{{short description|Jamaican sprinter}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2026}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Ackeem Blake | image = Ackeem Blake 2024 (cropped).jpg | caption = Ackeem Blake in 2024 | fullname = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|2002|1|21|df=yes}} | birth_place = | height = {{height|cm=180}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/athlete/ackeem-blake_1555502 |title=BLAKE Ackeem |work=Paris 2024 Olympics |access-date=3 August 2024 }}</ref> | country = Jamaica | sport = Athletics | event = 100 m, 200 m | education = | collegeteam = | coach = Michael Frater | club = Titans Track Club (prior), Dynamic Speed Track Club <ref name="Gleaner">{{cite news |last=Bailey |first=Robert |date=9 July 2022 |title=Ackeem Blake ready to compete in Oregon |url=https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/sports/20220709/ackeem-blake-ready-compete-oregon |work=The Gleaner |access-date=14 October 2022}}</ref> | pb = {{ubl| |'''Outdoor''' |'''60 m''': 6.42 (+0.9) (Kingston 2023) |'''100 m''': 9.88 (+0.8) (Kingston 2025) |'''200 m''': 20.45 (+0.7) (Kingston 2024) }} | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Men's athletics}} {{MedalCountry|{{JAM}}}} {{Medal|Competition|World Championships}} {{Medal|Bronze|2023 Budapest|4×100 m relay}} {{Medal|Competition|Diamond League}} {{Medal|1st|2024|100 m}} {{Medal|Competition|World Indoor Championships}} {{MedalBronze|2024 Glasgow|60 m}} {{MedalCompetition|World Relay Championships}} {{Medal|Gold|2026 Gaborone|Mixed 4 × 100 m relay}} {{Medal|Competition|NACAC Championships}} {{Medal|Gold| 2022 Freeport | 100 m}} {{Medal|Bronze| 2022 Freeport | 4×100 m relay}} {{MedalCompetition | NACAC Championships <br> (U18)}} {{MedalBronze | 2019 Queretaro|100 m}} }}
'''Ackeem Blake''' (born 21 January 2002) is a Jamaican sprinter.
Blake came fourth in the 4 x 100 metres relay at the 2022 World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon. At the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary he earned a bronze medal in the men's 4 × 100 metres relay. In Gaborone, Botswana, at the 2026 World Athletics Relays Championships, he won gold in world record time running the mixed 4 × 100 metres relay.
== Career == In 2022, Blake competed at the Music City Track Carnival in Nashville, he ran a big personal best of 9.92s in the 100 m. However, World Athletics deemed the time to be unofficial and therefore it was not ratified.<ref>{{cite news|last=Walker|first=Howard|date=13 June 2022|title=Blake has no limits - Frater|url=https://www.jamaicaobserver.com/sports/blake-has-no-limits-frater/|work=Jamaica Observer|access-date=9 October 2022}}</ref> Blake did run sub-10 officially for the first time 7 days later at the New York City Grand Prix, clocking a time of 9.95s.
Blake improved his time at the 2022 Jamaican Championships, finishing 3rd in the final with a time of 9.93s.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.watchathletics.com/article/11957/blake-and-jackson-claim-jamaican-100m-titles-in-kingston/|title=Blake and Jackson claim Jamaican 100m titles in Kingston|website=Watch Athletics|date=June 25, 2022|access-date=July 25, 2024}}</ref> He was selected for the 2022 World Championships, he finished fourth in his semi-final and did not make the final. Blake ran on the first leg of Jamaica's 4x100m relay team as they finished fourth.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/7137279/AT-4X1-M-f----.RS6.pdf|title=4 x 100 Metres Relay Men - Final|access-date=July 25, 2024}}</ref>
In 2023, Blake set a Jamaican record in the 60m, clocking 6.42s at the Gibson McCook Relays in Kingston.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.jamaicaobserver.com/2023/02/25/akeem-blake-tops-stellar-line-up-in-60m-at-gibson-mccook-relays/|title=Ackeem Blake tops stellar line up in 60m at Gibson McCook Relays|last=Clarke|first=Athena|date=February 23, 2023|access-date=July 25, 2024}}</ref> He ran a new personal best at the Los Angeles Grand Prix with a time of 9.89s.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.jamaicaobserver.com/2023/05/27/ackeem-blake-runs-personal-best-9-89-seconds-to-win-la-grand-prix/|title=Ackeem Blake runs personal best 9.89 seconds to win LA grand prix|date=May 27, 2023|access-date=July 25, 2024}}</ref> At the Jamaican Championships, Blake finished fourth in a time of 10.01s and was selected for Jamaica's 4x100m relay team at the 2023 World Championships, he ran on the first leg as his team won the bronze medal.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/7138987/AT-4X1-M-f----.RS6.pdf|title=4 x 100 Metres Relay Men - Final|access-date=July 25, 2024}}</ref>
