Leford Green

Leford Green at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Personal information

Born

14 November 1986

Height

1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)

Weight

91 kg (201 lb)

Sport

Country

Jamaica

Sport

Athletics

Event(s)

400m Hurdles

Medal record

World Championships
	2011 Daegu	4×400 m relay
Central American and Caribbean Games
	2010 Mayaguez	400 m hurdles
	2010 Mayaguez	Men's 4x400 metres relay
CAC Championships
	2011 Mayagüez	400 m hurdles
	2011 Mayagüez	4x400 metres relay
CAC Junior Championships (U20)
	2004 Coatzacoalcos	4x400 m relay
CARIFTA Games Junior (U20)
	2005 Bacolet, Tobago	400 m

Leford Green (born 14 November 1986, St. Mary, Jamaica^[1]) is a Jamaican track and field athlete who specialises in the 400 metre hurdles and 400 metres. He is an alumnus of Johnson C. Smith University in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Competition record

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing Jamaica
2004	Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U20)	Coatzacoalcos, Mexico	5th	400 m	49.17
	Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U20)	Coatzacoalcos, Mexico	3rd	4 × 400 m relay	3:12.92
	World Junior Championships	Grosseto, Italy	—	4 × 400 m relay	DQ
2005	CARIFTA Games	Bacolet, Trinidad and Tobago	3rd	400 m	47.52
	CARIFTA Games	Bacolet, Trinidad and Tobago	1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:09.94
	Pan American Junior Championships	Windsor, Canada	4th	400m	47.38
	Pan American Junior Championships	Windsor, Canada	2nd	4 × 400 m relay	3:08.64
2006	NACAC U-23 Championships	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	5th	400m	46.16
	NACAC U-23 Championships	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:03.86
	Central American and Caribbean Games	Cartagena, Colombia	12th (sf)	400 m	47.14
			1st (h)	4 × 100 m relay	39.35
			1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:01.78
2007	Pan American Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	14th (sf)	400 m	46.80
	Pan American Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	6th	4 × 400 m relay	3:04.15
	World Championships	Osaka, Japan	4th	4 × 400 m relay	3:00.76
2009	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Havana, Cuba	10th (h)	400 m	47.11
	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Havana, Cuba	3rd	4 × 400 m relay	3:04.09
	World Championships	Berlin, Germany	11th (h)	4 × 400 m relay	3:04.45
2010	Central American and Caribbean Games	Mayagüez, Puerto Rico	1st	400 m hurdles	48.47
2010	Central American and Caribbean Games	Mayagüez, Puerto Rico	1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:01.68
2011	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Mayagüez, Puerto Rico	1st	400 m hurdles	49.03
	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Mayagüez, Puerto Rico	3rd	4 × 400 m relay	3:02.00
	World Championships	Daegu, South Korea	11th (sf)	400 m hurdles	49.29
	World Championships	Daegu, South Korea	3rd	4 × 400 m relay	3:00.10
2012	Olympic Games	London, United Kingdom	7th	400 m hurdles	49.12
2013	World Championships	Moscow, Russia	10th (sf)	400 m hurdles	48.88
2014	Commonwealth Games	Glasgow, United Kingdom	–	400 m hurdles	DQ
2015	World Championships	Beijing, China	20th (sf)	400 m hurdles	49.59

References

↑ "Leford Green Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 2016-05-29.

External links

Leford Green profile at IAAF

Central American and Caribbean Games Champions in Men's 4x400 m

1926: Mexico (A. García, C. García, Moraila, Iturbe)
1930: Mexico (Álvarez, de Anda, Iturbe, Moraila)
1935: Cuba (Vázquez, Hernández, Fernández, Gómez)
1938: Panama (Scott, Edgardo, Chevans, Baker)
1946: Jamaica (McKenley, Woodstock, Rhoden, Wint)
1950: Panama (S. La Beach, McSween, Prince, L. La Beach)
1954: Jamaica (Laing, LaBeach, Gardner, Rhoden)
1959: Puerto Rico (F. Rivera, M. Rivera, de Jesús, Rodríguez)
1962: Jamaica (Mel Spence, Williams, Mal Spence, Kerr)
1966: Jamaica (Forbes, Mel Spence, Myton, Hoilette)
1970: Cuba (Olivera, Díaz, J. García, Álvarez)
1974: Cuba (E. García, Gutiérrez, Álvarez, Juantorena)
1978: Jamaica (Barriffe, Heywood, Brown, Cameron)
1982: Cuba (Pavó, Reyté, Ramos, Juantorena)
1986: Cuba (Peñalver, Pavó, Valentín, Stevens)
1990: Jamaica (Clarke, Burnett, McCrea, Morris)
1993: Cuba (Mena, Herrera, Martínez, Téllez)
1998: Cuba (Mena, Crusellas, Hevia, Téllez)
2002: Dominican Republic (Matos, Santa, Peralta, Sánchez)
2006: Jamaica (Ayre, Green, Chambers, Steele)
2010: Jamaica (Thompson, Green, Cato, Fothergill)
2014: Cuba (Collazo, Acea, Pellicier, Lescay)

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