Melaine Walker

Melaine Walker

Medal record
Representing Jamaica
Women's athletics
Olympic Games
	2008 Beijing	400 m hurdles
World Junior Championships
	2002 Kingston	400 m hurdles
	2000 Santiago	4 × 400 m relay
	2000 Santiago	400 m hurdles
	1998 Annecy	4 × 400 m relay
World Youth Championships
	1999 Bydgoszcz	200 m
Central American and Caribbean Games
	2006 Cartagena de Indias	4 × 400 m relay
	2006 Cartagena de Indias	400 m hurdles

Melaine Walker O.D (born 1 January 1983, Kingston) is a Jamaican hurdler and a past student of the St. Jago High School. Walker won the 400 m hurdles Gold at the 2008 Beijing Olympics in a new Olympic record time of 52.64 seconds.

Achievements

Year	Tournament	Venue	Result	Event
1998	World Junior Championships	Annecy, France	5th	200 m
			3rd	4x100 m relay
1999	World Youth Championships	Bydgoszcz, Poland	2nd	200 m
			6th	100 m hurdles
2000	World Junior Championships	Santiago, Chile	3rd	400 m hurdles
			2nd	4x400 m relay
2002	World Junior Championships	Kingston, Jamaica	2nd	400 m hurdles
2006	Central American and Caribbean Games	Cartagena, Colombia	3rd	400 m hurdles
			2nd	4x400 m relay
2007	World Athletics Final	Stuttgart, Germany	3rd	400 m hurdles
2008	Olympic Games	Beijing, China	1st	400 m hurdles
	World Athletics Final	Stuttgart, Germany	1st	400 m hurdles

Personal bests

• 60 metres hurdles - 8.05 s (2006, indoor)
• 100 metres hurdles - 12.75 s (2006)
• 400 metres hurdles - 52.64 s (2008)
• 60 metres - 7.40 s (2005, indoor)
• 200 metres - 23.67 s (1998)
• 400 metres - 51.61 s (2008)

References

• Melaine Walker at World Athletics