualified-100-meter-final |title=Olympics 2021 - Usain Bolt and experts on why no Jamaican men qualified for 100-meter final |last=Hamilton |first=Tom |date=2 August 2021 |publisher=[[ESPN]]}}</ref> He and his Jamaican teammates came in fifth in the [[Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|4 x 100 m relay]]. He did not compete in the 200m.


==Personal bests==
==Statistics==
===Personal bests===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
|-
|-
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|[[60 metres]]
|[[60 metres]]
|6.75
|6.75
|[[Madison Square Garden]], [[New York]], United States
|[[Madison Square Garden]], [[New York City|New York]], United States
|1 February 2008
|1 February 2008
|-
|-
|[[100 metres]]
|[[100 metres]]
|9.69
|9.69 #2 all time
|[[Lausanne, Switzerland]]
|[[Lausanne]], [[Switzerland]]
|23 August 2012
|23 August 2012
|-
|-
|[[200 metres]]
|[[200 metres]]
|19.26
|19.26 #2 all time
|[[Brussels]], [[Belgium]]
|[[Brussels]], [[Belgium]]
|16 September 2011
|16 September 2011
|-
|-
|[[400 metres]]
|[[400 metres]]
|46.49
|46.32
|[[Kingston, Jamaica|Kingston]], [[Jamaica]]
|[[Kingston, Jamaica|Kingston]], [[Jamaica]]
|23 March 2013
|11 February 2012
|}
|}
*<small>All information taken from IAAF profile</small><ref>[http://www.iaaf.org/athletes/biographies/country=0/athcode=208640/index.html Blake, Yohan biography] IAAF; Retrieved 11 July 2009</ref>
*<small>All information taken from IAAF profile</small><ref>[http://www.iaaf.org/athletes/biographies/country=0/athcode=208640/index.html Blake, Yohan biography] IAAF; Retrieved 11 July 2009.</ref>


===Season's Bests===
== Achievements ==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center"
|-
!Year
!100 Metres
!Year rank
!200 Metres
!Year rank
|-
|2005 || 10.56 || data-sort-value=9999|— || data-sort-value=9999|— || data-sort-value=9999|—
|-
|2006 || 10.33 || 158 || 20.92 || 217
|-
|2007 || 10.11 || 31 || 20.62 || 81
|-
|2008 || 10.27 || 127 || 21.06 || 341
|-
|2009 || 10.07 || 34 || 20.60 || 83
|-
|2010 || 9.89 || 7 || 19.78 || 4
|-
|2011 || 9.82 || 5 || '''19.26''' || 1
|-
|2012 || '''9.69''' || 2 || 19.44 || 2
|-
|2013 || data-sort-value=999.99|— || data-sort-value=9999|— || 20.72 || 152
|-
|2014 || 10.02 || 21 || 20.48 || 84
|-
|2015 || 10.12 || 71 || 21.57 || 1651
|-
|2016 || 9.93 || 10 || 20.13 || 23
|-
|2017 || 9.90 || 2 || 19.97 || 6
|-
|2018 || 9.94 || 11 || data-sort-value=9999|— || data-sort-value=9999|—
|-
|2019 || 9.96 || 10 || 20.23 || 32
|-
|2020 || 10.15 || 36 || 20.62 || 45
|-
|2021 || 9.95 || 15 || 20.18 || 28
|-
|2022 || 9.85 || 3 || 20.20 || 42
|-
|2023 || 10.01 || 41 || 20.35 || 66
|-
|2024 || 10.16 || 178 || data-sort-value=9999|— || data-sort-value=9999|—

|}
*''Year rank'' indicates the time's rank out of all times set that year.
*'''Bold''' indicates a lifetime personal best.


