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Nationality | Jamaican | ||||||||||||||
Born | 29 April 2002 | ||||||||||||||
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Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
Event | Sprint | ||||||||||||||
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Personal best(s) | 100m: 9.91 (Kingston, 2023) 200m: 21.69 (Kingston, 2022) | ||||||||||||||
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Rohan Watson (born 29 April 2002) is a Jamaican track and field athlete who competes as a sprinter. In July 2023, he became Jamaican national champion over 100 metres. [1]
A member of the MVP Club in Jamaica, [2] [3] where he is a training partner of the likes of Shericka Jackson. [4] Watson won the Jamaican national 100m title at the National Stadium in Kingston, Jamaica on 7 July 2023, running 9.91 seconds. [5] The victory was considered an upset, with Oblique Seville and Ackeem Blake entering the competition as the favourites. [6] Earlier in the week, Watson had dipped below the 10-second barrier for the first time, running 9.98s in the heats. [7]
He was selected for the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest in August 2023. [8] [9] He reached the semi-finals of the 100m. [10]