Dwight St. Hillaire

Dwight St. Hillaire (born 5 December 1997) is an Olympic sprinter from Trinidad and Tobago.[1]

Dwight St. Hillaire
Personal information
NationalityTrinidad and Tobago
Born (1997-12-05) 5 December 1997
Belle Garden, Trinidad and Tobago
Sport
SportAthletics
Event(s)
University teamKentucky Wildcats
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Trinidad and Tobago
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place2022 Birmingham4 × 400m

From Belle Garden, he achieved success whilst attending the University of Kentucky becoming an All-American, winning silver medals at the NCAA Championships and at the SEC Championships.[2]

In 2018 he clocked a personal best of 44.55 seconds to move into the sixth spot on T&T’s all-time men’s 400 metres list.[3] In March 2021 he ran a new lifetime best of 20.25 seconds in the 200 metres at an invitational meeting in South Carolina.[4] In April 2021 he ran 44.74 in his first outdoor 400 metres race of the year which earned him at the time second spot on the 2021 world outdoor performance list, behind American Bryce Deadmon.[5]

Whilst running in the Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metres he ran a time of 45.41 to qualify from the heats to the semi-finals.[6] In the 4x400m relay final St.Hillaire injured his hamstring but determinedly finished his leg of the race.[7]

Personal bests

Outdoor

Indoor

  • 60 metres – 6.76 (Lexington 2019)
  • 200 metres – 20.73 (Clemson 2018)
  • 400 metres – 45.64 (Clemson 2021)
  • 1.803 metres — 2700 (Madison P 12/2020)

References
  1. "Dwight ST. HILLAIRE | Profile". worldathletics.org.
  2. "Dwight St. Hillaire - Track & Field". University of Kentucky Athletics. 25 September 2017.
  3. Laurence, Kwame. "Time to build". Trinidad Express Newspapers.
  4. George, Christopher (28 March 2021). "T&T's St. Hillaire Runs 20.25 PB At Weems Baskin Invitational 2021".
  5. Laurence, Kwame. "St Hillaire sizzles". Trinidad Express Newspapers.
  6. "Athletics - Round 1 - Heat 3 Results". Archived from the original on 2021-08-01.
  7. "St Hillaire injures hamstring in men's mile relay final". 7 August 2021.


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