===International Competitions===
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{| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes|class=wikitable style="text-align:center; font-size: 90%;}}
|-
|-
!colspan="6"|Representing {{JAM}}
!colspan="6"|Representing {{JAM}}
|-
|-
|rowspan = "4" |2005
|rowspan=4|2005
|rowspan = "2" |[[2005 CARIFTA Games#Boys under 17 (Youth)|CARIFTA Games (U-17)]]
|rowspan =2|[[2005 CARIFTA Games#Boys under 17 (Youth)|CARIFTA Games (U-17)]]
|rowspan = "2" |[[Bacolet]], [[Trinidad and Tobago]]
|rowspan=2|[[Bacolet]], [[Trinidad and Tobago]]
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|100 m
|100 m
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|22.19
|22.19
|-
|-
|rowspan = "2"|[[2005 World Youth Championships in Athletics#Boys|World Youth Championships]]
|rowspan=2|[[2005 World Youth Championships in Athletics#Boys|World Youth Championships]]
|rowspan = "2"|[[Marrakesh]], [[Morocco]]
|rowspan=2|[[Marrakesh]], [[Morocco]]
|7th
|7th
|100 m
|100 m
|10.65 &nbsp;&nbsp;(0.8&nbsp;m/s)
|10.65 <small>(+0.8&nbsp;m/s)</small>
|-
|-
|3rd (h)
|3rd (h)
|Sprint medley relay
|Medley relay (100 m x 200 m x 300 m x 400 m)
|1:54.47
|1:54.47
|-
|-
|rowspan = "7" |2006
|rowspan=7|2006
|rowspan = "2" |[[2006 CARIFTA Games#Boys under 20 (Junior)|CARIFTA Games (U-20)]]
|rowspan=2|[[2006 CARIFTA Games#Boys under 20 (Junior)|CARIFTA Games (U-20)]]
|rowspan = "2" |[[Les Abymes]], [[Guadeloupe]]
|rowspan=2|[[Les Abymes]], [[Guadeloupe]]
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|200 m
|200 m
|21.12 &nbsp;&nbsp;(−0.5&nbsp;m/s)
|21.12 <small>(−0.5&nbsp;m/s)</small>
|-
|-
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|4x100 m relay
|4 × 100 m relay
|39.81
|39.81
|-
|-
|rowspan = "3" |[[2006 Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships in Athletics#Male Junior A (under 20)|Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U-20)]]
|rowspan=3|[[2006 Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships in Athletics#Male Junior A (under 20)|Central American and Caribbean<br />Junior Championships (U-20)]]
|rowspan = "3" |[[Port of Spain]], [[Trinidad and Tobago]]
|rowspan=3|[[Port of Spain]], Trinidad and Tobago
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|100 m
|100 m
|10.33 &nbsp;&nbsp;(1.5&nbsp;m/s)
|10.33 <small>(+1.5&nbsp;m/s)</small>
|-
|-
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|200 m
|200 m
|21.02 &nbsp;&nbsp;(1.4&nbsp;m/s)
|21.02 <small>(+1.4&nbsp;m/s)</small>
|-
|-
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|4x100 m relay
|4 × 100 m relay
|40.49
|40.49
|-
|-
|rowspan=2|[[2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics#Men|World Junior Championships]]
|rowspan=2|[[2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics#Men|World Junior Championships]]
|rowspan=2|[[Beijing]], [[PR China|China]]
|rowspan=2|[[Beijing]], [[China]]
| style="background:#c96;"| 3rd
|style="background:#c96;"|3rd
|100 m
|100 m
|10.42 &nbsp;&nbsp;(−0.5&nbsp;m/s)
|[[2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 100 metres|10.42]] <small>(−0.5&nbsp;m/s)</small>
|-
|-
| style="background:gold;"| 1st
|style="background:gold;"|1st
|4×100 m relay
|4 × 100 m relay
|[[2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|39.05]]
|39.05
|-
|-
|rowspan=2|2007
|rowspan=2|2007
|rowspan=2|[[2007 CARIFTA Games#Boys under 20 (Junior)|CARIFTA Games (U-20)]]
|rowspan=2|[[2007 CARIFTA Games#Boys under 20 (Junior)|CARIFTA Games (U-20)]]
|rowspan=2|[[Providenciales]], [[Turks and Caicos Islands]]
|rowspan=2|[[Providenciales]], [[Turks and Caicos Islands|Turks and Caicos]]
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|100 m
|100 m
|10.11 '''CR''' &nbsp;&nbsp;(1.2&nbsp;m/s)
|10.11 '''CR''' <small>(+1.2&nbsp;m/s)</small>
|-
|-
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|4x100 m relay
|4 × 100 m relay
|39.47
|39.47
|-
|-
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|bgcolor=gold|1st
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|100 m
|100 m
|10.32 &nbsp;&nbsp;(0.1&nbsp;m/s)
|10.32 <small>(+0.1&nbsp;m/s)</small>
|-
|-
|rowspan=2|[[2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics#Men's results|World Junior Championships]]
|rowspan=2|[[2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics#Men's results|World Junior Championships]]
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|4th
|4th
|100 m
|100 m
|10.51 &nbsp;&nbsp;(−0.8&nbsp;m/s)
|[[2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 100 metres|10.51]] <small>(−0.8&nbsp;m/s)</small>
|-
|-
| style="background:silver;"| 2nd
|style="background:silver;"|2nd
|4×100 m relay
|4 × 100 m relay
|[[2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|39.25]]
|39.25
|-
|-
|2011
|rowspan=2|2011
