Brandon Simpson

Brandon Simpson (born 6 September 1981 in Florida, U.S.) is a sprinter who represents Bahrain, having previously represented Jamaica. He has won a bronze medal in 4 x 400 metres relay at three world championships; 2001, 2003 and 2005. He finished 6th in the individual 400 metres contest in 2005, and 5th at the 2004 Olympics.

Brandon Simpson
Medal record
Athletics
Representing  Jamaica
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2001 Edmonton 4x400 m relay
Silver medal – second place 2003 Paris 4x400 m relay
Bronze medal – third place 2005 Helsinki 4x400 m relay
CAC Championships
Silver medal – second place2001 Guatemala City 400 m
World Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place2000 Santiago4×400 m relay
Silver medal – second place2000 Santiago400 m
CAC Junior Championships (U20)
Gold medal – first place2000 San Juan 400 m
Gold medal – first place2000 San Juan 4x400 m relay

Achievements
YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing  Jamaica
2000 World Junior Championships Santiago, Chile 2nd 400m 45.73
1st 4×400m relay 3:06.06
2001 Central American and Caribbean Championships Guatemala City, Guatemala 2nd 400 m 45.46
World Championships Edmonton, Canada 2nd[1] 4 X 400 m [1] 2:58.39
2003 World Championships Paris, France 2nd 4 X 400 m 2:59.60
World Athletics Final Monte Carlo, Monaco 7th 400 m 46.02
2004 Olympic Games Athens, Greece 5th 400 m 44.76
2005 World Championships Helsinki, Finland 6th 400 m 45.01
3rd 4 X 400 m 2:58.07
World Athletics Final Monte Carlo, Monaco 4th 400 m 44.86

Personal bests

References
  1. The Jamaica 4x400 team won originally the bronze medal, but the USA 4x400 team, which originally finished first in 4x400 m relay, was disqualified in 2008 due to Antonio Pettigrew confession of using human growth hormone and EPO between 1997 and 2003.



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