Kerron Clement
Event: 400m Hurdles
Height: 6-2
Weight: 184
PR: 400m hurdles - 47.24 (2005); 400m - 44.48 (2007)
Born: 10/31/1985
Current Residence: Los Angeles, Calif.Gainesville, Fla.
High School: LaPorte (Texas) High School '03
College: University of Florida '07
Coach: Bob Kersee
Agent: Wilson Joseph
Sponsor: Nike
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Career Highlights: Indoor 400m American record holder; 2008 Olympic Games 400m hurdles silver medalist and 4x400m gold medalist; four-time World Outdoor Championships gold medalist
USA Championships
Two-time USA Outdoor champion - 2005 (47.24); 2006 (47.39)
2008 Olympic Trials runner-up (48.36)
3rd in 400m at 2009 USA Outdoor Championships (45.14)
International Championships
Two-time World Outdoor Championships gold medalist - 2007 (47.61); 2009 (47.91)
2008 Olympic Games silver medalist (47.98)
Two-time World Outdoor Championships 4x400m gold medalist - 2007, 2009
2008 Olympic Games 4x400m gold medalist
Collegiate Championships
Two-time NCAA Outdoor champion - 2004 (49.05); 2005 (47.56)
2005 NCAA Indoor 400m champion (44.57)
Awards and Honors
World indoor 400m record holder (44.57)
World indoor 4x400m record holder (3:01.96)
Two-time Visa champion - 2005, 2006
2004 World Junior Championships gold medalist 400m hurdles (48.51) and 4x400m (3:01.09)
Six-time NCAA Division I All-American
About Kerron
Kerron Clement is among the elite hurdlers the U.S. has seen. He joined National Track & Field Hall of Famer Edwin Moses (1983, 1987) and Felix Sanchez of the Dominican Republic (2001, 2003) as the only men ever to win the world 400m hurdles title twice, with all three accomplishing the feat in consecutive years. At the University of Florida Clement shocked the track world when he ran 44.57 seconds to win the 2005 NCAA indoor 400-meter title on March 12, breaking Michael Johnson’s WR of 44.63, set on March 4, 1995. He also holds the NCAA meet record in the 400m hurdles (47.56). The 19-year-old sophomore then anchored Florida’s 4x400 meter relay to a collegiate record 3:03.51, previously. Clement was ranked #5 in the U.S. by Track & Field News in just his freshman season for the Gators.
Results
2011: 2nd at Kingston Jamaica Invitational (48.74); 8th at World Outdoor Championships (52.11)
2010: 1st at New York (47.86); 5th at USA Indoor Championships (46.29); 1st Jamaica Invite (48.55)
2009: World Outdoor Championships gold medalist (47.91); 1st at adidas Track Classic (48.38); 1st at Osaka (48.60); 3rd at Nike Prefontaine Classic (48.73); 1st at Bank World Athletics Final (48.11); 3rd in 400m at USA Outdoor Championships (45.14)
2008: Olympic Games silver medalist (47.98); Olympic Trials runner-up (48.36); 7th in 400m at Nike Prefontaine Classic (45.77); 1st in 400mH at Reebok Grand Prix (48.40); 4th in 400m at adidas Track Classic (45.10); 1st at Jamaica (47.79)
2007: World Outdoor Championships gold medalist (47.61); 4th at Reebok Grand Prix (49.21); 2nd at adidas Track Classic (48.46); 2nd at Kingston (48.72); 2nd at Monaco (48.47); 2nd at Rome (48.26); 2nd at Lausanne (48.31); 2nd at Stockholm (44.48); 2nd at World Athletics Final (48.35)
2006: USA Outdoor Champion (47.39); ran lead leg in setting indoor 4x400m world record of 3:01.96 with Wallace Spearmon, Darold Williamson and Jeremy Wariner on Feb. 11 at Fayetteville, Ark.; 1st at Reebok Grand Prix (44.71); 2nd at Nike Prefontaine Classic (49.18); 2nd at Paris (48.57); 8th at Athens (49.32); 8th at Lausanne (49.07); 1st at London (48.63); 1st at IAAF World Cup (48.12)
2005: NCAA Outdoor champion (47.56); NCAA Indoor 400m champion (44.57); USA Outdoor 400mH champion (47.24); 4th at World Outdoor Champs (48.18); anchored Florida to 4x400m title at NCAA Indoors (3:03.51 collegiate record)
2004: World Junior Championships gold medalist 400m hurdles (48.51) and 4x400m (3:01.09); NCAA Outdoor champion (49.05); 6th in 4x400m at NCAA Outdoors (3:04.71); NCAA East Regional champ (49.01); SEC champion (48.77); 4th at NCAA Indoors 400m (45.90); 2nd in 400m at SEC Indoor Champs (46.32); SEC Outdoor 4x400m relay champ (3:03.09); second at USA Juniors (50.86)
2003: USATF Junior Olympic Young Men’s champ (50.13); National Scholastic 400m champion
2002: USATF Junior Olympic Young Men’s champ (49.77); 3rd at Golden West Invitational 300m hurdles (35.78); National Scholastic 110mH champ; 2nd at Golden West Invitational 110mH (13.63hs)
USA/World Rankings and Personal Bests
2011: Outdoor bests - 400m hurdles, 48.74 (No. 7 in the USA, No. 16 in the world)
2010: Indoor bests - 400m, 46.29 (No. 12 in the USA, No. 22 in the world); Outdoor bests - 400m hurdles, 47.86 (No. 4 in the USA, No. 5 in the world)
2009: Outdoor bests - 400m hurdles, 47.91 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 1 in the world)
2008: Outdoor bests - 400m hurdles, 47.79 (No. 2 in the USA, No. 2 in the world)
2007: Outdoor bests - 400m hurdles, 47.61 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 1 in the world)
2006: Outdoor bests - 400m hurdles, 47.39 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 1 in the world)
2005: Indoor bests - 400m, 44.57 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 1 in the world; WR); Outdoor bests - 400m hurdles, 47.24 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 1 in the world)
2004: Indoor bests - 400m, 45.90 (No. 6 in the USA, No. 7 in the world); Outdoor bests - 400m hurdles, 48.51 (No. 5 in the USA, No. 17 in the world)