||[[2011 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
|rowspan=2|[[2011 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
||[[Daegu]], [[South Korea]]
|rowspan=2|[[Daegu]], [[South Korea]]
| style="background:gold;"| 1st
|style="background:gold;"|1st
|100 m
|100 m
|[[2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 100 metres|9.92]]
|[[2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 100 metres|9.92]]
|-
|-
|style="background:gold;"|1st
|rowspan = "3" |2012
|4 × 100 m relay
|[[2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|37.04]] {{WR|athletics}}
|-
|rowspan=3|2012
|rowspan=3|[[Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
|rowspan=3|[[Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
|rowspan=3|[[London]], [[United Kingdom]]
|rowspan=3|[[London]], [[United Kingdom]]
| style="background:silver;"| 2nd
|style="background:silver;"|2nd
|100 m
|100 m
|[[Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metres|9.75]]
|[[Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metres|9.75]]
|-
|-
| style="background:silver;"| 2nd
|style="background:silver;"|2nd
|200 m
|200 m
|[[Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metres|19.44]]
|[[Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metres|19.44]]
|-
|-
| style="background:gold;"| 1st
|style="background:gold;"|1st
|4×100&nbsp;metres relay
|4 × 100 m relay
|[[Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|36.84]] {{WR|athletics}}
|[[Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|36.84]] {{WR|athletics}}
|-
|rowspan=2|2014
|rowspan=2|[[2014 IAAF World Relays|World Relay Championships]]
|rowspan=2|[[Nassau, Bahamas]]
|style="background:gold;"|1st
|4 x 100 m relay
|[[2014 IAAF World Relays – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|37.77]]
|-
|style="background:gold;"|1st
|4 × 200 m relay
|[[2014 IAAF World Relays – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|1:18.63]] {{WR|athletics}}
|-
|rowspan=3|2016
|rowspan=3|[[Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
|rowspan=3|[[Rio de Janeiro]], [[Brazil]]
|4th
|100 m
|[[Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metres|9.93]]
|-
|16th (sf)
|200 m
|[[Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metres|20.37]]
|-
|style="background:gold;"|1st
|4 × 100 m relay
|[[Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|37.27]]
|-
|-
|rowspan=2|2017
|rowspan=2|[[2017 IAAF World Relays|World Relay Championships]]
|rowspan=2|[[Nassau, Bahamas]]
|–
|4 × 100 m relay
|[[2017 IAAF World Relays – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|DNF]]
|-
|style="background:#c96;"|3rd
|4 x 200 m relay
|[[2017 IAAF World Relays – Men's 4 × 200 metres relay|1:21.09]]
|-
|rowspan=3|2017
|rowspan=3|[[2017 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
|rowspan=3|[[London]], [[United Kingdom]]
|4th
|100 m
|[[2017 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 100 metres|9.99]]
|-
|11th (sf)
|200 m
|[[2017 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 200 metres|20.52]]
|-
|—
|4 × 100 m relay
|[[2017 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|DNF]]
|-
|rowspan=2|2018
|rowspan=2|[[2018 Commonwealth Games|Commonwealth Games]]
|rowspan=2|[[Gold Coast, Australia]]
|style="background:#c96;"|3rd
|100 m
|[[Athletics at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Men's 100 metres|10.19]]
|-
|style="background:#c96;"|3rd
|4 × 100 m relay
|[[Athletics at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|38.35]]
|-
|rowspan=3|2019
|rowspan=3|[[2019 World Athletics Championships|World Championships]]
|rowspan=3|[[Doha, Qatar]]
|5th
|100 m
|[[2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's 100 metres|9.97]]
|-
|15th (sf)
|200 m
|[[2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's 200 metres|20.37]]
|-
|11th (h)
|4 × 100 m relay
|[[2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|38.15]]
|-
|rowspan=2|2021
|rowspan=2|[[Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
|rowspan=2|[[Tokyo]], [[Japan]]
|18th (sf)
|100 m
|[[Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metres|10.14]]
|-
|5th
|4 × 100 m relay
|[[Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|37.84]]
|-
|rowspan=3|2022
|rowspan=3|[[2022 World Athletics Championships|World Championships]]
|rowspan=3|[[Eugene, Oregon|Eugene, United States]]
|9th (sf)
|100 m
|[[2022 World Athletics Championships – Men's 100 metres|10.12]]
|-
|19th (h)
|200 m
|[[2022 World Athletics Championships – Men's 200 metres|20.35]]<sup>1</sup>
|-
|4th
|4 × 100 m relay
|[[2022 World Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|38.06]]
|}
|}
*National Junior Championships: 2006 (1st, 100&nbsp;m & 200&nbsp;m)
*National Junior Championships: 2006 (1st, 100&nbsp;m & 200&nbsp;m)


