{{Short description|Jamaican sprinter (born 1970)}} {{Use British English|date=March 2015}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox sportsperson |birth_date={{birth date and age|1970|9|6|df=y}} |birth_place= Saint Elizabeth Parish, Jamaica |medaltemplates={{MedalSport | Men's Athletics}} {{MedalCountry | {{JAM}} }} {{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}} {{MedalBronze| 1996 Atlanta | 4x400 m}} {{MedalCompetition|Pan American Games}} {{MedalSilver| 1995 Mar del Plata | 4x400 m}} {{MedalCompetition|CAC Championships}} {{MedalSilver| 1993 Cali | 400 m}} <!-- Achievements and titles --> | pb = 400: 45.68 (2000)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/bl/dennis-blake-1.html |title=Jamaica Olympic Association – Dennis Blake |publisher= Jamaica Olympic Association|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101221052149/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/bl/dennis-blake-1.html|archivedate=21 December 2010 }}</ref>}}
'''Dennis Anthony Blake''' (born 6 September 1970 in Saint Elizabeth Parish) is a retired male sprinter from Jamaica.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/bl/dennis-blake-1.html |title=Jamaica Olympic Association – Dennis Blake |publisher= Jamaica Olympic Association|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101221052149/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/bl/dennis-blake-1.html|archivedate=21 December 2010 }}</ref> He is a two-time Olympian, winning the bronze medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, where he ran in the qualifying heats.
==Career== Blake was awarded a two-year scholarship to attend Blinn Junior College, in Texas. Having gained recognition for his athletic performances, he was awarded thirty-nine athletic scholarships to attend universities throughout the United States, including Alabama A&M University, his alma mater. During his track & field career at Alabama A&M University (AAMU), Blake was the recipient of numerous awards and recognition. The nine-time All-American was selected as the "Most Valuable Player" at the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) championship winning the Abbott Award.
Blake competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain where he was the official Jamaica flag bearer. Blake also claimed a silver medal at the 1995 Pan American Games in Mar del Plata, Argentina in the men's 4x400 metres relay, alongside Orville Taylor, Roxbert Martin, and Michael McDonald. Blake set his personal best in the men's 400 metres (45.68) on 2000-06-18 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
In 1996, under the tutelage of AAMU track and field program coach, Walter Tullis, Blake represented Jamaica at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia and won a bronze medal.
==Results== {| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes}} |- !colspan="6"|Representing {{JAM}} |-<ref>{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/bl/dennis-blake-1.html |title=Dennis Blake |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101221052149/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/bl/dennis-blake-1.html |archivedate=21 December 2010 }}</ref> |1992 |1992 Summer Olympics |Barcelona, Spain | 8 h4 r2/4 |400 m | |- |1992 |1992 Summer Olympics |Barcelona, Spain | AC h3 r1/2 |4 × 400 | |- |1995 |1995 Pan American Games |Mar del Plata, Argentina |{{silver2}} |4 × 400 m | |- |1996 |1996 Summer Olympics |Atlanta, Georgia |{{bronze3}} |4 × 400 m | |}
==Recognition== * In 2006, he was inducted into the Alabama A&M University Athletics Hall of Fame<ref>{{cite web |url=https://aamusports.com/honors/hall-of-fame/dennis-a-blake/131 |title=Alabama A&M University – Hall of Fame – Dennis A. Blake |publisher= Alabama A&M University|access-date=10 December 2021 }}</ref> * City of Huntsville, Alabama – Resolution No. 96-791 * Resolution of the Madison County Commission
==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== *{{World Athletics}}
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