birth_place weight imagesize nationality height pb medaltemplates sport birth_date image article_title
ogee kitts and nevis 's , saint peter basseterre parish , saint 77 kg lb on 220px saint kitts and nevis 1.77 m ftin on '' 100m '' ' : 9.96 '' ' 200m '' ' ' : 20.20 60m '' ' : 6.47 '' ' country saint kitts and nevis running 05 april 1976 kim collins berlin 2009.jpg kim collins

kim collins

kim collins -lrb- born 5 april 1976 -rrb- is a track and field sprinter from saint kitts and nevis .
in 2003 , he became the world champion in the 100 m .
he represented his country at the summer olympics on four occasions , from 1996 to 2008 , and was the country 's first athlete to ever reach an event final .
he has also competed at eight consecutive editions of the world championships , beginning in 1997 and up to 2011 .
he competed again in 2015 in beijing .
after falling out with his country 's olympic officials for an unsanctioned meeting with his wife at a london hotel , collins was dropped from the saint kitts and nevis team before the 100m heats at the london 2012 olympic games .
collins was the bronze medallist over 200 m at the 2001 world championships in athletics and became the 100 m champion at the 2002 commonwealth games with a run of 9.98 seconds , breaking the 10-second barrier .
he won a silver medal over 60 metres at the 2003 iaaf world indoor championships , before going on to take his outdoor crown .
he also won sprint medals at the 2005 world championships , 2008 iaaf world indoor championships and 2011 world championships .
he set a new personal and national record for the 100m on 4 july 2013 with a time of 9.97 in lausanne at the diamond league .
at age 37 , the time equalled the masters m35 age division world record of linford christie , who was two years younger when he set the record .
on 10 july 2013 he ran under ten seconds for the sixth time , clocking 9.99 in budapest .
a year later , on 20 july 2014 in london , collins took the masters record for his own , pending ratification , lowering the national record to 9.96 .
this yet again extended his own record as the oldest man to run a sub 10 second 100m , which continues with each sub-10 performance , the most recent june 13 , 2015 at age 39 years , 69 days .
on 17 february 2015 , collins ran the indoor 60 metres in 6.47 , improving upon his own masters m35 world record as well as improving on his own national record .