<sup>1</sup>Did not start in the semi-finals.
==Other interests==
Away from athletics, Blake continues to be a keen [[cricket]]er, having once held ambitions to play for the [[West Indian cricket team|West Indies]].<ref name="indie" /> Playing for the Kingston Cricket Club in the athletics off-season and specialising as a bowler, Blake once took four wickets for ten runs.<ref name="indie" />


On 16 August 2012, Blake rang the bell at [[Lord's Cricket Ground]], [[London]] to signify the start of the [[South African cricket team in England in 2012#3rd Test|third Investec test match]] between [[England cricket team|England]] and [[South Africa national cricket team|South Africa]]. He was the first non-professional cricketer to do this.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/cricket/article-2189157/Yohan-Blake-rings-bell-Lords.html?ito=feeds-newsxml |title=Yohan Blake rings bell at Lord's &#124; Mail Online |publisher=Dailymail.co.uk |date=16 August 2012 |accessdate=10 October 2012}}</ref>


Yohan Blake is also a fan of IPL team [[Royal Challengers Bangalore]] (RCB) and has expressed his desire to play for them<ref>Salian, Dhiraj (8 August 2012) [http://www.royalchallengers.com/news/yohan-blake-wants-to-play-for-rcb Yohan Blake wants to play for RCB]. RCB News</ref>
and also [[Yorkshire County Cricket Club]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/athletics/27436598 |title=Yohan Blake: Jamaican sprinter wants Yorkshire cricket chance &#124; BBC Sport |publisher=bbc.co.uk |date=16 May 2014 |accessdate=16 May 2012}}</ref>


==Other interests and personal life==
Blake also attended the 2014 [[Formula One]] [[British Grand Prix]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Dawes|first1=Mike|title=Prince Harry, Michael Fassbender, Stuart Broad and Yohan Blake among stars at Silverstone to watch British Grand Prix|url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/formulaone/article-2682244/Prince-Harry-Michael-Fassbender-Stuart-Broad-Yohan-Blake-Silverstone-British-Grand-Prix.html|website=Mail Online|accessdate=2014-07-07}}</ref>
Away from athletics, Blake continues to be a keen [[cricket]]er, having once held ambitions to play for the [[West Indian cricket team|West Indies]].<ref name=indie/> Playing for the Kingston Cricket Club in the athletics off-season and specialising as a bowler, Blake once took four wickets for ten runs.<ref name=indie/>


On 16 August 2012, Blake rang the bell at [[Lord's Cricket Ground]], [[London]] to signify the start of the [[South African cricket team in England in 2012#3rd Test|third Investec test match]] between [[England cricket team|England]] and [[South Africa national cricket team|South Africa]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-08-16 |title=Yohan Blake makes his presence at Lord's |url=https://www.cricketcountry.com/news/yohan-blake-makes-his-presence-at-lords-16994 |access-date=2021-02-10 |website=Cricket Country |language=en-US}}</ref> He was the first non-professional cricketer to do this.{{Citation needed|date=February 2021}}
== References ==

{{reflist|colwidth=30em}}
Blake is also a fan of the IPL team [[Royal Challengers Bangalore]] (RCB) and has expressed his desire to play for them<ref>Salian, Dhiraj (8 August 2012) [http://www.royalchallengers.com/news/yohan-blake-wants-to-play-for-rcb Yohan Blake wants to play for RCB] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131015120029/http://www.royalchallengers.com/news/yohan-blake-wants-to-play-for-rcb |date=15 October 2013}}. RCB News</ref>
and for [[Yorkshire County Cricket Club]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/athletics/27436598 |title=Yohan Blake: Jamaican sprinter wants Yorkshire cricket chance |department=BBC Sport |work=BBC News |date=16 May 2014 |access-date=12 October 2019}}</ref> He has expressed his admiration of [[Virat Kohli]]'s captaincy of the [[Indian cricket team]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Yohan Blake impressed with Virat Kohli's captaincy, reveals what he loves about Indian cricket team: WATCH |url=https://www.msn.com/en-in/sports/cricket/yohan-blake-impressed-with-virat-kohlis-captaincy-reveals-what-he-loves-about-indian-cricket-team-watch/ar-BB1dyfDe |access-date=2021-02-10 |website=www.msn.com}}</ref>

