Akeem Bloomfield

Jamaican sprinter

Akeem Bloomfield

Bloomfield at the 2018 NCAA Division I Indoor Championships
Personal information
Nationality	Jamaican
Born	(1997-10-11) 11 October 1997 (age 23) Kingston, Jamaica
Height	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
Sport
Country	Jamaica
Sport	Track and field
Event(s)	Sprinting
College team	Auburn Tigers
Turned pro	2018
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	200 m: 19.81 (London, 2018) 400 m: 43.94 (Eugene, 2018)
Medal record Men's track and field Representing  Jamaica World Championships 2019 Doha 4×400 m relay World Relays 2019 Yokohama 4×400 m relay CARIFTA Games (U20) 2016 St. George's 400 m 2016 St. George's 4×400 m relay 2015 Basseterre 400 m

Akeem Bloomfield (born 11 October 1997) is a Jamaican track and field athlete specializing in sprint events. Running for Auburn University, he finished second in the 400 meters at the 2018 NCAA Championships behind Michael Norman of USC.^[1] His time of 43.94 ranks #17 on the all-time list, one of only 18 human beings to run the distance under 44 seconds. 15 days later, he signed a professional contract with Puma.^[2] Less than a month later, Bloomfield ran 200 meters in 19.81, at the London Anniversary Games. Video on YouTube. Bloomfield had never run under 20 seconds before, so his win was so unexpected, race announcers didn't even announce him as the winner until 20 seconds after the race when his name came up on the results display. That time also ranked him on the top 25 all-time list, joining Michael Johnson and Isaac Makwala as the only men to make both the current 200 and 400 lists.

Earlier in the season, Bloomfield finished second to Norman at the 2018 NCAA Indoor Championships. Norman set the world record of 44.52 in that race, Bloomfield's 44.86 ranks him at No. 6 on the all-time list and is the Jamaican indoor record.

Bloomfield had previously run for Kingston College. At the 2015 Jamaican National Championships, Bloomfield set the Jamaican Junior Record for 400 meters at 44.93.^[3]

Statistics

Information from World Athletics profile or Track & Field Results Reporting System unless otherwise noted.^[4][5]

Personal bests

Event	Time	Competition	Venue	Date	Notes
200 m	19.81	Müller Anniversary Games	London, England	22 July 2018	+0.1 m/s wind
400 m	43.94	NCAA Division I Championships	Eugene, Oregon, U.S.	13 July 2018
400 m indoor	44.86	NCAA Division I Indoor Championships	College Station, Texas, U.S.	10 March 2018	Indoor NR
4×400 m relay	2:57.90	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	6 October 2019
4×400 m relay indoor	3:05.30	NCAA Division I Indoor Championships	College Station, Texas, U.S.	10 March 2018

International championship results

Year	Championship	Venue	Position	Event	Time
Representing  Jamaica
2015	CARIFTA Games (U20)	Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis	1st	400 m	45.85
2016	CARIFTA Games (U20)	St. George's, Grenada	1st	400 m	46.01
			1st	4×400 m relay	3:10.55
2019	World Relays	Yokohama, Japan	2nd	4×400 m relay	3:01.57
	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	8th	400 m	45.36
			2nd	4×400 m relay	2:57.90

Circuit wins

400 m

• Diamond League
  • Rabat: 2018
  • London: 2019
  • Birmingham: 2019

• World Indoor Tour
  • Glasgow: 2020

200 m

• Diamond League
  • London: 2018

References

1. http://www.letsrun.com/news/2018/06/greatest-collegiate-400-ever-michael-norman-runs-43-61-defeat-akeem-bloomfields-43-94/
2. http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/latestnews/400m_phenomenon_Bloomfield_goes_pro
3. http://www.milesplit.com/articles/149783/akeem-bloomfield-smashes-jamaican-400-record
4. "ATHLETE PROFILE Akeem BLOOMFIELD". worldathletics.org. World Athletics. Retrieved 15 February 2020.
5. "AKEEM BLOOMFIELD AUBURN". tfrrs.org. Track & Field Results Reporting System. Retrieved 7 June 2019.

External links

• Akeem Bloomfield at World Athletics
• Akeem Bloomfield profile at TFRRS