Akheem Gauntlett

{{Short description|Jamaican sprinter (born 1990)}} {{Use British English|date=August 2014}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Akheem Gauntlett | image = | caption = | sport = Track and field | event = 400 m | club = | collegeteam = Arkansas Razorbacks | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1990|8|26|df=yes}} | birth_place = Kingston, Jamaica | residence = | death_date = | death_place = | height = 5'11 | weight = 167 | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Men's athletics}} {{MedalCountry |{{JAM}} }} {{MedalCompetition|World Championships}} {{MedalSilver|2013 Moscow|4 × 400 m relay}} {{MedalCompetition|World Indoor Championships}} {{MedalBronze | 2014 Sopot |4 × 400 m relay}} }}

'''Akheem Gauntlett''' (born 26 August 1990) is a Jamaican sprinter.<ref name="Bio">{{cite web |url=http://www.iaaf.org/athletes/jamaica/akheem-gauntlett-247093 |title=Akheem Gauntlett |accessdate=19 August 2013 |work=IAAF}}</ref> He competed in the 4 × 400 meters relay event at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics, winning a silver medal.<ref name="Athletes">{{cite web |url=http://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-world-championships/14th-iaaf-world-championships-4873/athletes?country=JAM |title=Jamaica at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics |accessdate=19 August 2013 |work=IAAF}}</ref>

Running for the Arkansas Razorbacks track and field team, Gauntlett won the 2012 and 2013 4 × 400 meter relay at the NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships.<ref>{{cite web |title=Success has been a pain for Gauntlett |url=https://www.wholehogsports.com/news/2013/jun/01/success-has-been-pain-gauntlett-20130601/ |access-date=6 June 2024 |date=1 June 2013}}</ref>

==Personal bests== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Event !! Result !! Wind!! Venue !! Date |- | 60 metres || '''6.83''' || || Princess Anne (USA) || 9 January 2010 |- | 100 metres || '''10.25''' || 1.6 || Fayetteville (USA) || 11 June 2013 |- | 200 metres || '''20.23''' || +1.7 || Eugine (USA) || 23 July 2014 |- | 300 metres || '''32.42''' || || Fayetteville (USA) || 8 December 2012 |- | 400 metres || '''45.00''' || || Kingston (JAM) || 21 July 2012 |- | 4 × 400 metres || '''3:03.50''' || || Fayetteville (USA) || 11 March 2013 |}

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Gauntlett, Akheem}} Category:1990 births Category:Living people Category:Jamaican men sprinters Category:Athletes from Kingston, Jamaica Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Category:World Athletics Indoor Championships medalists Category:Commonwealth Games athletes for Jamaica Category:NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships winners Category:Arkansas Razorbacks men's track and field athletes