In March 2021, Blake said that he would rather miss the upcoming [[2020 Summer Olympics|Tokyo 2020 Olympics]] than take the [[COVID-19 vaccine]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2021/03/01/sport/yohan-blake-olympics-covid-vaccine-spt-intl/index.html|title = Sprinter Blake says he would rather miss Olympics than get Covid-19 vaccine| date=March 2021 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/summer/trackandfield/yohan-blake-miss-olympics-vaccine-covid-1.5931481| title = Yohan Blake says he would rather miss Olympics than get COVID-19 vaccine {{!}} CBC Sports}} </ref>

==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
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* {{Official website|http://ybafraid.com/}}
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* {{World Athletics}}
*{{official website|http://ybafraid.com/}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20071022051734/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/kevin_armstrong/05/01/yohan.blake/index.html Jamaican flavor – Yohan Blake showcases speed, talent at Penn Relays] SI.com, 1 May 2007
*{{Twitter|YohanBlake}}
*[http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/kevin_armstrong/05/01/yohan.blake/index.html Jamaican flavor Yohan Blake showcases speed, talent at Penn Relays] SI.com, 1 May 2007
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20081204230437/http://www.windiessports.com/2008/03/29/who-is-yohan-blake/ Do You know Yohan Blake] Windies Sports, 29 March 2008
* {{Olympics.com}}
*[http://www.windiessports.com/2008/03/29/who-is-yohan-blake/ Do You know Yohan Blake] Windies Sports, 29 March 2008
* {{Olympedia}}
* {{cricinfo|id=923805}}


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Yohan Blake
Blake at the Memorial Van Damme 2012
Personal information
Nationality Jamaica
Born (1989-12-26) 26 December 1989 (age 34)[1][2]
St. James, Jamaica[1]
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Weight80 kg (176 lb)[1]
Sport
SportTrack and field
Event(s)100 m, 200 m
ClubRacers Track Club (2009–2020)
Coached by
  • Gregory Little (since 2020)
  • Patrick Dawson (2019)
  • Glen Mills (2009–2019)
Achievements and titles
Personal bests

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 place second.

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 which he ran on 23 August 2012 which he ran into a slight headwind of -0.2m/s compared to Tyson Gay's +2.0m/s making his time (with wind adjustments) the second fastest time of all time.[3] Only Usain Bolt has run faster (9.58s and 9.63s).[4] His personal best for the 200 m (19.26 seconds) is the second fastest time ever after Bolt (19.19 seconds).[5] 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.[6][7][8] 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.[9]

Early life

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Yohan Blake was born on 26 December 1989. He attended Green Park Primary and Junior High School in the Parish of Clarendon.[10] He was discovered as a young talent from Davis Primary School by coach Carlton Solan. While he was at Green Park. Blake attended St. Jago High School in Spanish Town where his first sporting love was cricket. Blake was a fast bowler, and it was only after the school Principal saw how quickly he ran to the wicket that he was urged to try sprinting.[11]

Career

[edit]

Junior

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Blake set the fastest time by a Jamaican junior sprinter over 100 m with 10.11 seconds.[12] The record was set at the 2007 CARIFTA Games held in the Turks and Caicos islands where he was also a member of the winning 4x100m relay team.[13] At this occasion, he was awarded the Austin Sealy Trophy for the most outstanding athlete of the 2007 CARIFTA Games.[14][15]

In 2008 when Usain Bolt was asked in an interview whether there were any sprinters that could challenge him, Bolt named his training partner Blake, saying "Watch out for Yohan Blake. He works like a beast. He's there with me step for step in training." The "Beast" nickname stuck.[16]

Blake won the 100 metre "B" race at the 2009 Reebok Grand Prix.[17] His exploits at the Golden Gala in July represented a significant improvement. He proved himself to be a serious competitor at the senior level: he took third place behind Tyson Gay and Asafa Powell and improved his personal best with a 10-second barrier-breaking run of 9.96 seconds,[18] becoming the youngest athlete ever to do so.[19] He improved to 9.93 seconds shortly after, taking third place behind training partners Bolt and Daniel Bailey at the Meeting Areva.[20]

