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jermaine gonzales at the london 2012 summer olympic games 400 metres kitson town , saint catherine parish kg 87 1.91 men 's athletics running 26 november 1984 jermaine gonzales.jpg jermaine gonzales
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jermaine gonzales

jermaine gonzales -lrb- born 26 november 1984 -rrb- is a jamaican 400 metres runner .
he is currently being coached by glen mills and bertland cameron .
he had a successful start to international athletics in the young age categories , taking the 400 m bronze at the 2001 world youth championships in athletics and stepping up a level for another bronze at the 2002 world junior championships in athletics .
he missed large parts of the 2003 and 2004 seasons due to injury .
he competed at the 2004 summer olympics with the jamaican 4x400 metre relay team , which was disqualified .
he won his first senior medal at the 2006 commonwealth games with a new personal best time of 45.16 seconds.he also has been doing hardcore training in which he has reached a higher stage then other athletes he improved his personal best to 44.79 seconds with a win at a meeting in june in sotteville-lès-rouen -- the first time he had run under 45 seconds since 2006 .
the following month he broke roxbert martin 's jamaican record to win the herculis diamond league meeting with a time of 44.40 seconds -- setting a world-leading mark .
