Javier Culson

Quick Facts

Full Name	Javier Culson
Occupation	Hurdler
Date Of Birth	Jul 25, 1984(1984-07-25)
Age	40
Birthplace	Ponce
Country	Puerto Rico
Horoscope	Cancer

Javier Culson Biography

Javier Culson is one of the most popular and richest Hurdler who was born on July 25, 1984 in Ponce, Puerto Rico. 400-meter hurdler who earned bronze in the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.

In the 2012 Olympics He came in less than a half second behind gold medalist At the 2012 Olympics he finished less than half a second behind gold medal winner Felix Sanchez..

Javier Culson Pérez (born July 25, 1984) is a Puerto Rican athlete and Olympiad bronze medalist who specialises in the 400 metre hurdles. After becoming involved with the discipline in his late teen years, he entered the podium in some regional youth events, including the Pan American Junior Athletics Championships. Culson is a two-time silver medallist at the International Association of Athletics Federations’s (IAAF) World Championships and an elite contender in the Samsung Diamond League, where he finished second overall in 2011. He has also garnished medals in events with lower profiles, including the Central American and Caribbean Games and the Ibero-American Championships. He currently holds the record as “the world’s fastest man” in that category. Culson also competed at the 2012 Olympics in London winning the bronze medal in the 400-metre hurdles race. In the 2016 Olympics in Rio, Culson made it all the way to the finals of the men’s 400m hurdles only to be disqualified by a false start.

Culson Pérez won his first international gold medal in his home town at the 2006 Ibero-American Championships. He won a bronze medal at the 2007 Summer Universiade with a time of 49.35 seconds. His first major senior tournament was the 2007 World Championships in Athletics. He reached the 400 m hurdles semi-finals at the competition. As one of only six track athletes who made the Puerto Rican Olympic team that year, Culson Pérez competed at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. He progressed to the semi-finals but failed to reach the final.

The family was led by the mom, Judith Perez, in Playa de Ponce, Puerto Rico.

Javier Culson Net Worth

Javier Culson is one of the richest Hurdler from Puerto Rico. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Javier Culson 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He was awarded an Olympic silver medal in the 2013 Pan American Junior Championships.

He was chosen to be the flag-bearer of Puerto Rico in the Olympic Games of

2012. Olympics.

Culson Pérez was born in Barrio Playa, Ponce, Puerto Rico, on 25 July 1984, to Señor Culson and Judith Pérez. One of four siblings, along Javier Ramón Antonio, Judith Marie and Mary Caridad, he was raised solely by his mother in his native Playa de Ponce. Since his birth and throughout his childhood, Culson was a sickly child, suffering from gastritis due to a pronounced line in his abdomen, which limited the types of food that he could eat. This condition, along with an asthma diagnosis, forced him to spend a considerable amount of time in hospitals during his upbringing and extending into his teenager years. To deal with Culson’s health and attend to her other children, Judith Pérez left her established job as a nurse at Hospital Oncológico Andrés Grillasca in Ponce and began taking odd jobs, such as babysitting and ironing clothes.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

Javier Culson height 6 ft 7 in Javier weight Not Known & body measurements will update soon.

Who is Javier Culson Dating?

According to our records, Javier Culson married to Keishla Merced. As of December 1, 2023, Javier Culson’s is not dating anyone.

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In 2011, he was homaged by the Puerto Rico House of Representatives upon becoming the first Puerto Rican athlete to receive a medal at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics.

Facts & Trivia

Javier Ranked on the list of most popular Hurdler. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Puerto Rico. Javier Culson celebrates birthday on July 25 of every year.

Culson competed in the 2012 Olympics in London on Friday, 3 August; Saturday 4 August, and Monday 6 August. In interviews from his barrio Playa in Ponce, Puerto Rico, his family reported they would be “glued to their TVs” awaiting the moment Culson made entry into the Olympic stadium. He was also selected to be the flagbearer for the Puerto Rico delegation during the Opening Ceremonies of the London Olympics. A local reporter stated that, for the ceremony, most businesses in his barrio Playa closed down and “the streets were deserted”. Culson scored the best overall time in the first day of competition, winning the highly-competitive heat 5 with a time of 48.33 seconds, and advancing to the semi-finals. This race also recorded the second best time and qualified more athletes than any other heat. Culson won his semifinal over two-time Olympic winner Angelo Taylor running 47.93 seconds. On 6 August 2012 Culson won the bronze medal in the final of the 400 meter hurdles with a time of 48.10 seconds (less than a half-second behind the gold-medal time), winning Puerto Rico’s first Olympic medal in 16 years and the first Olympic athletics medal for his country (all other Puerto Rican medals had been won in boxing).