Drug ban

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Prior to the 2009 World Championships, Blake (along with Marvin Anderson and Sheri-Ann Brooks) tested positive for the stimulant 4-methyl-2-hexanamine.[21][22] A disciplinary panel organised by the Jamaica Anti-Doping Commission (JADCO) cleared him of a doping infraction on the grounds that the drug was not on the World Anti-Doping Agency's banned list. However, JADCO appealed their own panel's ruling, stating that the athlete should be disciplined as the drug was similar in structure to the banned substance tuaminoheptane.[23] As the panel would resolve the issue after the World Championships, the Jamaica Amateur Athletic Association took the precaution of withdrawing Blake from the relay race.[24] The appeals tribunal decided that a ban would be appropriate, and Blake and the three other sprinters each received a three-month ban from competition.[25]

2011

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At the 2011 World Championships, Blake comfortably made the final. Following the disqualification of compatriot Usain Bolt, Blake won the gold medal in a time of 9.92 seconds.[26][27] At 21 years, 245 days, Blake also became the youngest 100 metres world champion ever, surpassing Carl Lewis, who won the event at the 1983 World Championships at the age of 22 years, 38 days.[28] At these World Championships, alongside Bolt, Nesta Carter and Michael Frater, Blake won gold in the 4×100 m relay final and broke the world record (set by the Jamaican team at the Beijing Olympics in 2008) with a time of 37.04 seconds.[29][30]

At the 2011 IAAF Diamond League meeting in Zurich, Blake beat Asafa Powell in the 100 m with a personal best of 9.82 seconds. The following week in Brussels, Blake set a 2011 world leading time in the 200 m with a personal best of 19.26 seconds, the second fastest time in history. He improved more than half of a second (0.52 s) from his previous best of 19.78 s set in Monaco in 2010.[31][5] In this particular race, his reaction time was relatively slow (0.269 s) and had he made even an average start, he could have comfortably set a new world record.[32]

2012

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Blake doing his signature "Beast" move at the 2012 Olympics

Blake began his 2012 season strongly, registering the first sub-10-second time of the season (9.90 s) at April's UTech Classic.[33] He went on to register a 9.84 second run at the Cayman Invitational prior to the Jamaican Olympic trials, where he beat Usain Bolt over 100 metres with a time of 9.75 seconds. He also won the 200 metres with a time of 19.80 s ahead of Bolt at 19.83 s.

The 2012 London Olympics was the first Olympics that Blake participated in. He came in as a serious threat to Bolt's 100 m title. In the 100 m final he placed second to Bolt in a time of 9.75 seconds. He also followed Bolt home in the final of the 200 metres where he won the silver medal in a time of 19.44 seconds, the fastest non-winning time in history.[34]

In the 4×100 m final, Blake ran the third leg as the Jamaicans won gold, setting a new world record time of 36.84 seconds.

On 23 August 2012, at the Athletissima Diamond League meet in Lausanne, Switzerland, Blake ran the 100 metres in 9.69 seconds, tying him with Tyson Gay as the second fastest man in history, behind Bolt.[35]

2013

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Blake suffered a hamstring injury in April 2013. After running 20.72 seconds over 200 m in the Jamaica Nationals on 8 June, thus failing to qualify for the 200 m event at the 2013 Moscow World Championships, Blake pulled out of the 100 m event of the World Championships, for which he had an automatic entry as the defending world champion.

2014

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Blake tried competing again in 2014, but placed 6th at the 200 m Lausanne Diamond League event, with a time of 20.48 seconds. He then suffered another hamstring injury and fell at the 40 metre mark during the Glasgow Diamond League 100 m race shortly after that, ending his season. Prior to the end of his season however, Blake anchored Jamaica in the 4x200m relay at the first edition of the I.A.A.F. World Relays in Bahamas to gold which was also broke the previous world record of 1:18.68.

2015

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Blake decided he was ready to race again in 2015 after recovering from injuries in 2013 and 2014. He failed to advance from the Jamaica Outdoor national championship semi-final in the 100 metres, placing ninth with a time of 10.36 seconds, with the top 8 advancing to the finals. He did not participate in the 200 m trials after that.[36]

2016

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Blake made a strong comeback in 2016, running his first sub-10 race since 2012—a 9.95 s in the 100 m at the 2016 Kingston MVP Track and Field meet. He then went on to defend both his 100 m and 200 m national titles in 9.92 seconds and 20.29 seconds respectively, in the absence of an injured Usain Bolt.

