{{Short description|Jamaican sprinter (born 1997)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Akeem Bloomfield | image = 2018 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships (39847161545).jpg | caption = Bloomfield at the 2018 NCAA Division I Indoor Championships | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1997|10|11}} | birth_place = Kingston, Jamaica | height = 1.88 m<ref name="Tilastopaja.eu">{{cite web |url=https://www.tilastopaja.eu/atl/athletes/men/151513 |title=Athletes - American Track League |website=Tilastopaja.eu |access-date=24 August 2024}}</ref> | weight = 77 kg<ref name="Tilastopaja.eu"/> | country = Jamaica | sport = Track and field | event = Sprinting | collegeteam = Auburn Tigers | turnedpro = 2018 | pb = {{Unbulleted list |'''200 m''': 19.81 (London, 2018) |'''400 m''': 43.94 (Eugene, 2018)}} | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Men's track and field}} {{MedalCountry|{{JAM}}}} {{MedalCompetition|World Championships}} {{MedalSilver|2019 Doha|4×400 m relay}} {{MedalSilver|2022 Eugene|4×400 m relay}} {{MedalCompetition|World Relays}} {{MedalSilver|2019 Yokohama|4×400 m relay}} {{MedalCompetition|CARIFTA Games (U20)}} {{MedalGold|2016 St. George's|400 m}} {{MedalGold|2016 St. George's|4×400 m relay}} {{MedalGold|2015 Basseterre|400 m}} }} '''Akeem Bloomfield''' (born 11 October 1997) is a retired Jamaican track and field athlete who specialized in sprint events specifically the 200 metres and 400 metres.
==Career== Running for Auburn University under coach Henry Rolle, he finished second in the 400 meters at the 2018 NCAA Championships behind Michael Norman of USC.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.letsrun.com/news/2018/06/greatest-collegiate-400-ever-michael-norman-runs-43-61-defeat-akeem-bloomfields-43-94/|title=The Greatest Collegiate 400 Ever: Michael Norman Runs 43.61 To Defeat Akeem Bloomfield's 43.94|date=9 June 2018|website=LetsRun.com}}</ref> His time of 43.94 ranks #17 on the all-time list, one of only 18 human beings to run the distance under 44 seconds. 15 days later, he signed a professional contract with Puma.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.jamaicaobserver.com/latestnews/400m_phenomenon_Bloomfield_goes_pro|title=Jamaica Observer Limited|website=Jamaica Observer}}</ref> Less than a month later, Bloomfield ran 200 meters in 19.81, at the London Anniversary Games. {{YouTube|JN6EidjWhls}}. Bloomfield had never run under 20 seconds before, so his win was so unexpected, race announcers didn't even announce him as the winner until 20 seconds after the race when his name came up on the results display. That time also ranked him on the top 25 all-time list, joining Michael Johnson and Isaac Makwala as the only men to make both the current 200 and 400 lists.
Earlier in the season, Bloomfield finished second to Norman at the 2018 NCAA Indoor Championships. Norman set the world record of 44.52 in that race, Bloomfield's 44.86 ranks him at No. 6 on the all-time list and is the Jamaican indoor record.
Bloomfield had previously run for Kingston College. At the 2015 Jamaican National Championships, Bloomfield set the Jamaican Junior Record for 400 meters at 44.93.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.milesplit.com/articles/149783/akeem-bloomfield-smashes-jamaican-400-record|title=Akeem Bloomfield Smashes Jamaican 400 Record|first=Johanna|last=Gretschel|website=MileSplit United States}}</ref>
Bloomfield announced his retirement in May 2024.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.jamaicaobserver.com/2024/05/24/jaaa-president-gives-bloomfield-retirement-blessing/|title='ALL THE BEST, AKEEM'|last=Reid|first=Paul A.|website=Jamaica Observer|date=2 May 2024|access-date=28 August 2024}}</ref>
==Statistics== Information from World Athletics profile or Track & Field Results Reporting System unless otherwise noted.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.worldathletics.org/athletes/jamaica/akeem-bloomfield-289642 |title=ATHLETE PROFILE Akeem BLOOMFIELD |website=worldathletics.org |publisher=World Athletics |accessdate=15 February 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tfrrs.org/athletes/6133452 |title=AKEEM BLOOMFIELD AUBURN |website=tfrrs.org |publisher=Track & Field Results Reporting System |accessdate=7 June 2019}}</ref>
===Personal bests=== {| class=wikitable style=text-align:center !Event !! Time !! Competition !! Venue !! Date !! Notes |- | 200 m || 19.81 || Müller Anniversary Games || London, England || 22 July 2018 || +0.1 m/s wind |- | 400 m || 43.94 || NCAA Division I Championships || Eugene, Oregon, U.S. || 13 July 2018 || |- | 400 m indoor || 44.86 || NCAA Division I Indoor Championships || College Station, Texas, U.S. || 10 March 2018 || Indoor {{AthAbbr|NR}} |- | 4×400 m relay || 2:57.90 || World Championships || Doha, Qatar || 6 October 2019 || |- | 4×400 m relay indoor || 3:05.30 || NCAA Division I Indoor Championships || College Station, Texas, U.S. || 10 March 2018 || |}
===International championship results=== {| class=wikitable style=text-align:center ! Year !! Championship !! Venue !! Position !! Event !! Time |- ! colspan="6"|Representing {{JAM}} |- | 2015 || CARIFTA Games (U20) || Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis || bgcolor=gold|1st || 400 m || 45.85 |- | rowspan=2|2016 || rowspan=2|CARIFTA Games (U20) || rowspan=2|St. George's, Grenada || bgcolor=gold|1st || 400 m || 46.01 |- | bgcolor=gold|1st || 4×400 m relay || 3:10.55 |- | rowspan=3|2019 || World Relays || Yokohama, Japan || bgcolor=silver|2nd || 4×400 m relay || 3:01.57 |- | rowspan=2|World Championships || rowspan=2|Doha, Qatar || 8th || 400 m || 45.36 |- | bgcolor=silver|2nd || 4×400 m relay || 2:57.90 |- |2022 |World Championships |Eugene, United States |26th (h) |200 m |20.56 |}
===Circuit wins=== ====400 m==== *Diamond League **Rabat: 2018 **London: 2019 **Birmingham: 2019 *World Indoor Tour **Glasgow: 2020
====200 m==== *Diamond League **London: 2018
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{IAAF}} *{{TFRRS|6133452}}
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