Roshawn Clarke (born 1 July 2004) is a Jamaican track and field athlete. In July 2023, he became the Jamaican national champion over 400m hurdles.[2]
Early life
Clarke attended Camperdown High School, in Kingston, Jamaica.[3] He runs for the Swept Track Club.[4]
Career
In April 2022, Clarke ran a new championship record time of 49.50 for the 400m hurdles, to win the title at the Boys and Girls' Athletics Championships held in Kingston, Jamaica.[5]
Clarke won gold at the 2022 CARIFTA Games in the u-20 boys 400m hurdles, and defended that title at the 2023 CARIFTA Games, running 49.92 at the Thomas A. Robinson Stadium in Nassau, Bahamas.[7] He also contributed to the Jamaican team winning the mile relay, and was given the Austin Sealy Award for the most outstanding performer at the Games.[8]
Competing at the Jamaican national championships, Clarke qualified for the 400m hurdles final with the fastest time.[9] In the final, he won the event in 47.85s, a time which tied with Sean Burrell for the world junior record he had set in 2021.[10] He became only the second Jamaican to run under 48 seconds for the event, and the time placed him fourth-fastest in the world for the year.[11][12]
He lowered his personal best and set a new world under-20 record at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest, running 47.34 seconds in his semi-final. He finished fourth overall in the final.[13]
In April 2024, he was selected as part of the Jamiacan team for the 2024 World Athletics Relays in Nassau, Bahamas.[14] In June 2024, he finished second at the Jamaican Athletics Championships in the 400m hurdles in Kingston.[15]
He competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris in August 2024, reaching the final of the 400 metres hurdles, but did not finish.[16][17]
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