Lerone Clarke

Quick Facts

Full Name	Lerone Clarke
Occupation	Sprinter
Date Of Birth	Jul 7, 1981(1981-07-07)
Age	43
Country	Jamaica
Birth City	Trelawny Parish
Horoscope	Cancer

Lerone Clarke Biography

Lerone Clarke is one of the most popular and richest Sprinter who was born on July 7, 1981 in Trelawny Parish, Jamaica. Lerone Ephraime Clarke (born 7 July 1981) is an Jamaican track and field athlete who is a specialist in the 100 metres as well as the 60 meters. He was the former Commonwealth Games champion in the 100m. Personal best in that sprint stands at 9.99 seconds, which was set in the year 2009. He has competed for Jamaica on three occasions at the IAAF World Indoor Championships and holds the Jamaican record for indoor 150m.

Inspiring by the achievements of Jamaica during the 2008 Summer Olympics He took part in numerous events in his 2009 season in the outdoors. He placed sixth at Jamaica’s Championships. Jamaican Championships and took the 100 m silver medal in the 2009 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics with a notable personal performance in the time of 10.08 seconds. He was also the lead runner for his Jamaican relay team that was runners-up. He was chosen as the initial heat relay racer in the 2010 World Championships in Athletics and was awarded a gold medal when the Jamaican team went on claim the title. He participated in a range of smaller events on the European circuit, before setting his personal best that was 9.99 seconds during the Weltklasse Zurich, in August. becoming the 70th person to break the 10-second barrier in an official time that is legal. After that, his meeting record was broken in Rovereto, Italy, recording 10.11 seconds against a headwind and beating Asafa Powell’s previous best at the meet.

In the 2010 indoor season he won at the BW-Bank Meeting, Sparkassen Cup and Erdgas Athletics Meeting (setting a 60 m best of 6.55 seconds at the latter). He was chosen for the third time running to run for Jamaica at the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships, but was surprisingly eliminated in the heats against lesser opposition. He ran two sub-10-second times at the Doha Athletic Grand Prix, albeit wind-assisted and was a regular competitor on the 2010 IAAF Diamond League circuit. He came fourth at the Jamaican Championships then went on to win a 100 m bronze medal and relay silver medal at the 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games. With the top Jamaican sprinters opting out of the 2010 Commonwealth Games, Clarke was selected to represent his country in the 100 m. He had a fast start in the final and held his lead to win the gold medal, succeeding Asafa Powell as the Commonwealth champion for the event. However, the lack of top athletes was evident from his 10.12-second winning time – the slowest to win the title since Don Quarrie in 1974. He also won a silver medal with the Jamaican relay team.

The year after he led off a Jamaican quartet to win the relay gold medal at the 2011 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics and achieved his season’s best of 10.01 seconds to win the individual 100 m title at the 2011 Pan American Games. At the 2012 Birmingham Indoor Grand Prix he caused an upset by defeating both Asafa Powell and Nesta Carter over 60 m as he ran a Jamaican record time of 6.47 seconds to win the race.

He qualified for the 60 m race during the IAAF World Indoor Championships and achieved a personal best time of 6.66 second in the semifinals of that competition. Outdoors, he was a part of Jamaica in the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games and recorded a season’s best in 10.28 second in the 100m semi-finals. In the end, he was slower, coming in fourth, but he led his team in winning bronze medals. He had a sluggish 2007 season, however his 60 m highest of 6.64 seconds in Millrose Games. Millrose Games and a 100 metres top time at 10.15 minutes at the Millrose Games in Kingston, Jamaica.

Lerone Clarke Net Worth

Lerone Clarke is one of the richest Sprinter from Jamaica. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Lerone Clarke 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

His first appearance on the international stage for Jamaica was in 2002 at the NACAC under-25 championships held in Athletics and he was a part off the Jamaican 4x100m relay team to win the gold medal. His personal record of 10.24 seconds during the 2005 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics which saw him finish sixth in the 100-meter final. He was also part of the relay team that was fifth in the final. This resulted in his first appearance for Jamaica on the international stage. He placed fourth in the 4 x 100 metres at the World Championships, together with teammates Dwight Thomas, Ainsley Waugh and Michael Frater.

Like many Olympic champions Usain Bolt and the former Jamaican sprinter Michael Green, Clarke is an ex-student at William Knibb Memorial School. He was a student at Lincoln University of Missouri in the United States and competed for the Blue Tigers athletic team in 2002 and 2003.

At the start of 2008 he won the 60 m sprint at the Tyson Invitational, but had a poor performance at the 2008 IAAF World Indoor Championships, being eliminated in the heats after a slow start. He competed in only two competitions over 100 m that year: he was a semi-finalist at the Jamaican National Championships and was seventh in the 100 m at the 2008 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Facts & Trivia

Lerone Ranked on the list of most popular Sprinter. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Jamaica. Lerone Clarke celebrates birthday on July 7 of every year.