Melaine Walker

Antoinette Melaine Walker ( Kingston , January 1 1983 ) is a Jamaican hurdler, who specializes in the 400m hurdles . She was Olympic champion and multiple Jamaican champion in this discipline.

Contents

 * 1 Career
 * 2 Titles
 * 3 Personal bests
 * 4 Performance
 * 4.1 Championships
 * 4.2 Golden League podiums
 * 4.3 Diamond League podium
 * 5 Performance Development

Career
In 2008, Walker was very successful. With 53.48 s she corrected on July 29, the world leader in the 400m hurdles at the Super Grand Prix athletics meeting in Monaco .She won her fifth Grand Prix competition of the year. The previous best time of the season was held by the American Lashinda Demus : 53.99 on May 8 in Fort-de-France. She also won that year for the third time in a row the Jamaican championships.

At the 2008 Olympics in Beijing Melaine Walker represented her country in the 400m hurdles. She was to achieve self-confident Olympic gold and made ​​this expectation.[1] She was the first to cross the finish line in the Olympic record time of 52.64.

Four years later, Walker insisted on the London Olympics through to the semi-finals but fell in it with a time of 55.74.

Melaine Walker studied at the University of Texas at Austin .

Titles

 * World champion 400m hurdles - 2009
 * Olympic champion 400m hurdles - 2008
 * Jamaican champion 400m hurdles - 2006, 2007, 2008, 2012
 * Central American youth champion 400m hurdles - 1998, 2000

Personal records

 * Outdoor
 * Indoor