Alonzo Russell (sprinter)

{{short description|Bahamian sprinter}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

{{Infobox sportsperson

| name = Alonzo Russell

| image = 5251 jonathan borlee finale 4x400m (25490330034).jpg

| imagesize = 250px

| caption = Russell (right) in 2016

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1992|02|8|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Freeport, Bahamas

| height = 1.73 m{{cite web|url=http://resultados.elheraldo.co/eng/zb/engzb_athletics-athlete-profile-n229-russell-alonzo.htm|title=2018 CAC Games bio|accessdate=3 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180803224104/http://resultados.elheraldo.co/eng/zb/engzb_athletics-athlete-profile-n229-russell-alonzo.htm|archive-date=3 August 2018|url-status=dead}}

| weight = 68 kg

| sport = Athletics

| event = 400 m

| club =

| collegeteam = Florida State Seminoles{{Cite web |url=http://www.seminoles.com/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=209574169 |title=College team bio |access-date=18 March 2016 |archive-date=30 November 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161130014044/http://www.seminoles.com/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=209574169 |url-status=dead }}

| education = Florida State University

| coach = Ken Harnden{{Cite web |url=http://results.nbcolympics.com/athletes/athlete=russell-alonzo-1224071/index.html |title=NBC Rio 2016 bio |access-date=2016-11-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161121105447/http://results.nbcolympics.com/athletes/athlete=russell-alonzo-1224071/index.html |archive-date=2016-11-21 |url-status=dead }}

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalOlympics}}

{{MedalBronze |2016 Rio de Janeiro | 4×400 m relay}}

{{Medal|Competition|World Indoor Championships}}

{{Medal|Silver|2016 Portland|4 × 400 m relay}}

{{MedalCompetition | Commonwealth Games}}

{{MedalSilver| 2018 Gold Coast|4 × 400 m relay}}

{{MedalSilver| 2014 Glasgow|4 × 400 m relay}}

{{MedalCompetition|World Relay Championships}}

{{Medal|Silver|2015 Nassau|4×400 m relay}}

{{MedalCompetition|NACAC Championships}}

{{MedalSilver | 2015 Costa Rica | 4x400m relay}}

{{MedalSilver | 2018 Toronto | 4x400m relay}}

{{Medal|Bronze| 2022 Freeport | 4×400 m relay}}

{{Medal|Competition|NACAC U-23 Championships}}

{{Medal|Silver|2012 Irapuato|4x400 m relay}}

{{MedalCompetition|CARIFTA Games (Junior)}}

{{MedalSilver|2010 George Town|4×400 m relay}}

{{MedalCompetition|CARIFTA Games
Junior (U17)}}

{{Medal|Bronze |2008 Basseterre | 4x400 m relay}}

}}

Alonzo Russell (born 8 February 1992) is a Bahamian sprinter specialising in the 400 metres.{{World Athletics}} He represented his country at the 2015 World Championships and 2016 World Indoor Championships, as well as the 2016 and 2020 Summer Olympics.{{cite web |title=Athletics - Semi-Final 2 Results |url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/ATH/OG2020-_ATH_C73A_ATHM400M--------------SFNL000200--.pdf |website=olympics.com |access-date=17 August 2021 |date=2 August 2021 |archive-date=2 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210802190229/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/ATH/OG2020-_ATH_C73A_ATHM400M--------------SFNL000200--.pdf |url-status=dead }}

His personal bests in the event are 44.73 seconds outdoors, and 46.38 seconds indoors (Clemson 2018).

Competition record

{{AchievementTable|Event=yes}}
colspan="6"|Representing the {{BAH}}
rowspan=2|2008

|rowspan=2|CARIFTA Games (U17)

|rowspan=2|Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis

|6th

|400 m

|51.22

bgcolor=cc9966|3rd

|4 × 400 m relay

|3:22.77

rowspan=2|2010

|CARIFTA Games (U20)

|George Town, Cayman Islands

|bgcolor=silver|2nd

|4 × 400 m relay

|3:10:69

World Junior Championships

|Moncton, Canada

|17th (h)

|4 × 400 m relay

|3:14.42

rowspan=2|2012

|rowspan=2|NACAC U23 Championships

|rowspan=2|Irapuato, Mexico

|5th

|400 m

|46.56

bgcolor=silver|2nd

|4 × 400 m relay

|3:04.33

2014

|Commonwealth Games

|Glasgow, United Kingdom

|bgcolor=silver|2nd

|4 × 400 m relay

|3:00.51

rowspan=4|2015

|Pan American Games

|Toronto, Canada

|4th

|4 × 400 m relay

|3:00.34

rowspan=2|NACAC Championships

|rowspan=2|San José, Costa Rica

|7th

|400 m

|46.20

bgcolor=silver|2nd

|4 × 400 m relay

|3:00.53

World Championships

|Beijing, China

| –

|4 × 400 m relay

|DQ

rowspan=4|2016

|rowspan=2|World Indoor Championships

|rowspan=2|Portland, United States

|10th (sf)

|400 m

|47.07

bgcolor=cc9966|3rd

|4 × 400 m relay

|3:04.75

rowspan=2|Olympic Games

|rowspan=2|Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

| –

|400 m

|DQ

bgcolor=silver|2nd

|4 × 400 m relay

|2:58.49

2017

|World Championships

|London, United Kingdom

|11th (h)

|4 × 400 m relay

|3:03.04

rowspan=5|2018

|World Indoor Championships

|Birmingham, United Kingdom

| –

|400 m

|DQ

Commonwealth Games

|Gold Coast, Australia

|bgcolor=silver|2nd

|4 × 400 m relay

|3:01.92

rowspan=2|Central American and Caribbean Games

|rowspan=2|Barranquilla, Colombia

|6th

|400 m

|46.18

5th

|4 × 400 m relay

|3:07.31

NACAC Championships

|Toronto, Canada

|6th

|400 m

|46.26

rowspan=2|2019

|Pan American Games

|Lima, Peru

|7th

|4 × 400 m relay

|3:09.98

World Championships

|Doha, Qatar

|25th (h)

|400 m

|45.91

2021

|Olympic Games

|Tokyo, Japan

|23rd (sf)

|400 m

|46.04

2022

|NACAC Championships

|Freeport, Bahamas

|bgcolor=cc9966|3rd

|4 × 400 m relay

|3:06.21

2023

|World Championships

|Budapest, Hungary

|41st (h)

|400 m

|46.95

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