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Yohan Blake (born 26 December 1989) is a Jamaican sprinter specialising in the 100-metre and 200-metre sprint races. He won gold at the 100m at the 2011 World Athletics Championships as the youngest 100m world champion ever, and a silver medal in the 2012 Olympic Games in London in the 100m and 200m races for the Jamaican team behind Usain Bolt. His times of 9.75 in 100m and 19.44 in 200m are the fastest 100m and 200m Olympic sprints in history to not win the gold medal.
Blake is the second fastest man ever in both 100 m and 200 m. Together with Tyson Gay, he is the joint second fastest man ever over 100 m with a personal best of 9.69 seconds which he ran on 23 August 2012.[3] Only Usain Bolt has run faster (9.58s and 9.63s).[4] His personal best for the 200 m (19.26 seconds) is the second fastest time ever after Bolt (19.19 seconds).[5] Blake holds the Jamaican national junior record for the 100 metres, and was the youngest sprinter to have broken the 10-second barrier at 19 years, 196 days old before Trayvon Bromell ran 100m in 9.97 seconds at 18 years 11 months and 3 days old.[6][7][8] As such, Blake is considered one of the best sprinters of all time.
Blake was coached by Glen Mills until 2019. His training partners were Usain Bolt and Daniel Bailey.[9]
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- ^ Sutherland, Rob (15 August 2016). "The 10 fastest men in Olympic 100m history: Usain Bolt, Tyson Gay, Yohan Blake, Justin Gatlin et al". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
- ^ "Diamond League: Yohan Blake and Usain Bolt star in Brussels". BBC Sport. BBC News. 16 September 2011. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
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- ^ Levy, Leighton "Blake must wait". Jamaica Gleaner. 20 July 2009. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
- ^ Raynor, Kayon Agent in awe of Blake's rapid progress Archived 27 August 2009 at the Wayback Machine. Jamaica Observer, 23 July 2009; Retrieved 13 August 2009.