Marvin Anderson

Marvin Anderson
2007 World Championships in Athletics in Osaka – Victory ceremony for the men's 4*100 metres relay: Marvin Anderson, Usain Bolt, Nesta Carter, Asafa Powell
Personal information
Nationality Jamaica
Born (1982-05-12) 12 May 1982 (age 42)
Trelawny
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight69 kg (152 lb)
Sport
SportRunning
Event(s)100 metres, 200 metres
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)100 m: 10.11 s (Kingston 2008)
200 m: 20.06 s (Osaka 2007)
Medal record
Men's Athletics
Representing  Jamaica
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2007 Osaka 4×100 m relay
Pan American Games
Silver medal – second place 2007 Rio de Janeiro 200 m
CAC Junior Championships (U20)
Gold medal – first place 2000 San Juan 100 m
Gold medal – first place 2000 San Juan 4x100 m relay
CARIFTA Games
Junior (U20)
Silver medal – second place 2001 Bridgetown 4x100 m relay
Bronze medal – third place 2001 Bridgetown 100 m

Marvin Anderson (born 12 May 1982) is a Jamaican sprint athlete.[1]

He finished sixth in the 200m final at the 2007 World Championships in Osaka where he also won a silver medal in the 4 × 100 m relay team for Jamaica. He is a former student of Duncans All Age and William Knibb Memorial High School.

Anderson represented Jamaica at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. He competed at the 200 metres and placed third in his first round heat after Marlon Devonish and Kim Collins in a time of 20.85 seconds. With this result he qualified for the second round, but he did finish the second race and was eliminated.[1]

He tested positive for the stimulant 4-Methyl-2-hexanamine in June 2009.[2][3] A disciplinary panel organised by the Jamaican Anti-Doping Commission (JADCO) cleared him of a doping infraction on the grounds that the drug was not on the World Anti-Doping Agency's banned list. However, JADCO appealed their own panel's ruling, stating that the athlete should be disciplined as the drug was similar in structure to the banned substance tuaminoheptane.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b "Athlete biography: Marvin Anderson". beijing2008.cn. Archived from the original on 11 August 2008. Retrieved 1 September 2008.
  2. ^ Jamaican athletes fail drug tests . BBC Sport (24 July 2009). Retrieved 2009-08-13.
  3. ^ "Row in Jamaica over athletes cleared of doping". Insidethegames.com. Archived from the original on 13 July 2011. Retrieved 17 December 2012.
  4. ^ IAAF wait for Jamaica drug ruling . BBC Sport (11 August 2009). Retrieved 2009-08-13.


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