Jerome Blake

Jerome Blake (born August 18, 1995) is a Canadian track and field athlete specializing in the sprint events.[1] A Jamaican at birth, Blake moved to Canada in 2013 and currently lives in Burnaby, British Columbia.[1]

Jerome Blake
Personal information
Born (1995-08-18) August 18, 1995
Buff Bay, Jamaica
Home townBurnaby, British Columbia[1]
Height6’3
Weight86 kg (190 lb)
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)100m: 10.06 (2021)
200: 20.20 (2021)
Medal record
Men's track and field
Representing  Canada
Olympic Games
2020 Tokyo4×100 m relay
NACAC Championships in Athletics
2018 Toronto4x100 relay

Career

Early career

Blake started his young track career as a hurdler in the 400 m in Jamaica.[1] After attending his brother's soccer game, he began testing his speed on track which a coach noticed and convinced him to switch to sprinting.[1] Blake and his family then moved to British Columbia, Canada in 2013 with his mother and brother and he continued his track ambitions in Canada.[1] He competed for British Columbia at the 2017 Canada Summer Games where he won gold in both the 100 m and 200 m.[1]

At the 2018 NACAC Championships, Blake was part of the gold medal 4x100 relay winning team.[1]

Blake competed at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, finishing 6th in the 200 m and 4th in the 4x100 relay.[1]

2020 Summer Olympics

In the buildup to the 2020 Summer Olympics which were taking place in 2021 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, Blake competed at the Canadian National Trials. There he placed in second place and as a result Blake was named to Canada's Olympic team.[2][3] He then set a new personal best just before the games, running 10.15 seconds in Stockholm in early July.[1] As a part of the 4x100 m relay team, he won a bronze medal in the 4x100 m relay.[4] On 18 February 2022, Great Britain was stripped of its silver medal in the men's 4×100 m relay after the Court of Arbitration for Sport confirmed CJ Ujah’s doping violation. Canada was upgraded to silver.[5][6]

References
  1. "Jerome Blake". www.olympic.ca/. Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
  2. Nichols, Paula (3 July 2021). "Team Canada to have 57 competitors in athletics at Tokyo 2020". www.olympic.ca/. Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
  3. "57 athletes nominated to Canada's Olympic track & field team". www.cbc.ca/. CBC Sports. 3 July 2021. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
  4. Strashin, Jamie (August 6, 2021). "Andre De Grasse powers Canada to Olympic bronze in men's 4x100m relay". CBC Sports. Retrieved August 6, 2021.
  5. "Britain's relay team loses Olympic silver over Ujah doping". AP NEWS. 2022-02-18. Retrieved 2022-02-19.
  6. "Canadian men's 4x100m Olympic team bumped up to silver as Brits DQ'ed for doping". CBC Sports. 14 April 2022. Retrieved 14 April 2022.


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