Kuron Griffith
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| Nationality | Barbadian | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 4 January 1999 | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
Event | Sprint | ||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 100 meters: 10.18 (2025) 200 meters: 20.43 (2024) | ||||||||||||||
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Kuron Griffith (born 4 January 1999) is a sprinter from Barbados. He has won national titles over both the 100 metres and 200 metres.[1]
Career
[edit]A member of the Quantum Leap Track Programme in Barbados,[2] Griffith lowered his personal best for 200 metres to 20.99 seconds at the Athletics Association of Barbados May Classic track and field meet in May 2021. He also won the 100 metres that weekend.[3] The following month, he won the Barbados Athletics Championships title over 100 metres in June 2021 at the University of the West Indies Usain Bolt Sports Complex, running 10.30 seconds to finish ahead of defending champion Mario Burke.[4] He won the gold medal in the 100 meters at the 2021 NACAC U23 Championships in San Jose, Costa Rica, running 10.33 seconds to finish ahead of Jamaican Odaine McPherson, and Kion Benjamin.[5] He also had the leading time from the semi-finals, running 10.34 seconds to qualify for the final.[6]
Griffith competed for Barbados at the 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games in San Salvador, El Salvador.[7]
He won the Barbados championships titles over 100 metres and 200 metres in 2025 in Bridgetown.[8][9] He subsequently placed fifth in the final of the 100 metres at the 2025 NACAC Championships in Freeport, The Bahamas, running a personal best 10.18 seconds.[10] He was selected to represent Barbados in the 100 metres at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan.[11]
References
[edit]- ^ "Kuron Griffith". World Athletics. Retrieved 11 Sep 2025.
- ^ "KURON GRIFFITH SPEEDS TO SPRINT DOUBLE IN WINDY CONDITIONS". Barbados Advocate. 24 May 2021. Retrieved 11 Sep 2025.
- ^ "KURON GRIFFITH CONTINUES TO IMPRESS". Barbados Advocate. 31 May 2021. Retrieved 11 Sep 2025.
- ^ "KURON GRIFFITH BEATS MARIO BURKE IN SHOWDOWN". Barbados Advocate. 28 June 2021. Retrieved 11 Sep 2025.
- ^ "Bertrand, Benjamin on NACAC podium". Trinidad Express. 9 July 2021. Retrieved 11 Sep 2025.
- ^ "BARBADOS STARTS NACAC WITH 4 GOLDS, 1 SILVER, 1 BRONZE". Barbados Advocate. 10 July 2021. Retrieved 11 Sep 2025.
- ^ "Barbados names 115-member squad for CAC Games". Barbados Today. 10 June 2023. Retrieved 11 Sep 2025.
- ^ "Barbados Championships". World Athletics. 24 July 2025. Retrieved 11 September 2025.
- ^ "Barbados Championships". World Athletics. 27 July 2025. Retrieved 11 September 2025.
- ^ "NACAC Championships". World Athletics. 17 August 2025. Retrieved 11 September 2025.
- ^ "Track And Field World Championships Tokyo 2025 Full Entry List". Flotrack. 10 Sep 2025. Retrieved 11 Sep 2025.
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