{{Short description|Jamaican athlete (born 2002)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Deandre Watkin | birth_name = | image = | caption = | nationality = Jamaican | sport = Athletics | event = Sprint | birth_date = {{birth date and age|2002|12|9|df=yes}} | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | height = | weight = | pb = '''400m:''' 44.48 (Kingston, 2024) | medaltemplates = {{Medal|Sport|Men's athletics}} {{Medal|Country|{{JAM}}}} {{Medal|Competition|World Relays}} {{Medal|Silver|2026 Gaborone|Mixed 4 × 400 m relay}} }}
'''Deandre Watkin''' (born 9 December 2002) is a Jamaican sprinter. In 2024, he became Jamaican national champion over 400 metres.<ref>{{cite web|title=Deandre Watkin|website=World Athletics|accessdate=29 June 2024|url=https://worldathletics.org/athletes/jamaica/deandre-watkin-14875562}}</ref>
==Early life== He attended Jamaica College.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://caribbean.loopnews.com/content/kevona-davis-and-deandre-watkin-win-u20-100m-titles-carifta-trials-0 |website=Caribbean.Loopnews|accessdate=28 June 2024|title= Kevona Davis and DeAndre Watkin win U20 100m titles at Carifta Trials|date=7 March 2020}}</ref> In March 2020, he ran 10.61 to win the U20 boys' 100m final of the Jamaica's Carifta Games Trials at the National Stadium.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.trackalerts.com/2020/03/carifta-trials-video-deandre-watkin-wins-u20-100m-final/#google_vignette|website=Track Alerts|accessdate=29 June 2024|title=CARIFTA Trials VIDEO: DeAndre Watkin wins U20 100m final|first=Anthony|last=Foster|date= March 7, 2020}}</ref>
==Career== He had a personal best for the 400 metres of 45.26 from 2023, which he lowered to 45.19 in the heats of the Jamaican Athletics Championships in June 2024.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sportsmax.tv/athletics/athletics-regional/item/148823-watkin-runs-big-personal-best-44-48-to-claim-first-national-400m-title-at-jaaa-national-senior-championships|website=SportsMax|accessdate=29 June 2024|title= Watkin runs big personal best 44.48 to claim first national 400m title at JAAA National Senior Championships Featured|first=Bradley|last=Jacks |date=June 28, 2024}}</ref> On 28 June 2024, he set a personal best time of 44.48 seconds to win the Jamaican national championship in Kingston, Jamaica.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/sports/athletics/thompson-sets-world-leading-mark-win-jamaican-100m-2024-06-29/|website=Reuters|accessdate=29 June 2024|date=29 June 2024|title= Thompson sets world-leading mark to win Jamaican 100m}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/sports/20240628/jaaa-trials-watkin-sets-personal-best-mens-400m-title|website=Jamaica Gleaner|accessdate=29 June 2024|title= Watkin sets personal best for men's 400m title|date=28 June 2024}}</ref>
He competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics over 400 metres in August 2024.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.watchathletics.com/page/5841/men-s-400m-results-paris-olympic-games-2024-athletics#google_vignette |date=7 August 2024|accessdate=29 August 2024|website=Watch Athletics|title= Men's 400m Hurdles Results - Paris Olympic Games 2024 Athletics}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sportsmax.tv/athletics/athletics-regional/item/149220-jaaa-announces-star-studded-team-for-2024-paris-olympic-games|website=Sportsmax.tv|accessdate=8 July 2024|title=JAAA announces star-studded team for 2024 Paris Olympic Games|first=Leighton|last=Levy|date=July 7, 2024|archive-date=8 July 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240708204254/https://www.sportsmax.tv/athletics/athletics-regional/item/149220-jaaa-announces-star-studded-team-for-2024-paris-olympic-games|url-status=dead}}</ref>
He reached the final of the 400 metres at the Jamaican Athletics Championships in June 2025.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sportsmax.tv/athletics/pryce-powell-lead-charge-into-400m-finals-at-national-champs|website=Sportamax|accessdate=28 June 2025|title=Pryce, Powell lead charge into 400m finals at National Champs|first=Sherdon|last=Cowan|date=27 June 2025|archive-date=28 June 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250628134807/https://sportsmax.tv/athletics/pryce-powell-lead-charge-into-400m-finals-at-national-champs|url-status=dead}}</ref> He was named in the Jamaican squad for the 2025 NACAC Championships in Nassau, The Bahamas.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://sportsmax.tv/athletics/tia-clayton-returns-as-jamaica-names-powerhouse-team-for-nacac-championships-in-bahamas|website=SportsMax|accessdate=9 July 2025|title= Tia Clayton Returns as Jamaica Names Powerhouse Team for NACAC Championships in Bahamas|first=Leighton|last=Levy|date=9 July 2025}}</ref>
Watkin was named in the Jamaica squad for the 2026 World Athletics Relays in Gaborone, Botswana. successfully winning the heat on the opening day in the mixed relay alongside Shana Kaye Anderson, Antonio Watson, and Rushell Clayton.<ref>{{cite web|title= JAAA names powerful team for World Relays|accessdate=16 April 2026|date=15 April 2026|url=https://www.jamaicaobserver.com/2026/04/15/jaaa-names-powerful-team-world-relays/# |website=Jamaica Observer}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/summer/athletics/track-world-athletics-relays-canada-2026-may-2-9.7182182|website=cbc.ca|accessdate=2 May 2026|title= Canadian sprinters qualify 4 relay teams for 2027 world championships|date=2 May 2026 }}</ref> The following day, the quartet won the silver medal in a new national record time of 3:08.24.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.jamaicaobserver.com/2026/05/03/jamaica-breaks-national-record-get-silver-mixed-4x400m-relay/ |title= Jamaica breaks national record to get silver in Mixed 4x400m relay|date=3 May 2026|accessdate=3 May 2026|website=Jamaica Observer}}</ref>
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== External links == * {{World Athletics|jamaica/deandre-watkin-14875562}} * {{Olympics.com|deandre-watkin}} * [https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/athlete/deandre-watkin_1912080 Deandre Watkin] at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics
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