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Jehue Gordon

Gordon at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics
Personal information
Nationality	Trinidad and Tobago
Born	15 December 1991 (1991-12-15)
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	81 kg (179 lb)
Sport
Sport	Running
Event(s)	400 metres hurdles
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	400 m: 46.43 s (Marabella 2010) 400 m h: 47.69 s (Moscow 2013)
Medal record World Championships Gold 2013 Moscow 400 m hurdles World Junior Championships Gold 2010 Moncton 400 m hurdles Pan American Games Gold 2015 Toronto 4x400 m relay CAC Championships Bronze 2009 Havana 400 m hurdles

Jehue Gordon (born 15 December 1991) is a Trinidadian track and field athlete who specialises in the 400 metres hurdles. He turned professional on 24 June 2010, and signed a deal with Adidas in August 2010.

Formerly a pupil of Queen's Royal College in Port of Spain, he began his international athletics career at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics, where he finished fifth in the semi-finals at the age of 16. He was the bronze medallist in the 400 m hurdles at the 2008 CARIFTA Games and went on to win the gold medal the following year, recording a championship record of 50.01 seconds. His success continued in the form of a bronze medal at the 2009 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics, where he ran a time of 49.45 seconds, and a silver at the 2009 Pan American Junior Athletics Championships.

He qualified for the 2009 World Championships in Athletics and surprised by setting a world-age best and senior national record of 48.66 seconds in the heats. He progressed through the rounds and reached the final, finishing in fourth with a 48.26-second national record. Statisticians A. Lennart Julin and Mirko Jalava picked out Gordon's performances as sign of promise for future success. At the start of the 2010 season, he took a 400 m and 110 metres hurdles double at the trials for the CARIFTA Games. He went on to improve the championship records in both the 110 and 400 m hurdles at the 2010 CARIFTA Games, earning himself that year's Austin Sealy Trophy.

International competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing Trinidad and Tobago
2008	CARIFTA Games (U-20)	Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis	3rd	400 m hurdles	53.18
	World Junior Championships	Bydgoszcz, Poland	15th (sf)	400 m hurdles	52.26
			4th (h)	4 × 400 m relay	3:07.60
2009	CARIFTA Games (U-20)	Vieux Fort, Saint Lucia	1st	110 m hurdles	13.86 (+0.7 m/s)
			1st	400 m hurdles	50.01 CR
			1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:10.20
	World Championships	Berlin, Germany	4th	400 m hurdles	48.26 NR
2010	CARIFTA Games (U-20)	George Town, Cayman Islands	1st	110 m hurdles	13.41 CR (+1.3 m/s)
			1st	400 m hurdles	49.76 CR
			3rd	4 × 400 m relay	3:11.59
	Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U-20)	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	1st	400 m hurdles	50.26 CR
			1st	4x400 m relay	3:08.19
	World Junior Championships	Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada	1st	400m hurdles	49.30
2011	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Mayagüez, Puerto Rico	3rd	400 m hurdles	50.10
	World Championships	Daegu, South Korea	9th (sf)	400 m hurdles	49.08
2012	Olympic Games	London, United Kingdom	6th	400 m hurdles	48.86
2013	World Championships	Moscow, Russia	1st	400 m hurdles	47.69
			6th	4 × 400 m relay	3:01.74
2014	Commonwealth Games	Glasgow, United Kingdom	2nd	400 m hurdles	48.75
2015	World Championships	Beijing, China	31st (h)	400 m hurdles	49.91
2016	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	35th (h)	400 m hurdles	49.98
2018	Central American and Caribbean Games	Barranquilla, Colombia	8th	400 m hurdles	50.02
	NACAC Championships	Toronto, Canada	7th	400 m hurdles	50.12