Davian Clarke

Davian Clarke (born 30 April 1976) is a Jamaican former athlete, who mainly competed in the 400 metres. He won the bronze medal in the 4 x 400 metres relay at the 1996 Olympics, and many relay medals followed, before he won his first individual medal at the 2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships. Davian Clarke is also a graduate of University of Miami Patti & Allan Herbert Business School with Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA).

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing Jamaica
1992	World Junior Championships	Seoul, South Korea	2nd	4 × 400 m relay	3:06.58
1994	World Junior Championships	Lisbon, Portugal	19th (qf)	200m	21.51 (wind: +0.6 m/s)
1994	World Junior Championships	Lisbon, Portugal	2nd	4 × 400 m relay	3:04.12
1996	Summer Olympics	Atlanta, Georgia	3rd	4 × 400 m relay	2:59.42
1997	World Championships	Athens, Greece	2nd	4 × 400 m relay	2:56.75
1998	Central American and Caribbean Games	Maracaibo, Venezuela	2nd	4 × 400 m relay	3:03.26
1998	Commonwealth Games	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	1st	4 × 400 m relay	2:59.03 CR
1999	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Bridgetown, Barbados	2nd	400 metres	45.49
	Pan American Games	Winnipeg, Canada	1st	4 × 400 m relay	2:57.97
	World Championships	Seville, Spain	2nd	4 × 400 m relay	2:59.34 [1]
2003	World Indoor Championships	Birmingham, UK	1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:04.21
	World Championships	Paris, France	2nd	4 × 400 m relay	2:59.60
	Pan American Games	Santo Domingo, DR	1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:01.81
2004	World Indoor Championships	Budapest, Hungary	2nd	400 metres	45.92
2004	World Indoor Championships	Budapest, Hungary	1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:05.21
2005	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	3rd	4 × 400 m relay	2:58.07
2006	World Indoor Championships	Moscow, Russia	4th	400 metres	45.93
2006	Commonwealth Games	Melbourne, Australia	3rd	4 × 400 m relay	3:01.94

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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