At the 2016 Summer Olympics, Blake progressed into the 100 m final, where he finished fourth in a season's best 9.93 seconds. In the 200 m, he finished 6th in his semi-final, failing to advance forward. However, Blake won his second career Olympic gold running the second leg in the 4 × 100 m relay.[citation needed]

2017

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2017 proved to be a slight repeat of 2016 for Blake. Despite his teammates dropping the baton in the 4 × 100 metres at the 2017 IAAF World Relays, he was able to anchor his team to a bronze medal in the 4 × 200 metres. Later on in the season, he continued to post 100 m times superior to his 2016 season. At the Jamaican National Championships, he once again completed a double by clocking 9.90 s in the 100 m, and 19.97 s in the 200 m. His 9.90 s was the second fastest time that season, and his 200 m was not only his first sub-20 since 2012 and massive improvement from his previous season, but also tied for the sixth fastest time of the year. After the championships, Blake shaved his signature braids.[citation needed]

At the 2017 World Championships in Athletics in London, Blake finished in fourth place yet again in the 100 m final. This time, he clocked 9.99 seconds, just 0.04 behind Usain Bolt, who failed to win his last individual race and instead settled for bronze. Blake was one of the only four men who went under ten seconds during the race, the others being Bolt, silver medalist Christian Coleman, and gold medalist Justin Gatlin. Just as he did in Rio the previous year, Blake failed to progress into the 200 m final, though he was ranked closer this time with 11th overall and a slower 20.52 s to come third in his heat. After this, Blake looked forward to the Men's 4 × 100 metres relay, his last chance at a medal at the championships, and Usain Bolt's final race. During the race, Bolt pulled up 50 metres from the finish line in what was later confirmed to be another hamstring injury. Blake helped the injured Bolt, who refused a wheelchair, to his feet. Blake left the championships with no medals.[citation needed]

2018

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Blake started his 2018 season early, in preparation for the 2018 Commonwealth Games. Despite a seasonal best of 10.05 s in the 100 m, he was still considered as the event's favorite. Blake qualified comfortably for the 100 m final with the fastest time in both the heats and the semis. However, he stumbled out of the blocks in the final, and despite his strong efforts to recover, he ultimately placed third in 10.19 seconds, behind Henricho Bruintjies and Akani Simbine of South Africa. Blake won another bronze in the Men's 4 × 100 m relay. After the Games, Blake focused on the Jamaican National Championships, hoping to win his third straight national title. However, he false started in the semi-finals, disqualifying his chances. He also opted out of the 200 m. Later on in the season, Blake continued to progress in the 100 m with two sub-tens.[citation needed]

2019

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In January 2019, coach Glen Mills reported that he had parted ways with Blake after a disagreement. Blake switched to Patrick Dawson, and would continue to workout at the Racers Track Club site. Months later, Blake and numerous former members of Racers Track Club accused Mills of favoring Usain Bolt. Despite the controversy, Blake took home the national 100m title for the 4th time, and finished 2nd in the 200m. He also won the Birmingham Diamond League 100m en route to the 2019 World Championships in Doha. There, he managed to place 5th in the 100m final with a time of 9.97, but was unable to make it past the 200m semi final, placing 6th with a time of 20.37.[citation needed]

Following his disappointing performance at the World Championships, Blake switched coaches once again to Gregory Little.[citation needed]

2021

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Yohan Blake started his season at National Stadium, Kingston. On 13 March 2021, Blake ran 100m in 10.29 seconds (0.0 m/s) there. On 24 April, he smashed his season best at 10.27 (+0.2 m/s).

On 2 May, Blake reached sub-ten performance clocking 9.98 seconds at the National Training Centre, Clermont, USA. But with the wind value being 2.7 m/s, the time became illegal.

Again on 5 June, his run of 9.97 seconds was turned down due to 2.1 m/s wind in Florida, USA.

Then, Blake ran an impressive 9.95 (+0.1 m/s) at the American Track League on 9 July 2021.

Tokyo Olympics

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Blake had a disappointing Summer Olympics. He failed to advance to the final of the 100m, placing sixth in his semifinal heat with a time of 10.14. He stated his leg had been bothering him.[37] No Jamaican man qualified for the Olympic final, something that had not happened since the 2000 Summer Olympics.[38] He and his Jamaican teammates came in fifth in the 4 x 100 m relay. He did not compete in the 200m.

