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Delano Kennedy
Jamaican athlete (born 2004) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Delano Kennedy (born 3 February 2004) is a Jamaican sprinter.[1]
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Early life
He was educated in Clarendon Parish, Jamaica at the Edwin Allen High School where he was coached by Leon Powell.[2][3]
Career
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He won a silver medal for Jamaica in the men's 4 x 400 metres relay at the 2022 World Athletics U20 Championships in Cali, Colombia.[4][5] He was the fastest qualifier with a personal best 45.49 seconds in the individual 400 metres race at the championships, but was disqualified from the final after a false start.[6]
In March 2023, he ran a 45.27 personal best in the 400m finals at Jamaica’s High School Championships, held at the National Stadium in Kingston, Jamaica.[7] Competing at the 2023 NACAC U23 Championships in Costa Rica, he won a gold medal in the men's 4 x 400 metres relay.[8]
He competed at the 2025 World Athletics Relays in China in the Mixed 4 × 400 metres relay in May 2025.[9][10] On 7 June 2025, he ran a 400 metres personal best of 45.22 seconds at the Racers Grand Prix, a World Athletics Continental Tour Silver meeting, in Kingston, Jamaica.[11] He reached the final of the 400 metres at the Jamaican Athletics Championships in June 2025 with a personal best of 44.97 seconds, before going faster in the final to finish second in 44.91 seconds.[12][13] On 12 July 2025, he ran 45.00 seconds for the 400 metres at the Ed Murphey Track Classic, a World Athletics Continental Tour Silver event, in Memphis, Tennessee.[14] He was named in the Jamaican squad for the 2025 NACAC Championships in Nassau, The Bahamas.[15]
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