# Akheem Gauntlett

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{{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](/source/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](/source/athletics_(sport))}}
{{MedalCountry |{{JAM}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|[World Championships](/source/IAAF_World_Championships_in_Athletics)}}
{{MedalSilver|[2013 Moscow](/source/2013_World_Championships_in_Athletics)|[4 × 400 m relay](/source/2013_World_Championships_in_Athletics_%E2%80%93_Men's_4_%C3%97_400_metres_relay)}}
{{MedalCompetition|[World Indoor Championships](/source/IAAF_World_Indoor_Championships)}}
{{MedalBronze | [2014 Sopot](/source/2014_IAAF_World_Indoor_Championships) |[4 × 400 m relay](/source/2014_IAAF_World_Indoor_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_4_%C3%97_400_metres_relay)}}
}}

'''Akheem Gauntlett''' (born 26 August 1990) is a Jamaican [sprinter](/source/Sprint_(running)).<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](/source/2013_World_Championships_in_Athletics_%E2%80%93_Men's_4_%C3%97_400_metres_relay) event at the [2013 World Championships in Athletics](/source/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](/source/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](/source/4_%C3%97_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](/source/60_metres) || '''6.83''' || || Princess Anne (USA) || 9 January 2010
|-
| [100 metres](/source/100_metres) || '''10.25''' || 1.6 || Fayetteville (USA) || 11 June 2013
|-
| [200 metres](/source/200_metres) || '''20.23''' || +1.7 || Eugine (USA) || 23 July 2014
|-
| [300 metres](/source/300_metres) || '''32.42''' || || Fayetteville (USA) || 8 December 2012
|-
| [400 metres](/source/400_metres) || '''45.00''' || || Kingston (JAM) || 21 July 2012
|-
| [4 × 400 metres](/source/4_%C3%97_400_metres) || '''3:03.50''' || || Fayetteville (USA) || 11 March 2013
|}

==References==
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== External links ==
* {{CGF profile|67329}}

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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

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