Carl Oliver
Medal record | ||
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Men's athletics
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Representing the Bahamas | ||
Olympic Games | ||
2000 Sydney | 4×400 m relay[a] | |
Commonwealth Games | ||
2002 Manchester | 4×400 m relay | |
World Championships in Athletics
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2001 Edmonton | 4×400 m relay[b] | |
2003 Paris | 4×400 m relay[b] |
Carl Oliver Jr. (born 30 January 1969) is a
After 2000 he was mainly the country's back-up runner for the heats. He qualified the Bahamas for the finals at the 2001 World Championships in Athletics where they became world champions and assisted the team to the finals at the 2002 Commonwealth Games and the 2003 World Championships in Athletics, where his compatriots took bronze in his absence. He was a one-time Bahamian champion in the 400 m and had a personal best of 45.69 seconds.
Career
Sprinting
Born in
His next international appearances came three years later. He finished fifth in the 400 m at the
Oliver was one of the relay runners in the heats of the 2001 World Championships in Athletics, where he helped Bahamas to the final in which they took the gold medal in a national record of 2:58.19 minutes.[6] He performed a similar role at the 2002 Commonwealth Games and Bahamas won the bronze in his absence in the final. The team were disqualified in the heats of the 2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships, but they topped the podium at the 2003 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics, as Moncur, Oliver, Nathaniel McKinney and Brown took the gold medals.[7] At the major event, he was again relegated to a heat runner and he took the Bahamas to the top of their heat and the nation won bronze in the final of the 2003 World Championships in Athletics. These were the last international performances of his career.[citation needed]
Administrator
He wound down his career after 2003, running a best of 47.03 seconds in 2004 and 47.81 in 2006 before retiring from the sport.
Personal bests
- 200 metres – 21.30 seconds (2000)
- 400 metres – 45.69 seconds (1996)
Notes
- a Bahamas were elevated to the bronze medal from fourth place after the disqualification of the American team due to doping by Antonio Pettigrew and Jerome Young[5]
- b Medals achieved in the final – Oliver served as a runner in the heats only.
References
- ^ a b Carl Oliver. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2013-11-29.
- ^ 5th IAAF World Championships in Athletics Göteborg 05/13-Aug-95 Results - 4 X 400 METRES - Men - Semi-Final Archived 2013-09-28 at the Wayback Machine. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-11-29.
- ^ a b Carl Oliver. Tilastopaja. Retrieved on 2013-11-29.
- ^ Doping Rule Violation. IAAF (2008-06-17). Retrieved on 2013-11-29.
- ^ a b Athletics at the 2000 Sydney Summer Games: Men's 4 × 400 metres Relay. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2013-11-29.
- ^ Edmonton 2001 Official Results - 4 X 400 METRES - Men - Heats Archived 17 September 2009 at the Wayback Machine. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-11-29.
- ^ 2003 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics Archived 27 September 2013 at the Wayback Machine. CAC. Retrieved on 2013-11-29.
- ^ Sturrup, Fred (2013-11-12). Oliver: Motion of vote of no-confidence will not stand. The Nassau Guardian. Retrieved on 2013-11-29.