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Kirani James is a Grenadian athletics competitor and diplomat who competes in the 400 metres. Born on September 1, 1992, in Gouyave, St. George's, he represents Grenada in international sport. James is a male sprinter who stands 191 cm tall and weighs 66 kg. He speaks English and has a personal best time of 43.74 seconds.
James was educated at the University of Alabama and is coached by Harvey Glance. He has participated in the men's 400 metres at the 2012, 2016, and 2020 Summer Olympics, as well as the 2014 Commonwealth Games. He is a member of the Grenada Athletics team and holds a diplomatic passport from Grenada. Among his awards is the Commander of the Order of the British Empire.
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Germany
- Active from
- 1929-04-17
- Active to
- 2015-06-09
Discography
- Die gab’s nur einmal: Großes Sorgenbrecher-Potpourri mit Schlagern der letzten 50 Jahre1963
- Die gab’s nur einmal, Folge 2: Schlager von gestern und heute zum Tanzen und Mitsingen1964
- Non Stop Dancing ’651965
- Non Stop Dancing '651965
- Ännchen von Tharau bittet zum Tanz1966
- Christmas Dancing1966
- Classics Up to Date1966
- Concerto per Natale1966
- Hammond à gogo Vol. II1966
- Happy Christmas From James Last1966
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- The PRISMA 2020 statement: an updated guideline for reporting systematic reviews
· 2021 · cited 85,040x
- Special points for Brillouin-zone integrations
· 1976 · cited 68,291x
- Fiji: an open-source platform for biological-image analysis
· 2012 · cited 66,856x
- SciPy 1.0: fundamental algorithms for scientific computing in Python
· 2020 · cited 36,510x
- Structural equation modeling in practice: A review and recommended two-step approach.
· 1988 · cited 31,716x
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Key facts
- Nationality
- Grenadian
- Born
- ( 1992-09-01 ) 1 September 1992 (age 33) , Gouyave , Saint John , Grenada
- Height
- 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
- Weight
- 80 kg (176 lb)
- Sport
- Track and field
- Event
- Sprinting
- College team
- Alabama Crimson Tide
- Olympic finals
- 2012 London 400 m, Gold 2016 Rio de Janeiro 400 m, Silver 2020 Tokyo 400 m, Bronze
- World finals
- 2011 Daegu 400 m, Gold 2013 Moscow 400 m, 7th 2015 Beijing 400 m, Bronze 2019 Doha 400 m, 5th 2022 Eugene 400 m, Silver
- Highest world ranking
- 1 (weeks 54)
- Personal bests
- Outdoor 200 m : 20.41 NR ( El Paso 2011) 400 m : 43.74 NR ( Lausanne 2014) Indoor 200 m : 20.58 Indoors</span>"}]]}'>i National record</span>"}]]}'>NR ( Albuquerque 2011) 400 m : 44.80 Indoors</span>"}]]}'>i National record</span>"}]]}'>NR ( Fayetteville, AR 2011)
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Sports profile
- Sport
- Athletics
- Team
- Grenada Athletics
- Position
- Sprinter
- Nationality
- Grenada
via TheSportsDB
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Encyclopedic overview
Sir Kirani Zeno James GCNG CBE COG (born 1 September 1992) is a Grenadian professional sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres. He won the 400 m at the World Championships in 2011 and won the gold medal at the 2012 London Olympics. In the 400 metres, James also won the silver medal at the 2016 Rio Olympics and a bronze medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, thus becoming the first man to earn the full set of three medals in the centennial history of the event. He is Grenada's first Olympic medalist. He holds the Grenadian national record in both the 200 metres and 400 metres.
As a junior, James also specialized in the 200 metres. Prodigious from a young age, he ran the fastest 400 m times ever by a 14-year-old and a 15-year-old. He won a series of gold medals at the CARIFTA Games and the Commonwealth Youth Games and rose on the international stage with 400 m silver medals at the 2007 World Youth and 2008 World Junior Championships. James became the first athlete to run a 200/400 double at the 2009 World Youth Championships and was the 2010 World Junior Champion.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kirani James” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.