Kirani James

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Medal record
Kirani James Kirani James
Competitor for  Grenada
Men's athletics
World Junior Championships
Silver	2008 Bydgoszcz	400 m
World Youth Championships
Silver	2007 Ostrava	400 m
Gold	2009 Bressanone	400 m
Gold	2009 Bressanone	200 m
Commonwealth Youth Games
Gold	2008 Pune	400 m
CARIFTA Games
Gold	2008 St. Kitts	200 m
Gold	2008 St. Kitts	400 m
Gold	2007 Turks and Caicos	400 m

Kirani James (born 1 September 1992 in St. George's) is a Grenadian sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres.

At the age of 14 he won the gold medal in the 400 m at the 2007 CARIFTA Games in the under 17 category with a time of 47.86 seconds. He went on to win silver medals at the 2007 World Youth Championships with a time of 46.96 s a time which is the fastest run by a 14 year old.

In April 2008 he defended his Carifta 400 m title, winning the 200 metres with a time of 21.38 s. In July that year he won silver medal at the 2008 World Junior Championships with a time of 45.70 s which is his personal best nation youth and junior record and the fastest time ever run by a 15 year old. In October he won the gold medal at the 2008 commonwealth youth games with a new games record of 46.66s. In April 2009 he ran a personal best of 45.45s to win the under 20 category at carifta games beating Usain Bolt previous record of 46.35s.

James became the first youth athlete to complete a 200/400 metres double gold at the 2009 World Youth Championships in Athletics.

Personal bests - Outdoor

Event	Time (seconds)	Venue	Date
200 metres	21.05	Bressanone, Italy	12 July 2009
400 metres	45.24 NJR	Bressanone, Italy	10 July 2009

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External Links

• IAAF profile for Kirani James