Blake finished third gaining bronze in the 60m at the 2024 World Indoor Championships in a time of 6.46s.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-indoor-championships/world-athletics-indoor-championships-7180312/news/report/glasgow-24-men-60m-report|title=Lyles has to give best to Coleman over 60m in Glasgow|last=Rowbottom|first=Mike|website=World Athletics|date=March 1, 2024|access-date=July 25, 2024}}</ref> He finished third at the 2024 Jamaican Olympic Trials with a time of 9.92 and was selected for the Jamaican team at the Paris Olympics.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://worldathletics.org/news/report/national-championships-2024-thompson-jackson|title=National championships round-up: Nugent and Thompson impress in Jamaica|website=World Athletics|last=Francis|first=Noel|date=June 30, 2024|access-date=July 25, 2024}}</ref> In Paris, he came fifth with 10.06 in the semifinal and failed to make the finals. <ref>{{cite web|url= https://worldathletics.org/competitions/olympic-games/the-xxxiii-olympic-games-7153115/results/men/100-metres/semi-finals/result|title= semi-final 100 metres results Paris 24 Olympic games|accessdate= 2026-05-11}}</ref>
At the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan, he made the semifinals in the 100 metres. <ref>{{cite web|url= https://worldathletics.org/competitions/olympic-games/the-xxxiii-olympic-games-7153115/results/men/100-metres/semi-finals/result|title= Semi-final 100 metres results Tokyo 25 world athletics|accessdate= 2026-05-11}}</ref>
Blake competed in the 60 metres clocking 6.55 in the semifinals to finish 4th, so he did not advance to the finals at the 2026 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Torun, Poland.
In Gaborone, Botswana, at the 2026 World Athletics Relays Championships, he and his teammates won gold in the mixed 4 × 100 metres relay clocking a new WR of 39.62, after the previous WR 39.99 they set the day before in the heats. Jamaica is the first country to reach sub-40 seconds in this event. <ref>{{cite web|url= https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-relays/gaborone26/news/report/gaborone-26-report-mixed-4x100m-final|title= Jamaica improve mixed 4×100m relay World record to 39.62 in gaborone|accessdate=2026-05-08}}</ref>
==Competitions record== {{Grand Slam Track}} {| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes}} |- !colspan="6"|Representing {{JAM}} |- |2019 |NACAC U18 Championships |Querétaro, Mexico |bgcolor="cc9900" | 3rd |100m |10.41 |- |rowspan=4|2022 |rowspan=2|World Championships |rowspan=2|Eugene, United States |18th (sf) |100 m |10.19 |- |4th |4 × 100 m relay |38.06 |- |rowspan=2|NACAC Championships |rowspan=2|Freeport, Bahamas |bgcolor="gold" | 1st |100 m |9.98 '''CR''' |- |bgcolor="cc9900" | 3rd |4 × 100 m relay |38.94 |- |2023 |World Championships |Budapest, Hungary |bgcolor="cc9900" | 3rd |4 × 100 m relay |37.76 |- |rowspan=3|2024 |World Indoor Championships |Glasgow, United Kingdom |bgcolor=cc9900|3rd |60 m |6.46 |- |rowspan=2|Olympic Games |rowspan=2|Paris, France |17th (sf) |100 m |10.06 |- |11th (h) |4 × 100 m relay |38.45 |- |rowspan=2|2025 |rowspan=2|World Championships |rowspan=2|Tokyo, Japan |17th (sf) |100 m |10.12 |- | – |4 × 100 m relay |DNF |- |rowspan=3|2026 |World Indoor Championships |Toruń, Poland |7th (sf) |60 m |6.55 |- |World Relays |Gaborone, Botswana |bgcolor=gold|1st |Mixed 4 × 100 m relay |39.62 '''WR''' |}
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== External links == * {{World Athletics|jamaica/ackeem-blake-14638971}} {{Footer IAAF Diamond League 100 Metres Champions Men}}{{Authority control}}
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