Statistics

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Personal bests

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Event Time (seconds) Venue Date
60 metres 6.75 Madison Square Garden, New York, United States 1 February 2008
100 metres 9.69 #2 all time Lausanne, Switzerland 23 August 2012
200 metres 19.26 #2 all time Brussels, Belgium 16 September 2011
400 metres 46.32 Kingston, Jamaica 23 March 2013
  • All information taken from IAAF profile[39]

Season's Bests

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Year 100 Metres Year rank 200 Metres Year rank
2005 10.56
2006 10.33 158 20.92 217
2007 10.11 31 20.62 81
2008 10.27 127 21.06 341
2009 10.07 34 20.60 83
2010 9.89 7 19.78 4
2011 9.82 5 19.26 1
2012 9.69 2 19.44 2
2013 20.72 152
2014 10.02 21 20.48 84
2015 10.12 71 21.57 1651
2016 9.93 10 20.13 23
2017 9.90 2 19.97 6
2018 9.94 11
2019 9.96 10 20.23 32
2020 10.15 36 20.62 45
2021 9.95 15 20.18 28
2022 9.85 3 20.20 42
2023 10.01 41 20.35 66
2024 10.16 178
  • Year rank indicates the time's rank out of all times set that year.
  • Bold indicates a lifetime personal best.


International Competitions

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Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  Jamaica
2005 CARIFTA Games (U-17) Bacolet, Trinidad and Tobago 1st 100 m 11.01
1st 200 m 22.19
World Youth Championships Marrakesh, Morocco 7th 100 m 10.65 (+0.8 m/s)
3rd (h) Sprint medley relay 1:54.47
2006 CARIFTA Games (U-20) Les Abymes, Guadeloupe 1st 200 m 21.12 (−0.5 m/s)
1st 4 × 100 m relay 39.81
Central American and Caribbean
Junior Championships (U-20)
Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago 1st 100 m 10.33 (+1.5 m/s)
1st 200 m 21.02 (+1.4 m/s)
1st 4 × 100 m relay 40.49
World Junior Championships Beijing, China 3rd 100 m 10.42 (−0.5 m/s)
1st 4 × 100 m relay 39.05
2007 CARIFTA Games (U-20) Providenciales, Turks and Caicos 1st 100 m 10.11 CR (+1.2 m/s)
1st 4 × 100 m relay 39.47
2008 CARIFTA Games (U-20) Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis 1st 100 m 10.32 (+0.1 m/s)
World Junior Championships Bydgoszcz, Poland 4th 100 m 10.51 (−0.8 m/s)
2nd 4 × 100 m relay 39.25
2011 World Championships Daegu, South Korea 1st 100 m 9.92
1st 4 × 100 m relay 37.04 WR
2012 Olympic Games London, United Kingdom 2nd 100 m 9.75
2nd 200 m 19.44
1st 4 × 100 m relay 36.84 WR
2014 World Relay Championships Nassau, Bahamas 1st 4 x 100 m relay 37.77
1st 4 × 200 m relay 1:18.63 WR
2016 Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 4th 100 m 9.93
16th (sf) 200 m 20.37
1st 4 × 100 m relay 37.27
2017 World Relay Championships Nassau, Bahamas 4 × 100 m relay DNF
3rd 4 x 200 m relay 1:21.09
2017 World Championships London, United Kingdom 4th 100 m 9.99
11th (sf) 200 m 20.52
4 × 100 m relay DNF
2018 Commonwealth Games Gold Coast, Australia 3rd 100 m 10.19
3rd 4 × 100 m relay 38.35
2019 World Championships Doha, Qatar 5th 100 m 9.97
15th (sf) 200 m 20.37
11th (h) 4 × 100 m relay 38.15
2021 Olympic Games Tokyo, Japan 18th (sf) 100 m 10.14
5th 4 × 100 m relay 37.84
2022 World Championships Eugene, United States 9th (sf) 100 m 10.12
19th (h) 200 m 20.351
4th 4 × 100 m relay 38.06
  • National Junior Championships: 2006 (1st, 100 m & 200 m)

1Did not start in the semi-finals.


Other interests and personal life

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Away from athletics, Blake continues to be a keen cricketer, having once held ambitions to play for the West Indies.[16] Playing for the Kingston Cricket Club in the athletics off-season and specialising as a bowler, Blake once took four wickets for ten runs.[16]

On 16 August 2012, Blake rang the bell at Lord's Cricket Ground, London to signify the start of the third Investec test match between England and South Africa.[40] He was the first non-professional cricketer to do this.[citation needed]

Blake is also a fan of the IPL team Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) and has expressed his desire to play for them[41] and for Yorkshire County Cricket Club.[42] He has expressed his admiration of Virat Kohli's captaincy of the Indian cricket team.[43]

In March 2021, Blake said that he would rather miss the upcoming Tokyo 2020 Olympics than take the COVID-19 vaccine.[44][45]

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Achievements
Preceded by Men's season's best performance, 200 metres
2011
Incumbent